Winston & Strawn has hired a new restructuring partner in New York, while CMS has expanded its finance offering and Goodwin has strengthened its private equity group in London.
The Singapore Court of Appeal has upheld a directorship disqualification for Jason Kardachi, leader of Borrelli Walsh’s restructuring practice in south-east Asia, after the Registrar of Companies struck off four companies he had been appointed to restructure.
A slew of Brazilian law firms and one Spanish outfit have helped telecoms operators TIM, Telefónica and Claro make a US$3 billion binding stalking-horse bid to jointly buy Oi’s mobile services business, as part of the latter’s reorganisation.
German lawyers have cautiously welcomed a preventative restructuring regime outlined in a long-awaited draft bill that they hope will enable company rescues outside of insolvency and stymie the flow of companies who …
An Alberta court has recognised Cayman Islands personal bankruptcy and freezing orders, rejecting arguments that granting the relief would be “an abuse of Canadian procedures” despite noting there were limited precedents.
Partner Stephen Alexander and associate Max Galt at Mourant in Jersey set out why a traditionally creditor-friendly offshore jurisdiction like Jersey, with its commercially minded and flexible Royal Court, would still benefit …
Hogan Lovells partner Evan Koster and associate Juan Moreno investigate the use of aggregated collective action clauses in the recent restructurings of Ecuador and Argentina, describing them as an “important development” in the restructuring process of sovereigns.
Partner Richard Hornshaw and counsel Tom Laidler from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld’s London litigation team discuss how a Cayman litigation trust and an English scheme were used to get around creditor differences on pursuing significant litigation, in the context of the administration of an iron ore miner in Sierra Leone.
Katten Muchin Rosenman has continued its recent hiring spree with the addition of partner Michaela Crocker from Jones Day in Dallas.
The former head of Baker McKenzie’s German restructuring practice has moved to Dentons in Berlin.
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