On 20 May 2022 Mr Justice Adam Johnson handed down his judgment in the matter of Swiss Cottage Properties Limited (in liquidation) [2022] EWHC 1495 (Ch). Deloitte, represented by Derrick Dale QC and Ben Griffiths as instructed by DAC Beachcroft LLP, successfully defended a claim for negligence. A copy of the judgment is available here.
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Reestructuraciones de empresas en crisis Novedades en la Ley Concursal espaola
20 de julio 2022
La Ley de reforma del texto refundido de la Ley Concursal que traspone la Directiva 2019/1023 sobre reestructuraciones e insolvencia (la Ley) ha sido remitida al Congreso para su aprobacin definitiva, tras lo cual, una vez publicada en el BOE entrar en vigor a los veinte das (salvo alguna excepcin).
La Ley acomete una reforma estructural en el mbito preconcursal y concursal con numerosas novedades y con los siguientes objetivos:
When a debtor is facing insolvency, it is typically not permitted to liquidate or transfer assets.
- The Law for the amendment of the Spanish Insolvency Law that transposes Directive 2019/1023 (Directive on restructuring and insolvency) (the Law) has been sent to the Spanish Congress for its final approval after which it will be published in the Spanish Official Gazette, and twenty days thereafter the Law will enter into force, excluding some articles.
The Law sets out structural reforms in pre-insolvency and insolvency regulations to achieve the following goals:
What do Ukraine, Sri Lanka, and Ghana have in common? They’ve all guaranteed bonds that once traded at a sizeable discount to their sovereign counterparts.
The interface between federal bankruptcy law and similar state laws has a long history, going back to at least 1819, when the U.S. Supreme Court rules that a state insolvency law:
The Grand Court of the Cayman Islands (Court) has confirmed that the Court has the jurisdiction to grant declaratory relief within winding-up proceedings (In the Matter of Polarcus Limited (In Official Liquidation) (Unreported, Justice Kawaley, 23 June 2022 Cause No: FSD 31 of 2021 (IKJ)).
This is welcome clarity for insolvency practitioners and other stakeholders in winding-up proceedings where such declaratory relief may be required and the relief cannot for some reason be included in a standard sanction application.
Background
The Eleventh Circuit has held that amounts paid post-petition for an administrative expense claim under Section 503(b)(9) of the Bankruptcy Code do not reduce the “new value” otherwise available to the creditor as a defense to a preference claim. Auriga Polymers Inc. v. PMCM2, LLC, 2022 U.S. App. LEXIS 19761 (11th Cir. July 18, 2022).
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