Less than two years after joining Forbes Hare in the Cayman Islands, partner Ben Hobden has left the firm to join Harneys' restructuring, insolvency and litigation group.
06 September 2023
A subsidiary of motorsport technology company McLaren Applied has agreed to buy Dutch e-bike manufacturer VanMoof out of bankruptcy, two days after the company secured a temporary Chapter 15 stay to halt an injury claim brought against a non-debtor subsidiary in New York.
31 August 2023
The judge hearing German real estate group Adler’s restructuring plan is expected to hand down his decision without reasons next week, after a three-day sanction hearing in the English High Court ended with points of contention surrounding the plan’s fairness and whether creditors will receive a full return.
06 April 2023
A Bermudian court has appointed joint provisional liquidators over a local fund that specialises in fine wine investment, after the island’s financial regulator raised concerns following investor allegations of wrongdoing.
21 February 2023
Struggling Chinese property developer China Fortune Land Development has been forced to amend its English scheme after the UK announced new sanctions that prohibit the provision of trust services to Russian persons or entities.
09 January 2023
London disputes boutique Candey has lost a years-long fight to recoup around £4 million in legal fees in priority to other creditors of an insolvent hotelier, after the UK Supreme Court found it waived an equitable lien when it entered into a new fee arrangement with the company pre-liquidation.
22 December 2022
Cross-border insolvency specialist and Hong Kong-qualified barrister Look Chan Ho has been called to the Bar of England and Wales.
02 December 2022
Updated: Global fruit distributor Jupiter Group has entered administration in England, two weeks after its South African subsidiaries commenced business rescue proceedings in Stellenbosch.
14 September 2022
Long-time PwC partner Russell Downs has left the Big Four firm to launch his own restructuring boutique in London, telling GRR he expects to see an increase in insolvency proceedings as a result of Western sanctions on Russia.
30 March 2022
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