Ben Clarke

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• Former Paul Hastings restructuring vice-chair joins Ropes & Gray
• Former Pareteum executives arrested over “massive” accounting fraud
• Industry groups urge US Supreme Court not to ban all third-party releases
• GRR Live Americas: could Purdue spell the end of third-party releases?
• US Trustee loses second attempt to throw out cannabis company’s Ch11
• GRR Live Americas: could Cayman’s new regime override Gibbs?
• Purdue releases not authorised by Bankruptcy Code, US Trustee says
• Baker & Partners brings in new partner to grow BVI offering
• Sunac seeks US recognition after Hong Kong scheme approval
• Sunac creditors back offshore restructuring scheme
• Three US states say they won’t take part in Purdue’s Supreme Court case
• Model Law draftsman responds to COMI proposals
• Leading academics and lawyers urge UNCITRAL to replace the concept of COMI
• Canadian investor agrees DIP funding deal with Singapore’s New Silkroutes
• Digital asset manager faces Cayman liquidation following Ponzi scheme claims
• 'We are here in America, we’re not in the Cayman Islands': Ascentra faces new deposition attempt
• Singapore court approves priority status for liquidation funding creditors
• Crypto-focused partner joins Appleby in BVI
• Judge Carey to mediate in TV Azteca forum dispute
• Gibson Dunn restructuring co-chair joins DLA Piper
• New York judge to seek aid from China in Schahin unjust enrichment suit
• Latham and Baker McKenzie advise as Babylon sells UK arm
• Aon’s Bermudian vehicle launches Ch15 as Vesttoo dispute continues
• Evergrande scheme meetings delayed as trading resumes
• Ascentra’s Cayman liquidator will not be deposed in Ch15 dispute, New York court rules
• “A new and rapidly evolving industry”: an interview with Vince Novelli
• Liquidators say billions of dollars at stake in US-Cayman comity dispute
• Evergrande files momentous Ch15 petitions in New York
• Pachulski hires veteran disputes lawyer in Texas
• Schultze & Braun’s cross-border restructuring head goes in-house
• Cash machine maker secures first recognition of Dutch scheme
• Fifth Circuit upholds Highland Capital restructuring fees
• Ascentra’s Cayman liquidators to fight Ch15 termination motion
• Cayman liquidators win access to funds held by New York court
• Dümmen Orange restructuring necessary, Dutch court rules
• Carey Olsen insolvency head joins Walkers in London
• Shearman and Wedlake Bell lawyers join Insolvency Rules Committee
• Creditors fail to wind up Chinese real estate group
• Mallinckrodt facing securities class action as it prepares new Ch11
• Akin Gump partner joins Eversheds in US
• Alpine blames ESG initiatives as it files Ch11s in Texas
• Saint Vincent liquidators secure third-party funding order
• Differ Group Auto withdraws Cayman RO petition
• SVB secures sale of investment arm as Cayman branch wound up
• UK Insolvency Service reprimands regulator for first time
• Leoni completes “historic” restructuring as shareholders crammed down
• Cineworld secures plan confirmation in Texas
• “Dates matter in bankruptcy”: B Riley fails to block claim it violated Ch11 plan
• Cineworld lines up AlixPartners for UK administration
• Telford holdcos wound up in Cayman following wider restructuring

• “When I rest, I carry heavy rocks”: an interview with Judge Daniel Carnio Costa
• NRF recruits Bryan Cave partner in New York
• Conyers advising as Chinese auto e-commerce operator seeks ROs in Cayman
• Global menswear retailer’s Hong Kong liquidators permitted to seek mainland recognition
• US Bankruptcy Code abrogates tribal immunity, Supreme Court rules
• US-based debtor loses English jurisdictional battle
• US court approves novel bitcoin DIP financing
• German bank fails to appoint administrators over Luxembourgish landlord in Scotland
• US receiver hits back at Cayman liquidators in 11th Circuit appeal
• Chinese wine group faces Cayman and Hong Kong winding up actions
• 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