Regional news: Europe
UK dining chain PizzaExpress launches second UK plan plus CVA
Kirkland & Ellis is advising British casual dining chain PizzaExpress as it becomes the second company to file a restructuring plan under the new Part 26A of the UK Companies Act, and also launches a company voluntary arrangement.
10 September 2020
Insolvent solar investor fails in claim against Italy
An arbitration tribunal has rejected an insolvent solar investor’s claim against Italy, finding that reforms to the country’s renewable energy regime were not irrational or arbitrary.
10 September 2020
English court sanctions ED&F Man’s scheme
An English court has sanctioned a scheme of arrangement for international commodity trader ED&F Man, paving the way for it to restructure debts governed by English and New York law.
09 September 2020
Can legal liberalisation rescue businesses from covid-19 catastrophe?
Mayer Brown partners Trevor Borthwick and Devi Shah in London, Tom Pugh in Hong Kong and counsel Monique Mulcare in New York ask: is further legal liberalisation needed to stimulate the rescue of viable companies affected by the covid-19 pandemic?
07 September 2020
GLAS adds to restructuring team in London
Global loan agency and bond trustee service provider GLAS has strengthened its restructuring and insolvency team with the hire of English-qualified solicitor Natasha Chan.
07 September 2020
Transocean clears noteholder injunction challenge to debt exchange
Rejecting protests from noteholders, a New York court has given the Switzerland-incorporated offshore drilling contractor Transocean approval to continue with a disputed exchange offer to restructure US$2 billion of its US$9 billion debt pile.
07 September 2020
Virgin Atlantic plan sanction decision is published
The England and Wales High Court’s reasons for sanctioning Virgin Atlantic’s landmark restructuring plan have now been published.
07 September 2020
First times for Virgin in courts
In Virgin Australia's insolvency, a federal court has issued the first ruling on an administrator’s obligation to “give possession” under the Cape Town Convention, as creditors approved its sale to Bain Capital; meanwhile, Virgin Atlantic received the first Chapter 15 recognition of a new English restructuring plan.
04 September 2020
One in, one out for Latham in Hong Kong
Latham & Watkins has hired Andrew Bishop as a partner in Hong Kong, but partner Gary Hamp has left the firm for Shearman & Sterling and returned to London.
04 September 2020
Spanish gamer’s UK scheme faces class composition questions over fees
After completing a successful COMI-shift and English scheme in 2015, Spanish gaming company Codere is pursuing another English restructuring – but a disgruntled noteholder is opposing its plans to place creditors in a single class.
03 September 2020
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