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Directors’ Duties - Australia : Considerations for Directors When a Company Is in Financial Difficulty
2020-04-27

This quick guide summarises the duties that directors of companies incorporated in Australia are subject to, and how those duties change when a company is insolvent or at risk of being insolvent.

It also gives an overview of the personal risk to directors when a company is in financial difficulty.

This note is intended as an overview and should not be relied on as legal advice. Should you require legal advice in relation to your specific circumstances, please contact the Restructuring & Insolvency team member whose contact details are at the end of this note.

Filed under:
Australia, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Squire Patton Boggs, Money laundering, Coronavirus
Location:
Australia
Firm:
Squire Patton Boggs
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European perspective in brief - September/October 2013
2013-09-30

Europe has struggled mightily during the last several years to triage a long series of critical blows to the economies of the 28 countries that comprise the European Union, as well as the collective viability of eurozone economies. Here we provide a snapshot of some recent developments regarding insolvency, restructuring, and related issues in the EU. 

Filed under:
France, Germany, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Jones Day, Money laundering
Authors:
Mark G. Douglas
Location:
France, Germany
Firm:
Jones Day
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Stanford, liquidations and the Serious Fraud Office
2011-05-01

In relation to insolvent liquidations under U.K. law, one of the primary objectives will be the implementation of an efficient process to preserve and recover assets for the benefit of the creditors. This is particularly so where there is a need to instigate costly litigation or cross-border recognition proceedings and where the liquidator will want increased assurances as to the likelihood that those steps will generate positive returns.

Filed under:
United Kingdom, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, White Collar Crime, Jones Day, Injunction, Fraud, Money laundering, Liquidation, Liquidator (law), Prejudice, US Department of Justice, Serious Fraud Office (UK), Court of Appeal of England & Wales
Location:
United Kingdom
Firm:
Jones Day
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Restructuring and corporate recovery: an outlook for 2021
2021-05-07

This article first appeared in Business Brief magazine, May 2021 edition.

Across the world, government support has kept insolvency rates down but as jurisdictions look to loosen restrictions and ease back into some kind of normality, governments can't foot the bill forever.

As financial support is withdrawn, restructuring, insolvency and corporate recovery practitioners will likely see a spike in activity, and offshore firms in the Channel Islands are braced for an increase in demand from clients.

Filed under:
Guernsey, Insolvency & Restructuring, White Collar Crime, Ogier, Money laundering, Coronavirus
Authors:
Mathew Newman
Location:
Guernsey
Firm:
Ogier
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Law introducing netting concept in Russia adopted by lower chamber of the Russian Parliament
2011-02-01

Clearing and Netting Legislation

Filed under:
Russia, Derivatives, Insolvency & Restructuring, Latham & Watkins LLP, Bankruptcy, Security (finance), Money laundering, Mutual fund, Derivatives market, Financial Action Task Force, State Duma
Authors:
Vladimir Maly
Location:
Russia
Firm:
Latham & Watkins LLP
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EU Banking reforms imminent
2019-06-27

The banking reform package marks an important step toward the completion of the European post-crisis regulatory reforms

Filed under:
European Union, Banking, Capital Markets, Insolvency & Restructuring, White Collar Crime, White & Case LLP, MiFID, Money laundering, Fintech, Capital requirement, European Commission, European Securities and Markets Authority
Location:
European Union
Firm:
White & Case LLP
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EU banking supervision: What to expect in 2018
2018-02-27

2018 will be a year of change, challenges and opportunities for banks and financial services providers.

Filed under:
European Union, Banking, Capital Markets, Insolvency & Restructuring, Public, White Collar Crime, White & Case LLP, Brexit, MiFID, Money laundering, European Commission, European Banking Authority
Location:
European Union
Firm:
White & Case LLP
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Combating illegal financial operations
2013-08-13

28 June 2013 the Russian President signed Federal Law No. 134-FZ amending a number of laws in relation to combating illegal financial operations.

The Law amended, in particular, the Law on Banks and Banking Activity, the Anti-Money Laundering Law, the Criminal Code and the Code of Administrative Offenses, the Law on State Registration of Legal Entities, the Bankruptcy Law, laws regarding certain financial organizations, and the Tax Code. Below is a summary of the key changes (save for those made to the Tax Code).

Filed under:
Russia, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, White Collar Crime, White & Case LLP, Shareholder, Security (finance), Money laundering
Authors:
Igor Ostapets
Location:
Russia
Firm:
White & Case LLP
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Temporary relief from financial distress situations under the covid-19 (temporary measures) act 2020
2020-04-23

Through the three budgets as announced by the Singapore Government, a total of S$9 billion will be disbursed to businesses and individuals in April 2020 to counter the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the business community in Singapore. Businesses and workers in Singapore will receive reliefs through various measures announced by the Singapore Government in the Solidarity Budget and Reliance Budget, through the enhanced Wage Credit Scheme, Foreign Workers Levy, and the Jobs Support Scheme.

Filed under:
Singapore, Insolvency & Restructuring, White Collar Crime, Gowling WLG, Money laundering, Coronavirus
Location:
Singapore
Firm:
Gowling WLG
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Applications for leave to appeal dismissed - 25 August 2016
2016-08-25

36979  Darin Andrew Randle v. Her Majesty the Queen

(B.C.)

Criminal law – Evidence – “Mr. Big” confessions

Filed under:
Canada, Crime, Employment & Labor, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Immigration, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Gowling WLG, Bankruptcy, Consent, Money laundering, Administrative law, Judicial review, Involuntary dismissal, Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Federal Court of Appeal (Canada)
Authors:
Matthew Estabrooks , D. Lynne Watt , Jeff Beedell , Guy Régimbald , Graham S. Ragan , Brian A. Crane, Q.C.
Location:
Canada
Firm:
Gowling WLG
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