Distressed Chinese property developer China Fortune Land Development has secured court-approval of its English scheme after making last minute changes following the UK’s introduction of sanctions banning the provision of trust services to Russian persons or entities.
23 January 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
Two barristers with a specialism in insolvency have made it onto the King's Counsel appointments list following the 2022 competition.
05 January 2023
A solvent Netherlands-based telecommunications company has obtained permission to hold scheme meetings in England, despite objections that its creditors should be split into four classes, as it buys time to pursue the sale of a Russian subsidiary and regain entry to international capital markets.
22 December 2022
The administrators of London-listed Russian gold miner Petropavlovsk have received a nod from an English court to place two of its Jersey-incorporated subsidiaries into administration and hold three scheme meetings for the trio, as Citibank threatens to close the group’s accounts and drop all business related to Russia.
21 December 2022
Just five days after its English restructuring plan was approved, Hong Kong Airlines has secured sanction of its Hong Kong scheme of arrangement, marking the first time that parallel English plan and Hong Kong scheme proceedings have been successfully used to restructure Hong Kong, PRC and English law-governed debts.
15 December 2022
Crossing another hurdle in its restructuring, Hong Kong Airlines has secured sanction of an English restructuring plan, five days before its parallel Hong Kong scheme is due to be heard, after creditors dropped potential opposition.
09 December 2022
UPDATED: Distressed Chinese property developer China Fortune Land Development has won court-approval to convene a single meeting for creditors to vote on an English scheme to restructure its offshore debt.
07 December 2022
Crypto group Zipmex has secured an extension of its Singaporean moratoria, but a local judge criticised its advisers for failing to keep the court informed of developments at its Indonesian subsidiary.
06 December 2022
Ashurst has hired a new partner to its Hong Kong office as part of its plans to capture “rapidly growing” opportunities and client demands in Asia, two months after launching a risk advisory business in the UK.
05 December 2022
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