Features
Europe column: recast European Insolvency Regulation – substantial repair work needed
Bob Wessels, professor emeritus of international insolvency law at Leiden University and expert counsel on restructuring and insolvency to the European Commission, gives a gloomy outlook on the architecture of the recast European Insolvency Regulation, five years since it came into in force.
22 February 2022
Heads-Up: Alan Kornberg at Paul Weiss in New York
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Alan Kornberg, co-head of Paul Weiss’ restructuring group in New York, speaks to GRR about a transitional era in international restructurings as countries around the world migrate to Chapter 11-like regimes, how rescue loans are being used as a gateway to distressed investments and why SPACs might not be the panacea that everyone originally thought.
18 February 2022
Freezing crypto assets in the Cayman Islands – practical considerations
Months after their colleagues explored the treatment of cryptocurrency as property, Collas Crill's head of dispute resolution Stephen Leontsinis and counsel Natascha Steiner-Smith in the Cayman Islands discuss how courts might deal with the identification and freezing of such proprietary assets.
16 February 2022
From Chinese debt to litigation funding – key disputes trends emerging in the Cayman Islands in 2022
Partner Adam Crane and associate Nicosia Lawson at Baker & Partners in the Cayman Islands discuss some of the key developments that will likely impact the local disputes industry in 2022 and beyond: from the Chinese debt bubble to a new statutory framework for litigation funding, and changes afoot in Cayman’s restructuring regime and judiciary.
11 February 2022
DIPping a toe in the water: US-style rescue finance comes to the EU
A Hogan Lovells team looks at some of the differences in the way post-petition finance provisions have been (or will be) implemented in France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands, drawing comparisons with the established DIP finance regime in the US.
26 January 2022
Turnaround in 2022: UK challenges and opportunities
Andy Leeser, chair of the UK’s Institute for Turnaround, explains how the pandemic has provided a catalyst for operational change and discusses the key areas where restructuring and turnaround professionals might be needed in the coming year.
19 January 2022
Heads-Up: Andrew Wilkinson and Neil Devaney at Weil in London
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Weil Gotshal & Manges’ London restructuring co-heads Andrew Wilkinson and Neil Devaney tell GRR why restructuring skills will have to develop to address environmental issues in future, and why a move from CVAs to Part 26A restructuring plans is desirable.
14 January 2022
Europe column: insolvency law, the year ahead
Bob Wessels, professor emeritus of international insolvency law at Leiden University and expert counsel on restructuring and insolvency to the European Commission, gives readers a peek into the EU’s 2022 agenda.
12 January 2022
Heads-Up: Joel Moss at Shearman & Sterling in New York
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Shearman & Sterling’s restructuring co-head Joel Moss speaks to GRR about changing sources of capital, a recent increase in creditor-on-creditor violence and a potential uptick in restructuring activity if central banks raise interest rates.
07 January 2022
Heads-Up: Frances Coulson at Wedlake Bell in London
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A few months after London boutique Moon Beever merged with Wedlake Bell, the new firm’s insolvency practice leader Frances Coulson talks to GRR about the knowledge she has gained from working with people in other jurisdictions, the risks for practitioners acting on fraud cases when no litigation funder wants to invest, and rising competition from Singapore and India.
10 December 2021