Regional news: Estonia

The Estonian trustee of an allegedly fraudulent crowdfunding platform has secured recognition of his appointment in Miami to help him track down assets and funds he believes are held in the US.

20 February 2023

The trustee of an allegedly fraudulent Estonian crowdfunding platform has sought recognition of his appointment in Florida, where the decades-long Brazilian liquidation of a poultry business has been recognised – while two other new Chapter 15 actions are pending in Massachusetts and Colorado.

10 January 2023

A day before an Estonian businessman was due to be automatically discharged from bankruptcy in Ireland, a court has annulled the June 2021 order declaring him bankrupt because he did not disclose he was already subject to an Estonian proceeding.

01 July 2022

Kirkland & Ellis is advising noteholders of Estonian casino and gaming operator Olympic Entertainment Group on the terms of a restructuring that tightens the notes’ covenants and reinstates certain assets hived out from the group in 2020.

15 February 2022

The English liquidators of a Malta-registered oil company have asked a London court to stop two former directors from purporting to act on its behalf in Swiss proceedings - but they may face questions over the court’s jurisdiction.

07 May 2021

An English court has issued a winding-up order against a Maltese-registered oil company, after finding its centre of main interests was in the UK rather than its place of registration by default.

17 August 2020

Latvian-owned payday lender, Cash On Go, has become the latest to enter administration in the UK, with Pinsent Masons advising Smith & Williamson as the joint administrators.

09 March 2020