Regional news: Ireland
Arthur Cox and Matheson acting as Arcadia companies wound up in Ireland
Deloitte partner Ken Fennel and director James Anderson have been formally appointed as the joint liquidators of four Arcadia group operating companies in Ireland, while its Evans brand has been sold to an Australia-listed retailer.
22 December 2020
Restructuring and Insolvency in Ireland under Covid-19
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15 December 2020
Norwegian Air wins bankruptcy protection in Norway
Norwegian Air has entered a formal restructuring process in Norway to run parallel to its Irish examinership, and announced an agreement to convert over €7 million of debt into equity.
09 December 2020
VTB secures winding-up order against Hong Kong company
The Swiss branch of Ireland-registered VTB Commodities Trading has won a winding-up order against a Hong Kong company that owes it substantial US dollar and Euro denominated debts.
08 December 2020
Norwegian Air announces new restructuring plans
Two weeks after it sought bankruptcy protection in Ireland, Oslo-headquartered Norwegian Air has laid out plans to pursue debt-for-equity swaps with several groups of creditors.
04 December 2020
Nortel’s Irish and Italian arms to end administrations
Nortel Networks has moved another step closer to finalising its UK administrations after the joint administrators of its Irish and Italian arms secured termination and discharge orders from the High Court in London.
30 November 2020
Matheson and William Fry advising as Norwegian Air enters Irish examinership
Two major subsidiaries of Oslo-headquartered Norwegian Air have entered examinership proceedings in Ireland, one week after Norway’s government refused to grant it further financial assistance following a bailout earlier this year.
19 November 2020
Santander snaps up Wirecard payments platform, with A&O advising
Allen & Overy is advising Santander on its acquisition of Wirecard’s core technology assets, the latest in a series of firesales at the collapsed German payments firm that is facing over €12 billion worth of claims.
19 November 2020
Brown Rudnick, DLA Piper and Goodwin act on shoemaker’s PE deal
UPDATED: A host of law firms are advising 200-year-old British shoe retailer Clarks on an multimillion-pound Asian private equity investment, dependent on the passage of a “nil rent” company voluntary arrangement.
06 November 2020
Deloitte appointed liquidators of Wirecard’s Irish arm, US business sold
Joint provisional liquidators have been appointed over the Irish arm of scandal-hit German payments processor Wirecard, while a US holding company backed by Centerbridge and Bain Capital has bought its North American business.
29 October 2020
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