William Macadam

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• Heads-Up: Bahram Vakil and Nilang Desai at AZB & Partners in Mumbai
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• Jersey court winds up “dual hatted” entity already in liquidation in Luxembourg
• Akin Gump continues special situations growth with Hong Kong hire
• Cash machine manufacturer plans parallel Ch11 and WHOA
• Hong Kong Airlines hit with HK$56.3 million injunction
• Gernandt & Danielsson assists Swedish property manager as distress hits local real estate
• Portage Point picks up new turnaround co-head and managing director in New York
• Lander & Rogers hires Norton Rose partner in Sydney
• HMRC pulls the plug on GAS’s restructuring plan
• “Pharma Bro” group files Ch11 following antitrust suit
• UK chemicals group Venator files Ch11 pre-pack in Texas
• Sullivan & Cromwell hires Kirkland partner
• Creditors to vote on Fitness First’s workout plan
• BVI freezing injunction extended, but not for bankruptcy creditors
• DLA Piper names former Akin partner as new APAC restructuring head
• Singapore court extends Babel’s worldwide moratorium and anonymises creditor names
• German manufacturer secures English restructuring plan meetings
• GAS sanction reserved as English court considers UK taxman’s cramdown
• Judge rebukes Russian trustee’s counsel for “outrageous” recusal letter
• Orrick bolsters Paris office with new restructuring head and team from Eversheds
• Rewind to the 80s: UK recognises Irish scheme via Insolvency Act’s Section 426
• Cuban debt was validly assigned but guarantee was not, English court finds
• Willkie partner joins Greenberg as European restructuring co-head
• Rajah & Tann partners set up conflict resolution boutique in Singapore
• English court keeps a light on for Bulb Energy transfer
• A WHOA moment: shipbuilder completes what is thought to be largest-yet Dutch scheme
• UK regulator and SOLRs can claim costs for energy regime “lacuna” hearing
• INSOL International, New Delhi: does Instagram make asset tracing easier?
• Evergrande finally unveils restructuring plan with support from ad-hoc group
• SVB’s parent spars with FDIC over “improper” freezing of US$2.1 billion
• India's foreign lawyer rule change offers “significant opportunities” in restructuring space
• Energy broker’s UK plan sanction adjourned following HMRC complaints
• Former Baccarat owner fails to annul Hong Kong bankruptcy
• Slaughter and May, Clifford Chance and Ashurst advising as Silicon Valley Bank UK arm sold to HSBC
• Norwegian firms team up with Kirkland for refinancing of Oslo-listed offshore driller
• English court approves securities transfer in UK’s first-ever unsecured credit bid
• E.ON, British Gas and Scottish Power ask English court to unwind Bulb transfer
• Weil counsel joins Reed Smith in London
• B Riley acquires Farber’s corporate arm in Canada
• Administrators’ costs face scrutiny in UK’s first special energy administration
• Estonian trustee secures Ch15 recognition to investigate alleged fraud
• Saudi British Bank accuses Abengoa of “simulating” solvency
• UK Supreme Court to hear Russian trustee’s recognition appeal
• Insolvency Law Academy dedicates mediation centre in honour of late minister
• ILA, New Delhi: inaugural event credits Indian Bankruptcy Code for economic growth
• Brown Rudnick team joins Parisian boutique
• Health sensor SPAC files dual US-Cayman restructuring
• India proposes “comprehensive” Bankruptcy Code shake-up
• Australian court recognises businessman’s Singaporean bankruptcy
• Petropavlovsk schemes sanctioned as Citibank deadline looms

• Saudi adds cross-border bankruptcy rules based on UNCITRAL Model Law
• Baccarat investor staves off possible UK jail time with last-minute concessions
• Spain’s new pre-pack law tested as nine bidders vie for Abengoa’s businesses
• FTX CEO and Bahamian JPLs sign co-operation agreement
• Celsius ruling “should be helpful” to FTX customers, ex-CEO faces fraud suit
• Two insolvency-specialist barristers take silk
• FTX and Bahamas securities regulator spar over crypto asset seizures
• Petropavlovsk scheme meetings greenlit as Citibank threatens to close accounts
• AIG accused of “weaponising” Chapter 11 process
• US court approves 3AC communication protocol, subpoenas founders
• Court clears Credit Suisse to bring Greensill-related claim against SoftBank
• Zipmex secures moratoria extension in Singapore
• Addleshaw Goddard partner moves to Ashurst in Hong Kong
• Bulb Energy transfer scheme given green light
• Faegre Drinker continues to grow US restructuring group
• Irish lessors lose latest round in fight to overturn Garuda’s restructuring plan
• Kirkland, BlackOak advising NASDAQ-listed Binance partner in Singapore-led restructuring
• PwC appointed trustee for sale of bankrupt Hong Kong businessman’s Australian property
• Omni Bridgeway recruits Stephenson Harwood partner in Hong Kong
• French care group presents turnaround plan as prosecutors raid homes
• Cayman liquidators denied remuneration in HK, now denied leave to appeal
• FTX CEO lambasts “distressing” recognition petition filed by Bahamas JPLs
• Voyager restarts bidding process as FTX founder faces lawsuit in Miami
• Walkers secures first Cayman restructuring officer appointment
• Crypto’s “Lehman” moment? FTX enters Chapter 11 after filings in Bahamas and Australia
• Fried Frank partner joins Jones Day in New York amid latest promotions round
• Hiring spree continues as A&O recruits in Paris, Milan and Hamburg
• White & Case advising as French care homes group opens creditor talks
• Blow to Bedzhamov as Russian trustee’s recognition re-instated
• ABI, London: new UNCITRAL Model Laws and Gibbs, strange bedfellows
• Isle of Man liquidator loses Chapter 15 bid after “letter box” address finding
• Marka directors exonerated after changes in UAE bankruptcy law
• McDermott advising as VW and Daimler supplier enters administration in Germany
• ABI, London: Are we back to the 70s? What high inflation and interest rates mean for restructurings
• Liquidators of 1MDB-linked BVI funds secure recognition in Singapore
• Lefosse adds trio of partners in São Paulo
• SICC’s “bold and significant” rule changes lauded by practitioners
• Vneshprombank investor asks English court to deny Russian bankruptcy recognition
• Weil distress index: high interest rates to call time on "amend-and-extend"
• Fuelling distress: Europe’s €500 billion energy crisis
• Crypto round-up: Voyager agrees sale, Celsius CEO resigns and CoinFLEX wins creditor support
• Indonesian flag carrier seeks Ch15 recognition in New York
• Firestar Diamond lenders disallowed claims in New York liquidation
• Nord Stream 2 pipeline wins moratorium extension until January
• Freshfields advising Naftogaz as one tranche of bondholders agrees deferral deal
• Japan’s Anderson Mori & Tomotsune launches in London with restructuring work on the agenda
• US relief sought in nine more 1MDB-linked offshore liquidations
• GetSwift secures recognition of Ch11 in Canada
• Endo secures recognition in Canada after patent set-back in US appeal court
• Canadian “Crypto King” set to lose crown in involuntary bankruptcy