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    Will the Third Party Releases be Sacked?: Leave to Appeal Granted in Perdue Case
    2022-01-12

    On May 7, 2021, we issued a legal alert regarding third-party releases as part of the plan of reorganization in the Perdue Pharma case. [Purdue Pharma: Is Protection of Third Parties by the Automatic Stay an Oxymoron?] The order confirming that plan was appealed and our subsequent legal alert dated December 21, 2021 discussed the decision by Judge Colleen McMahon of the U.S.

    Filed under:
    USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Cullen and Dykman LLP
    Authors:
    Michael H. Traison , Jocelyn E. Lupetin
    Location:
    USA
    Firm:
    Cullen and Dykman LLP
    Smile Telecoms Restructuring Plan: Court grants convening application excluding “out of the money” creditor and shareholder classes from voting on the plan
    2022-01-12

    On 12 January 2022, the English High Court granted Smile Telecoms Holdings Limited’s (“Smile” or the “Company”) application to convene a single meeting of plan creditors (the super senior creditors) to vote on the Company’s proposed restructuring plan (the “Restructuring Plan”). It is the first plan to use section 901C(4) of the Companies Act 2006 (“CA 2006”) to exclude other classes of creditors and shareholders from voting on the Restructuring Plan on the basis that they have no genuine economic interest in the Company. 

    Background 

    Filed under:
    United Kingdom, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Telecoms, Dechert LLP
    Authors:
    Adam Plainer , Solomon J. Noh , Alastair Goldrein , Kay Morley , Tayyibah Arif , Eirene Psomas
    Location:
    United Kingdom
    Firm:
    Dechert LLP
    Insolvency in Scotland: Back to Basics - Part 2, Sequestration (Bankruptcy)
    2022-01-12

    This is the second article in 'Back to Basics', a series of articles looking at insolvency processes in Scotland. This article will examine the court process for sequestration, focusing on petitions by creditors.

    Filed under:
    United Kingdom, Scotland, Insolvency & Restructuring, Shoosmiths LLP, Coronavirus
    Location:
    United Kingdom
    Firm:
    Shoosmiths LLP
    Section 363 Sales — Is Section 363(m) of the Bankruptcy Code Jurisdictional?
    2022-01-10

    The Bankruptcy Protector

    Filed under:
    USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
    Authors:
    C. Craig Eller
    Location:
    USA
    Firm:
    Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
    The Hong Kong approach where debtors lodge a petition for their own bankruptcy - how to prevent abuse of process
    2022-01-10

    Summary

    If a person presents a petition for their own bankruptcy (“self-petition”), are there any safeguards to ensure that the self-petition is genuine, as opposed to a cynical device by the person to buy themselves time to pay, or to give themselves some negotiating position with their creditors?

    This interesting question was considered in a recent Hong Kong judgment.

    Filed under:
    Hong Kong, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, BCLP, Court of First Instance (Hong Kong)
    Authors:
    Glenn Haley
    Location:
    Hong Kong
    Firm:
    BCLP
    Bankruptcy Court Holds Arbitration Clause Unenforceable When Underlying Contract Is Rejected Pursuant to Section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code
    2022-01-10

    Overview

    In Highland Capital Mgmt. v. Dondero (In re Highland Capital Mgmt.), Case No. 21-03007-sgj (Bankr. N.D. Tex. 2021), the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas held that a debtor could not be compelled to abide by an arbitration clause in an agreement that was rejected pursuant to Section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code.

