Collas Crill recently brought a novel, successful application to appoint receivers over a promissory note and reconstitute a breach of a Jersey trust in the context of a bitter international family dispute. Group partners Sam Williams and Simon Hurry, who respectively brought the application, and led a team on behalf of the receivers in world-wide enforcement and recovery proceedings, discuss this first instance of a Jersey Court appointing receivers in aid of equitable execution.
04 March 2021
The former head of Freshfields’ Asia restructuring practice and an English-qualified barrister have joined Maples Group as partners in Hong Kong and the Cayman Islands, while the firm has also promoted in London.
02 February 2021
A year on from the foundation of its restructuring practice under Numa Rengot, France’s Franklin has expanded in Paris with a hire from Deloitte’s French firm Taj.
21 January 2021
British Virgin Islands-incorporated special purpose vehicle Rock International Investments is seeking Chapter 15 recognition of its BVI scheme of arrangement, while its parent company has entered bankruptcy proceedings in China.
24 November 2020
Five employees of China’s Shandong Shanshui Cement Group have won retrospective permission to bring claims against receivers from EY, following a ruling in Hong Kong.
30 October 2020
Alvarez & Marsal has expanded in Asia with its first two senior appointments in Singapore, from FTI Consulting and HSBC subsidiary Serai.
28 October 2020
Greenberg Traurig has hired a new shareholder in Boston from Mintz Levin.
26 October 2020
The receivers of a BVI investment company have been prevented from replacing the directors of its Japanese subsidiary, after a local court found a Singaporean investor could not apply on their behalf.
14 October 2020
A Singapore court has placed Hontop Energy, the trading arm of a Chinese independent oil refiner, under full judicial management supervised by RSM Advisory, following allegations of “suspicious transactions” from its biggest lender.
11 September 2020
Advisory firm Duff & Phelps has recruited one of Australia’s most experienced restructuring and insolvency practitioners for its new Sydney office.
07 August 2020
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