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English court grants Dutch Hema single class scheme meeting
An English court has let Dutch retailer Hema hold a creditors’ vote on the English scheme that is key to its planned multi-jurisdictional restructuring in the UK, the US and the Netherlands.
29 July 2020
Brazilian court approves Odebrecht’s results-based reorganisation plan
A Brazilian court has approved a restructuring plan for non-operating companies in Brazil’s Odebrecht group, which will see it pay creditors with the proceeds of asset sales and new, profit-sharing securities.
29 July 2020
DLA Piper recruits partner in Melbourne
DLA Piper has hired a new partner in its Melbourne restructuring practice, after losing its Australian head of restructuring to Dentons in March.
29 July 2020
RHTLaw advising as Hiap Seng Engineering files for JM in Singapore
Singapore-listed oil and gas services company Hiap Seng Engineering and one of its subsidiaries have filed separate applications for judicial management in the city-state, with RHTLaw advising.
29 July 2020
European digital technologies group seeks recognition in New York
The CEO of Paris-registered digital technologies specialist Ymagis has applied for recognition of its French insolvency proceedings in New York, just months after it agreed a €52 million restructuring.
29 July 2020
UK mini-bond seller wound-up by scandal-hit parent LC&F
An English court has ordered the winding-up of a UK mini-bond seller, following a petition by the administrators of its scandal-hit parent, London Capital & Finance.
28 July 2020
Texan trustee seeks UK’s help in suspected brotherly bankruptcy fraud
The Texan trustee of a discharged bankrupt now suspected of possible bankruptcy fraud with his brother, is using the UK’s cross-border insolvency law to try to access a London Thameside property.
28 July 2020
Hyflux banks prepare judicial management application
An unsecured group of Hyflux’s bank lenders are preparing an application to place it under judicial management, while the embattled Singaporean company has also received new proposals from US and UAE investors.
28 July 2020
Baker McKenzie advises as Thai Airways pursues restructuring
Baker McKenzie, Herbert Smith Freehills and Southeast Asian firm Tilleke Gibbins are all taking roles in the rehabilitation proceedings for Thailand’s flagship airline, which is next due in court on 17 August.
28 July 2020
English court sanctions scheme for British retailer Matalan
An English judge has approved Guernsey-owned British fashion and homeware retailer Matalan’s scheme of arrangement, for which it will seek US recognition in the coming days.
27 July 2020
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