30 March – 5 April 2020 COVID-19 Weekly Report | 06/04/2020 © Copyright LBR 2020 2 Table of contents 1. Executive summary............................................................................................................................................ 3 2. Key legal issues this week ................................................................................................................................. 4 3. Recent developments ........................................................................................................................................ 5 4.
The amendments of the Response Act are temporary and will apply for six months until September 23, 2020. However, subject to economic and health developments, the provisions may be expanded in both their application and scope
In Vizcaya Partners Ltd v Picard and another, the Privy Council recently held that anagreement to submit to the jurisdiction of a foreign court can arise through an implied term but there must be actual agreement (or consent). However, simply agreeing that an agreement should be governed by foreign law did not amount to agreement to the corresponding jurisdiction.
The Court of Appeal has considered the High Court's previous refusal to lift the automatic stay imposed by Article 20 of the Cross-Border Insolvency Regulations 2006 ("Model Law").
Proposed Amendments to Chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code
The global economy is growing at about 3% a year. This is roughly equal to the average growth rate for the last 50 years. However, growth predictions are ticking slightly downwards, mainly due to concerns around trade. And there are still high levels of government and corporate debt arising from the financial crisis and subsequent period of low interest rates. Nowhere is this better illustrated than China, which is forecast to overtake the US as the world's largest economy as early as this year, on some measures.
Diego Sierra, Von Wobeser y Sierra SC
This is an extract from the 2020 edition of the Americas Restructuring Review, published by Global Restructuring Review. The whole publication is available here.
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Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal, Queen Mary University of London
This is an extract from the 2020 edition of the Americas Restructuring Review, published by Global Restructuring Review. The whole publication is available here.
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Fulvio Italiani and Carlos Omaña, D'Empaire
This is an extract from the 2020 edition of the Americas Restructuring Review, published by Global Restructuring Review. The whole publication is available here.
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Brian Bolin, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
This is an extract from the 2020 edition of the Americas Restructuring Review, published by Global Restructuring Review. The whole publication is available here.
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