Regional news: North America

The chair of O’Melveny & Myers’ US restructuring practice Suzzanne Uhland has joined Latham & Watkins as a partner in New York.

28 April 2020

Derivatives broker MF Global and energy company SunEdison have lost the first round of a fight with the US Trustee, after two New York bankruptcy judges found that increases to the trustee’s fees are constitutional and apply to pending cases.

27 April 2020

McDermott Will & Emery has hired a pair of restructuring partners from DLA Piper in Florida and Delaware.

14 April 2020

Cole Schotz partner Jill Bienstock has moved to Big Four advisory firm PwC as a director in its business recovery services team in New York.

09 April 2020

A Canadian cannabis producer and its subsidiaries have filed CCAA proceedings in Ontario, after multiple securities class actions were brought against the company in Canada and the United States.

08 April 2020

A Thai-owned gourmet food retailer that shuttered its shops last year has filed for Chapter 11 protection in New York and taken the unusual step of asking the court for approval to appoint chief restructuring officers.

02 April 2020

A New York court has granted emergency Chapter 15 relief to a Bermudan property developer that defaulted on two tranches of loans backed by the territory’s government.

31 March 2020

A Texas bankruptcy court has approved a pre-packed debt-for-equity swap for an oil and gas investment group.

27 March 2020

Sequor Law shareholder Leyza Blanco and attorney Daniel Coyle in Miami discuss the emerging trend in US federal and bankruptcy courts regarding service of subpoenas under rule 45(b)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

25 March 2020

The foreign representative of a Malaysian steel maker is seeking Chapter 15 protection in California to block an attachment claim, weeks after an English court granted similar relief.

20 March 2020