Interviews

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The co-heads of Sidley Austin’s London restructuring group discuss their high-profile work on Chinese real estate restructurings, the recent back-and-forth between US and Hong Kong courts over the Gibbs rule, and how the UK’s new cross-class cramdown tool will allow sponsors to “game the capital structure” and play creditors off against each other.

13 March 2023

One year after his appointment as Omni Bridgeway’s co-chief investment officer in the US, Jim Batson tells GRR about the “evolution” he has seen in the bankruptcy space in recent years, why he thinks litigation financing is at its heart an ESG product and what factors are considered when funders are deciding to invest.

07 March 2023

After 16 years on the bench, Delaware’s former Chief Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Sontchi retired from the US federal courts last June, to begin his first term with Singapore’s International Commercial Court. GRR caught up with him to discuss his new role, and to find out more about how the SICC will work and what kind of matters it is likely to attract.

02 March 2023

INSOL International turned 40 this year and is using the opportunity to reimagine itself so it is still relevant in decades to come. GRR caught up with INSOL’s president Scott Atkins, global co-head of restructuring at Norton Rose Fulbright in Sydney, to talk about the association’s new 2030 strategy and how it is reframing itself from a regular membership organisation to a group with a broader societal impact, at a time when the global economic environment points to significant disruption.

11 November 2022

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Stephen Lerner, global chair of Squire Patton Boggs’ restructuring group, tells GRR it will be a “big day” when the Second Circuit hands down its decision in Purdue Pharma on whether third party releases are permitted or not – an issue, he says, many lawyers thought was “dead and buried at this point”.

14 October 2022

UPDATED: Former Honigman partner Erin Broderick has joined Eversheds Sutherland as counsel in Chicago, bringing with her experience on the cross-border restructuring of Australian mining equipment supplier Emeco Holdings.

29 September 2022

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Fiona Huntriss and Neil Pigott, partners in the London litigation and disputes boutique founded by former Boies Schiller Flexner deputy chair Natasha Harrison in February, tell GRR what it’s like to work in London’s newest law firm, explain why Eastern Europe is an area to watch, and share their thoughts on the UK’s proposals to adopt two new Model Laws from UNCITRAL Group V.

12 August 2022

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Daniel Anderson, partner and co-head of Ropes & Gray’s restructuring and special situations practice in Asia, speaks to GRR about the problems facing the Chinese real estate sector, what Hong Kong can do to remain competitive for cross-border restructurings, and whether the much-anticipated wave of covid-related insolvencies will impact Asia over the coming months.

27 July 2022

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The co-chairs of Paul Hastings’ restructuring practice, Luc Despins and Kris Hansen, recently brought to work together when Stroock Stroock & Lavan's restructuring team moved to the firm in March, tell GRR their expectations for the global economy in the next 12 months, why Singapore and the Cayman Islands are emerging jurisdictions for restructuring, and their secrets for good brief writing.

01 July 2022

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The co-leader of Norton Rose Fulbright’s EMEA restructuring group Sylwia Maria Bea discusses the new German insolvency law StaRUG, her role setting up a women-only restructuring association and why ESG considerations should become more widespread over the rest of the year.

14 June 2022