    Background

    Filed under:
    USA, Arbitration & ADR, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, Arbitration clause
    Authors:
    Nancy M. Bello
    Location:
    USA
    Firm:
    Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
    Make (Whole) A Minute: Takeaways from the Recent Hertz Decision on Make-Whole and Post-Petition Interest
    2022-01-10

    Happy 2022, everyone! It seems fitting to kick off our Make (Whole) a Minute Update series in 2022 with an alert on make-whole. On December 22, 2021, the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware ruled in favor of the Debtor-Hertz on a Motion to Dismiss filed by Debtor-Hertz with respect to make-whole claims and post-petition interest claims filed by public bondholders, with respect to four different series of bonds. In keeping with our theme that it takes about a minute to read our updates, here are the takeaways on the Hertz decision for institutional investors:

    Filed under:
    USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
    Authors:
    Renée M. Dailey , Christopher E. Lawrence , Michael Gustafson , Thomas F. O'Connor , Margaret G. Parker-Yavuz , Abid Qureshi , Dorothy Lila Foster
    Location:
    USA
    Firm:
    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
    Shipping Law Updates - (i) Streamlining of Maritime Arbitration Proceedings under Fourth Edition of SCMA Rules; (ii) Singapore and Malaysia Announce Protocols for Court-to-Court Cooperation in Shipping and Cross-Border Insolvency; (iii) Interpreting Arbitration Agreements: A Cautionary Tale for Commercial Parties; and (iv) How to Manage Abandoned Cargo
    2022-01-10

    The Shipping Law Updates is a publication by our Regional Shipping Group which marshals legal expertise, industry insight, and commercial acumen in the fields of maritime and trade from the diverse talent pool of specialist lawyers at the Rajah & Tann Asia offices. The publication provides a snapshot of the key legal, regulatory, case law and industry developments in the region that have an impact on the shipping industry and your operations.    

    Filed under:
    Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, Arbitration & ADR, Insolvency & Restructuring, Shipping & Transport, Rajah & Tann Asia
    Location:
    Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
    Firm:
    Rajah & Tann Asia
    破産債権者は、官報公告をみなければならないか? (宇都宮地判令和3年5月13日判例タイムズ1489号69頁)
    2022-01-11

    1 はじめに

    破産手続が開始されると、当該事実は官報に公告されると ともに、知れている破産債権者に対して個別に通知されます (破産法32条1項、32条3項)。この知れている破産債権者へ の通知を行う主体は本来、破産裁判所ですが、実務では、破 産管財人が、申立代理人から提出された債権者一覧表に記 載のある破産債権者に対して通知書を送付することによりな されています(破産規則7条参照)。では、実際には債権を もっているにもかかわらず、債権者一覧表に記載がなかったがために通知を受けなかった債権者はどうなるのでしょうか? 本件は、通知を受けなかったために破産手続の存在を知ら なかった債権者が、破産手続に参加したとすれば得られたは ずの配当金を損害として、申立代理人及び破産管財人を訴 えたという事案です。

    2 事案の概要

    事案の概要は、以下のとおりです。

    Filed under:
    Japan, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners
    Authors:
    Hirotake Tanaka
    Location:
    Japan
    Firm:
    Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners
    中国子会社の撤退について ~清算・破産に関する法制度と現状~
    2022-01-11

    1 はじめに

    中国に現地法人を有する日系企業が中国からの撤退を考 える場合、大きく分けて、第三者に対する持分譲渡、清算及 び破産の3つの方法があります。買主が見つかれば、持分譲 渡手続が最も迅速かつ簡便ですが、買主が見つからない場 合には、清算か破産を選択することになります。以前は外資 の中国子会社が破産を申し立てたとしてもなかなか受理され なかったのですが、現在では認められるようになり、破産も選 択肢の一つとなっています。本稿では清算と破産に関する法 制度と現状をご紹介したいと思います。

    2 清算か破産かの判断基準

    中国子会社の資産が負債よりも多く、すべての債務を支払う ことができる場合には清算手続が可能です。他方で債務超 過になっている場合には、破産手続によることになります。た だし、BS上の資産が負債より多い場合であっても、実際には 資産価値が毀損している場合があるため、清算が可能かどう か予めシミュレーションしておく必要があります。

    3 清算手続の概要

    中国における清算手続の流れは以下の通りです。

    Filed under:
    China, Japan, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners
    Authors:
    Ryo Matsumoto
    Location:
    China, Japan
    Firm:
    Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners

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