Ben Clarke

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• Bill Brandt 1949 – 2023
• “Bankruptcy is inherently a creature of competing interests”: Purdue plan reinstated
• Rolta chair ordered to pay creditors after New York contempt ruling
• Delaware court rejects US Trustee’s bid to dismiss fee refund claim
• Duane Morris hires Moses & Singer partner in New York
• “What a long, strange trip it’s been”: Crédito Real strikes creditor deal
• BFAM fund seeks novel turnover order against scandal-hit Chinese group
• Canadian theme park ride creator rolls into bankruptcy
• Shearman and Gibson Dunn advising as Vice set to sell at discount
• Dubai-headquartered tech company faces liquidation in Cayman
• Canadian pharma group wins temporary stay in Delaware
• Quinn Emanuel brought in as Bittrex files Ch11 following SEC charges
• Squire Patton Boggs continues European recruitment drive
• Ch15 round-up: Ukrainian bank liquidator wins recognition in Florida
• J&J seeking to “stuff the ballot box” for latest Ch11 plan, talc claimants say
• Sidley and Conyers called on again as Chinese property group files Cayman scheme
• Davis Polk advising as JPMorgan buys troubled First Republic Bank
• Cayman SPC liquidators plan recognition actions in Malaysia and UK
• Appleby and Sidley secure “key precedent” in Cayman winding up dispute
• III-UNCITRAL, New York: “seeking perfection is a fantasy”
• Supreme Court’s Sears lease ruling “restores integrity” of appeal process
• O’Melveny adds Gibson Dunn partner in London
• Kroll opens in South Africa with EY hires
• Middle Eastern healthcare group facing Cayman winding up
• Chinese property group faces New York suit over “highly suspicious” missed payments
• David’s Bridal files bankruptcy in US and UK, seeks recognition in Canada
• J&J secures Canadian recognition again
• Judge Drain returns to private practice with Skadden
• INSOL International, Rio: mootness and matters of life and death
• “The world is watching”: J&J judge denies dismissal request
• Another creditor group forming for Evergrande restructuring
• Cleary hires long-time Akin Gump partner in New York
• Sidley hires in Texas as global push continues
• Dutch court appoints Steinhoff WHOA observers
• J&J refiles Ch11 after reaching US$9bn talc settlement
• Bankruptcy protection sought as Virgin Orbit fails to take off
• Credit Suisse bondholder group hires Quinn Emanuel
• Credit Suisse bondholders to choose lawyers
• Antigua’s automatic stay is constitutional, appeal court rules
• Legal action threatened as bondholders lose US$17bn in Credit Suisse takeover
• Sullivan & Cromwell advising as SVB parent files Ch11
• Latham’s Saudi restructuring leader to join Addleshaw in Riyadh
• US sports network owner plans US$8bn restructuring
• Cayman fund liquidators appeal in case of “great importance” to Ch15
• 11th Circuit hears Chapter 15 recognition dispute
• Another Akin Gump partner joins Gibson Dunn in Texas
• “We've seen an evolution in the bankruptcy sphere”: an interview with Omni Bridgeway’s Jim Batson
• Cayman fund manager opposes Ch15 relief in New York
• Foreign banks and investors accused of “aiding” FTX fraud in Miami suit
• Fraudulent debt can’t be discharged through bankruptcy, US Supreme Court rules

• Texas two-step providing “windfall” for bankruptcy professionals, claimants say
• Kirkland adds “well-known” restructuring leader in Frankfurt
• Bahamian and US courts agree FTX recognition orders, examiner bid rejected
• Bed Bath & Beyond secures protection in Canada after last-minute US deal
• ABI, Caribbean: Cayman practitioners regret Hong Kong’s “shift away from cooperation”
• Hong Kong’s Harris talks Gibbs, Modern Land and Model Law
• California court allows cannabis company to sell assets in bankruptcy
• Dolfin case tests disclosure under UK special administration rules
• Weil and Gibson Dunn advising as Serta Simmons files Ch11
• FTX authorised to retain S&C in face of “incendiary” last-minute allegations
• Foreign creditors violated Avianca’s Ch11 plan, New York court finds
• Canadian construction group to sell US assets after Ch15 approval
• Former Celsius investment manager blocked from withdrawing funds
• “Appalling abuse of the bankruptcy system”: lawyer banned after advising client to spread covid-19
• Ch15 round-up: Estonian trustee seeks US recognition to pursue missing crypto
• 3AC liquidators can subpoena co-founder through Twitter
• Hong Kong court releases HKA scheme judgment
• Appeal granted after Lehman interest rate swap ruling
• UK Supreme Court rejects Stanford International’s Quincecare claim
• US chemicals group emerges from Delaware bankruptcy
• SGRI, Singapore: Sontchi on 16 years on the Delaware bankruptcy bench
• III & ABLI launch new guide on treatment of insolvent MSEs in Asia
• SGRI, Singapore: crypto collapses “enliven” opportunity for mediation
• Mediation agreed after judge blocks California from cutting clinic operator’s funds
• Altera gets Ch11 plan approval after unsecured creditor concessions
• IBA, Miami: valuation advice from the US to Europe
• Davis Polk advising as Brazilian engineering giant files Ch15
• IBA, Miami: “information is an asset”
• Garuda wins Ch15 recognition but Irish lessors prepare for fight
• GRR Live, New York: China’s debt-trap conspiracy
• Cayman-US comity dispute heads to 11th Circuit
• Hong Kong Airlines secures scheme meetings in Hong Kong
• Juul adds former Milbank restructuring head and Celsius director to board
• Latham advising as Bang energy drink owner files Ch11 in Florida
• Hong Kong Airlines launches dual Hong Kong-UK restructuring
• UK Supreme Court hands down “momentous” creditor duty decision
• Lehman judge Shelley Chapman rejoins Willkie
• ADGM court issues US$1bn freezing order against former NMC chief
• China’s E-House seeks US recognition of Cayman scheme
• US Trustee objects to Celsius stablecoin sales
• Bahraini bank lodges Arcapita appeal in US Second Circuit
• Another Brown Rudnick partner joins Squire Patton Boggs
• US resident fails to enforce bankruptcy stay against Irish creditors
• III NextGen, Toronto: DIP roll-ups across jurisdictions
• Raines Feldman continues New York expansion
• New York court blocks PJT restructuring fee in LATAM Ch11
• Celsius seeks permission to sell stablecoin holdings
• US Trustee seeks Ch7 conversion for Russian-owned delivery app
• Chinese developer Sunac facing winding up in Hong Kong
• White & Case defeats disqualification bid in YPF litigation