Freya Gilbert

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• Hyflux liquidators and KPMG castigated for “excessive” submissions
• Creditor found liable for trustees’ fees after bankruptcy order annulled in Hong Kong
• Debts unenforceable in UAE can be enforced in the UK, English court says
• Greensill’s German and UK administrators go head to head over €40 million fund
• UAE bank turns to UK after Abu Dhabi court declares personal guarantees unenforceable
• IPs welcome reforms to UK regulation, but warn of increased costs
• Mayer Brown expands in London
• McDermott International to file parallel UK-Dutch restructurings with Ch15 in US
• Kirkland & Ellis partner departs for Katten in Chicago
• Judicial manager beats unfair prejudice application in Singapore
• Howes Percival, Pinsent Masons and Dechert advising as construction group completes pre-pack
• Second Circuit upholds contempt sanction for US attorney in Vneshprombank-linked Chapter 15
• Ashurst loses partner to White & Case in Hong Kong
• Singapore court recognises Genesis subsidiary as foreign rep; creditors mount objections in the US
• JOLs appointed over Cayman fund after two-year battle with fund manager
• Second Singaporean crypto scheme sanctioned becomes first to take effect
• Haya achieves second scheme sanction in England
• IWIRC award winner moves to Singapore boutique firm N8
• That’s a wrap: Bron Media obtains Ch15 order despite venue dispute
• UK-based healthcare group to liquidate US assets
• Stroock & Stroock & Lavan loses five to Morgan Lewis
• Will the UK Supreme Court’s PACCAR decision impact the contentious insolvency industry?
• Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advising IT consultancy Softline on new StaRUG
• Cayman Court of Appeal reverses just and equitable winding up order
• Advisory firm Cork Gully expands into Luxembourg
• Yuzhou Group proposal drafted by Linklaters and Alvarez faces early opposition
• Chinese property developer schemes move ahead across key jurisdictions
• South Square takes on two new barristers
• Spanish distressed real estate group allowed to convene second English scheme
• French court approves first major cross-class cramdown in Orpea sanction
• Shareholders to recoup nothing under Bed Bath & Beyond’s Chapter 11
• “Draconian” winding up petition struck out in Hong Kong
• GRR Live, Women in Restructuring: the UK restructuring plan – time for a “proper” moratorium
• Examiner appointed over non-EU company with Irish COMI
• Diebold Nixdorf secures US$2.1bn restructuring with Ch11 and Ch15 orders
• Dissenting landlords crammed down in Fitness First restructuring plan sanction
• Weil loses another partner in New York
• Australian liquidators seek aid from Singaporean courts over document disclosure
• Casino reveals rescue bids as shareholders set to be wiped out
• Dissenting creditors claim vote on Orpea plan was “unlawful”
• GRR presents Women in Restructuring awards
• Heads up: Ted Gavin at Gavin/Solmonese in Delaware
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• Landlords challenge relevant comparator at Fitness First sanction hearing
• Brinkmann & Partner expands in Düsseldorf
• Everyday Lending scheme sanctioned with no objections
• CMS advising as Hunter Boot completes pre-pack sale
• III Amsterdam round up: a new president, two award winners and a fresh NextGen intake
• Bedzhamov permitted to sell Belgravia properties
• Irish lessors lose latest attempt to wind up Indonesia’s Garuda in Australia
• Jersey court winds up “dual hatted” entity already in liquidation in Luxembourg

• Objection to Orpea’s restructuring may trigger France’s first major cross class cramdown
• Fitness First sanction hearing adjourned following landlord objections
• FTX’s Bahamian JPLs seek lift on Chapter 11 stay to settle non-US law issues
• AlixPartners appointed as receivers over Telegraph’s parent company
• Canadian-US cannabis group obtains CCAA protection as receiver appointed in Oregon
• Brazilian Sugar group secures DIP financing
• Paul Hastings partner joins growing Freshfields team
• The results are in: GRR’s Women in Restructuring 2023 survey
• Wikeley rebuked for violating Chapter 15 stay
• Women in Restructuring 2023 survey: covid, visibility and progress
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• “We've come a long way baby, but there's still more to go”: IWIRC unpacks GRR’s 2023 Women in Restructuring survey
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• Morses Club’s scheme gets the greenlight
• US Supreme court to decide whether bankruptcy code abrogates tribal sovereign immunity
• Milbank continues New York expansion with Kirkland hire
• Medical equipment supplier’s Singapore moratorium denied on bad faith grounds
• Kuwait telecoms company allowed to serve second bankruptcy petition on Saudi prince
• Omni Bridgeway allowed to post an undertaking as security for costs in Hyflux case
• TLT receives largest damages judgment in Scottish court’s history
• Another Chinese property developer wound up in Hong Kong
• Dorsey & Whitney hires new London restructuring head
• Brattle Group hires restructuring expert in Georgia
• Exclusive jurisdiction clauses trump bankruptcy code in absence of public interest, Hong Kong court rules
• Steinhoff publishes updated WHOA restructuring plan
• Milbank adds Paul Weiss lifer to New York practice
• Milbank and Weil advise as Frigoglass completes second restructuring
• McDermott Will & Emery hires new China practice leader in London
• IWIRC commemorates 30th anniversary at spring conference
• Another payday lender secures scheme meeting for redress claim creditors
• Baker & Partners expands its BVI offering with Forbes Hare hire
• Kirkland partner to join former Credit Suisse trader’s asset management fund
• Adler’s English plan sanctioned, noteholders to appeal
• KPMG, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley facing SVB investor class action
• Adler plan sanction decision expected next week
• Ad hoc group challenges alleged “liquidation plan” as Adler sanction hearing opens
• Is the time for officeholder-friendly judgments in Germany over?
• Comet liquidator secures partial release of £89m unfair preference judgment award
• Canadian recycling company obtains Ch15 recognition despite creditor objections
• Evergrande reaches deal with offshore bondholders
• Ukraine can defend Russia bond default, UK Supreme Court rules
• Heads-Up: Jifree Cader and Mark Knight at Sidley Austin in London
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• Women in Restructuring survey deadline extended
• Adler noteholder lodges Frankfurt suit challenging note issuer substitution
• Norton Rose Fulbright adds from Clifford Chance in Japan
• 3AC liquidators obtain extra-territorial summoning order for fund’s directors
• Adler convening judgment sheds light on cross-border, cross-class questions left to sanction stage
• Adler secures UK plan meetings for six creditor classes
• Wine investment fund enters provisional liquidation in Bermuda following regulator investigation
• Adler amends lock-up agreement ahead of plan hearing
• Insolvency Practitioners Association, London: the case for diversity
• SME engineering group secures plan meetings at contested hearing