Jack Barton

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• GRR meets Delaware Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Carey
• Community roundup: Gibson Dunn poaches Ashurst partner in Munich
• New York court grants China Fisheries trustee discovery against HSBC
• European Commission approves 2012 bailout of Danish bank
• White & Case hires from Schulte Roth in New York
• Texas court recognises Norwegian oil company’s Bermudan scheme
• Trustee of Oi's Dutch arm takes battle with Brazilian parent to New York
• Dentons promotes partners in Madrid
• Back to bailouts? Lawyers reflect on spate of European bank resolutions
• Ontario court upholds claim against Cassels Brock for conflict in GM bankruptcy
• Diamonds aren’t forever: UK court winds up Dubai company
• Embattled power authority joins Puerto Rico bankruptcy proceedings
• Lawyers react to “confused” European court judgment on Dutch pre-packs
• Latin Lawyer-GRR Live, New York: Implications of unequal access to restructuring
• South African telecoms group seeks Chapter 15 relief
• Recast EU rules on cross-border insolvency enter into force
• Delaware court upholds Lyondell on fraudulent transfers, will hear unjust enrichment claim against BMW
• Bermudan court approves scheme of arrangement for Norwegian oil group
• Alvarez & Marsal continues Big Four recruitment drive with EY hire
• AIRA Dallas: Opportunity and risk in fossil fuel and green energy restructurings
• EU looks to harmonise regulation of bail-in debt
• UAE’s Dana Gas asks Emirates court to declare English law-governed bond illegal
• Canadian court throws out Fairfield funds’ suit against PwC
• Alitalia seeks US recognition following JFK airport termination warnings
• Missouri court confirms liquidation of Abengoa Bioenergy
• Latin Lawyer-GRR Live New York: Taking on Brazil’s bankruptcy reform
• IBA Copenhagen: Difficulties with the new directive
• Italy reaches “burden sharing” deal on Monte dei Paschi
• Judge Arthur Votolato 1930-2017
• GRR Live London: the English scheme - repair or replace?
• UK court to hear asset-stripping claims against former Creative Finance director
• Canadian music company seeks Chapter 15 relief in harmony with Canadian stay
• Norwegian oil explorer seeks Chapter 15 protection for Bermudan scheme
• Linklaters poaches special situations partner from Ropes & Gray
• Community roundup: New appointments at Pepper Hamilton, Gardere Wynne Sewell and CMS
• Court-to-court protocol proposed in Ocean Rig case, as objections mount in New York
• Mid-sized firm scoops SDNY mediator from Blank Rome
• English court sets “persuasive precedent” for Jersey on unsettled limitation periods
• Liquidators of alleged Australian-Israeli tax evasion scheme seek US relief
• Dutch court denies recognition of “unlawful” Yukos Oil bankruptcy
• New York court throws out suit against DLA Piper over collapse of Cayman investors
• Lawyers and judges welcome UK adoption of JIN guidelines
• “Breaking point” – how Puerto Rico finally went to court
• Global mining group faces battle for Chapter 15 recognition of Australian schemes
• Raising the buffers: how global banks are winning the race to end too-big-to-fail
• Freshfields makes triple swoop from APKS in New York
• New York court throws out allegations against ex-Lyondell directors
• Chapter 11 update makes bank resolution in court “credible”, but doubts linger
• Regulatory round-up: Hungary snubs the Model Law
• US solar company looks to Trump for trade protections in bid to survive Chapter 11

• Global coms group submits international debt restructuring plan in US
• Ukraine’s DTEK agrees deal with banks to finalise double English scheme restructuring
• Regulatory roundup: new UK Insolvency Rules enter into force
• INSOL-funded research project seeks harmonisation of IP rules
• ILA London: UK insolvency community ponders future as a forum of choice
• Ontario court upholds global injunction in dispute over troubled Chinese forestry group
• UK court finds Ukraine has no defence in US$3bn Russian debt dispute
• Weil advises as Toshiba nuclear unit files Chapter 11 case in New York
• Administrator says Caribbean regulator liable for “fleecing” of failed Anguillan bank in Chapter 11
• Belize implements “record” sovereign debt restructuring
• Debt investor seeks bankruptcy protection in New York and Ontario
• UK court breaks new ground in enforcing New York “judgment by confession”
• Delaware court upholds legal fees from Nortel settlement
• SDNY and Bermuda adopt JIN guidelines on court cooperation
• Serbia’s failure to pay claims filed in state company bankruptcies breached human rights law, European court finds
• St Vincent court declares luxury development bankrupt, as director charged with fraud
• Dentons poaches from Clifford Chance and Baker McKenzie in Germany
• Puerto Rico board rejects restructuring plan, warns of liquidity shortfall
• ECJ ends 13-year dispute over Danish TV station bailout
• ABI Caribbean Insolvency Symposium: Rereading Chapter 15
• Russian receiver files for Chapter 15 amid claims of “corporate raiding” in New York
• Helicopter group set for Cayman relaunch after Texas court approves global plan
• A family affair: “hopeless” insolvency petition for kitchenware group dismissed
• Canadian logistics group gets provisional Chapter 15 relief
• Bahamas court overturns ruling on overseas asset recovery, calls for fresh clarity
• Electronics group swaps Hong Kong for Bermuda's “more flexible” regime
• Minter Ellison practice head joins Melbourne boutique
• Cayman court gets round “Emmadart” principle in helicopter group restructuring
• Jersey registered investment vehicles have COMI in UK, court finds
• New York court rejects new pari passu challenge after Argentine holdout settlement
• Sidley makes four-partner scoop in Munich from Kirkland and Linklaters
• Hong Kong court sanctions Lehman scheme to avoid repeat of “Waterfall” litigation
• ABI Caribbean Insolvency Symposium: a view from the bench
• South America-focused shipping group files pre-pack in New York
• Kingfisher Airlines engineering affiliate enters insolvency under new Indian code
• BVI liquidators cast a net for information on fishery group in Hong Kong
• Regulatory roundup: pre-insolvency predominates
• Delaware and Singapore adopt judicial cooperation guidelines
• Ashurst partner to join Clayton Utz in Sydney
• Delaware court to hear liability suit against Cayman liquidators
• Appeals court unravels liquidation fees class action
• Bumi Resources seeks Chapter 15 recognition of Indonesian plan
• US and Canadian courts give green light to Nortel’s distribution plan
• Investors in Greek debt should have known the risks, EU court says
• Appeals court finds Chapter 15 does not pre-empt state laws on comity
• German-US auction house brings the hammer down on transatlantic partnership
• Schönherr makes up third practice partner in Vienna
• Puerto Rico heads off bondholder suit that found way round stay
• Pensions need new restructuring rules to avoid UK insolvencies, says panel
• KWM UK enters administration