Regional news: Cayman Islands
Creditors approve KrisEnergy’s Singapore scheme
Cayman-incorporated oil and gas group KrisEnergy has secured creditor support for its Singaporean scheme of arrangement as part of a restructuring of its US$477 million debt pile.
19 January 2021
Saad liquidators lose share transfer claim against Saudi bank
The liquidators of Cayman fund Saad Investments Company have been stopped from clawing back US$318 million worth of shares that its founder transferred to a Saudi bank after the fund’s collapse over a decade ago.
18 January 2021
Quantuma acquires new Cayman firm
UK-headquartered Quantuma has acquired a Cayman Islands-based advisory firm recently founded by asset recovery specialist Angela Barkhouse, stating it wants to replicate its past success expanding internationally in Cyprus and Mauritius.
07 January 2021
Singapore Mareva injunction upheld against Cayman holding company
A Singapore court has upheld a Mareva injunction issued against a Cayman holding company and its Canadian director, rejecting challenges to its jurisdiction over a foreign law dispute.
04 January 2021
Century Sunshine’s Cayman JPLs secure Singapore recognition
BlackOak is advising the “light-touch” provisional liquidators of Chinese fertiliser company Century Sunshine Group, who have won recognition in Singapore to seek a restructuring of locally-listed notes.
15 December 2020
PwC appointed as Cayman court winds up Altair
A British Virgin Islands investor has secured the winding-up of Hong Kong-based investment manager Altair Asia in the Cayman Islands, five months after its first attempt to obtain an order was dismissed.
14 December 2020
Canadian stay lifted in Cayman recognition case
A Canadian court has set aside an automatic stay granted to a married couple appealing the recognition of two Cayman orders made against them, finding it hindered investigations into their assets.
14 December 2020
KrisEnergy settles after failing to block Cayman winding-up petition
An oil and gas group pursuing a Singaporean scheme, KrisEnergy, has reached a settlement with a creditor that brought a Cayman winding-up petition against its Thai subsidiary, after failing to secure an injunction on the petition.
30 November 2020
BDO denied Cayman injunction on New York fraud litigation
A Cayman Islands court has refused advisory firm BDO leave to seek an injunction on proceedings in New York, where it is accused of failing to uncover fraud committed against a now-insolvent client.
27 November 2020
Hong Kong court addresses “difficulties” posed by offshore company structures
A Hong Kong court has adjourned a winding-up petition against a Cayman-incorporated juice company hoping to restructure in the Chinese mainland, as the petitioner failed to show it could realise the value of the company’s listing in Hong Kong.
19 November 2020
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