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Karen Fellowes, the newly appointed leader of Stikeman Elliott’s Western Canadian restructuring group, tells GRR about recent changes to Canadian legislation and how virtual hearings have opened up local lawyers to an international practice.

31 July 2020

Bob Wessels, professor emeritus of international insolvency law at Leiden University and expert counsel on restructuring and insolvency to the European Commission, gives his personal observations on the pandemic.

17 July 2020

Miami-based Sequor Law shareholder Leyza Blanco and attorney Carolina Goncalves summarise the UNCITRAL Working Group’s Model Law on the Recognition and Enforcement of Insolvency-Related Judgments.

13 July 2020

Supriyo Ranjan Mahapatra, an associate with the disputes practice at Trilegal in New Delhi, provides a brief overview of the Indian approach towards group insolvencies so far - including key trends ranging from the balancing test applied to the consolidation of assets, to cross-border concerns.

08 July 2020

Hong Kong-based Harneys consultant Lorinda Peasland and its head of restructuring in Asia, Chai Ridgers, set out their case for a formal restructuring regime in Hong Kong. With corporates facing “unprecedented pressure” at the moment, they say the lack of a formal regime could push otherwise viable businesses into liquidation.

07 July 2020

“A party seeking to arbitrate claims against a debtor in a US bankruptcy proceeding faces an uphill climb”: lawyers from Vinson & Elkins explore some of the practical issues stemming from different policy considerations behind insolvency and arbitration laws across Europe and the US.

01 July 2020

London-based Fieldfisher partner Robin Spender and senior associate George Murphy examine the opportunities for distressed investors in the post-covid-19 world. Private equity has never been so cash rich, they say, and assets will rarely represent such value for money.

26 June 2020

On the back of the UK Supreme Court’s recent decision in Bresco, Latham & Watkins partner Jessica Walker examines the interaction between adjudication and the insolvency set-off regime.

25 June 2020

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Sébastien Binard, a partner at the Luxembourg law firm Arendt & Medernach who works on corporate law, private equity, M&A as well as restructuring and insolvency matters, says the covid-19-related financial crisis is priming the legal profession for virtualisation. It may even be spurring a much-needed update to Luxembourg’s restructuring law.

16 June 2020

Partner Nikolay Pokryshkin, senior associate Dmitry Vlasov and associate Anastasia Shkvarova at Kulkov, Kolotilov & Partners in Moscow look at the peculiarities of airline insolvency in Russia, from the complex calculation of claims arising from lease agreements, to how Russian courts have dealt with English law.

15 June 2020