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Abu Dhabi-based NMC Healthcare secures interim English protection
The administrators of NMC Healthcare in Abu Dhabi’s financial free zone have obtained interim protection in the UK, blocking creditors from attaching sale proceeds they plan to place in a London bank account.
09 April 2021
Creditor meetings bypassed for Cayman health company’s Hong Kong liquidation
A Hong Kong court has appointed liquidators over a Cayman healthcare company accused of fraud, after dispensing with creditor meetings and rejecting opposition from contributories.
09 April 2021
Texas court recognises Just Energy’s CCAA process
A Texas bankruptcy court has granted full recognition to Canadian retail energy provider Just Energy’s CCAA proceedings, which were triggered by the unprecedented winter storms and skyrocketing electricity prices in Texas in February.
09 April 2021
Delaware bankruptcy court adds new judge
After over three decades in practice, Cole Schotz member Kate Stickles has joined the bankruptcy bench in Delaware, filling a seat vacated by Judge Kevin Carey when he stepped down in 2019.
08 April 2021
Argentine power provider enters Chapter 11
Power plant operator Stoneway Capital Corporation has applied for Chapter 11 protection in the US and is likely to abandon its Canadian restructuring, after environmental claims filed against it in Argentina prevented the extension of a standstill agreement with creditors.
08 April 2021
No assets? No problem! Israeli trustee accesses UK concealment structure
The Israeli trustee of a property investor once rumoured to be Israel’s largest private bankrupt has persuaded an English court to transfer him the rights to a UK company believed to be at the top of a structure intended to hide German assets – though no assets have been identified as yet, even by private investigators.
08 April 2021
IBA releases toolkit on insolvency and arbitration
The International Bar Association has released a toolkit providing guidance for when a party to an arbitration is subject to insolvency proceedings.
08 April 2021
Interim recognition in Australia for Greensill Bank administrator
Greensill Bank’s German insolvency administrator has obtained interim recognition in Australia and has used Eversheds Sutherland to make a similar application in the UK.
07 April 2021
Hogan Lovells leads on €4.5 billion restructuring of French hotel operator
A long list of law and advisory firms have helped international hotel operator AccorInvest Group secure additional financing and complete a multi-jurisdictional restructuring of its €4.5 billion debt pile.
07 April 2021
New Zealand’s insolvent trading laws under fire in Mainzeal appeal decision
Directors of New Zealand construction company Mainzeal, including a former prime minister, have failed to escape liability for breaches of their duties before its collapse, despite an appeal court overturning a compensation award for reckless trading.
07 April 2021
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