Conference coverage

As a dispute over property requirements for Chapter 15 debtors heads for a potential circuit clash in Florida, a panellist at the International Bar Association’s annual conference has said information should be reconceptualised as an asset.

01 November 2022

A panel presented by the International Insolvency Institute at the American Bankruptcy Institute's London conference took stock of what the UK’s potential adoption of two new UNCITRAL Model Laws could mean for cross-border insolvencies running through England, and for the controversial 19th century Gibbs rule that requires English law-governed debt to be restructured in the UK.

27 October 2022

At the American Bankruptcy Institute’s first in-person London event since the start of the pandemic, panellists delved into what the return of high rates of inflation and interest mean for the restructuring space.

21 October 2022

After two decades that have seen China become the largest bilateral lender to the world’s poorest countries, attendees at GRR Live in New York said talk of so-called “debt-trap diplomacy” is misplaced but the country needs to decide whether it wants to be isolated or part of the developed financial world.

19 October 2022

GRR Live returned to New York last week after a three-year break due to covid-19.

10 October 2022

Lord Justice Snowden told delegates at INSOL Europe’s annual conference that, following the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union, the stage has been set for a dissenting creditor to go to England and argue the Gibbs rule does not provide a “sufficient connection” or that a scheme should not be entertained because it would not be recognised abroad.

10 October 2022

Two months after former Delaware Chief Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Sontchi began his first term with Singapore’s International Commercial Court, it has announced new rules giving it greater powers and flexibility to hear cross-border insolvency cases – while Singapore’s second minster for law has also revealed a study into the judicial management tool to “unlock its full potential”.

22 September 2022

Singapore’s freshly appointed official receiver, Francis Ng SC, reflected on the five years since the city-state declared its ambition to be a regional restructuring hub and looked to its future as a potential centre for restructuring troubled cryptocurrency platforms in his keynote at GRR Live.

25 August 2022

GRR Live returned to Singapore on 24 August for our first international, in-person event since the covid pandemic hit.

25 August 2022

Lower costs of enforcement in the US, speedier, specialised courts in Europe with a “proper” cross-border recognition regime, and Asian regulators that understand distress: a panel of investors from around the world shared their wish lists for an ideal environment to encourage the development of a global rescue financing market fit for the future.

10 August 2022