Work Area: Complex commercial litigation
Comet liquidator secures partial release of £89m unfair preference judgment award
The liquidator of insolvent electronics group Comet has secured an order from the English High Court releasing a portion of an £89 million judgment awarded to him, pending an appeal of what was thought to be the largest unfair preference claim ever brought before the court.
21 March 2023
Legal action threatened as bondholders lose US$17bn in Credit Suisse takeover
Lawyers and investors tell GRR the takeover of troubled Swiss bank Credit Suisse by UBS could lead to the end of the market for Additional Tier 1 bank debt, with bondholders set to lose US$17 billion through the deal announced this weekend.
20 March 2023
Energy broker’s UK plan sanction adjourned following HMRC complaints
The High Court in London has adjourned a sanction hearing for an English energy supply contract broker’s restructuring plan following complaints by the UK’s tax authority and three allegedly out-of-the-money creditors.
17 March 2023
Financial Restructuring MENA, Abu Dhabi: a wish list for the future
Specialist insolvency judges, greater clarity on the priority status of new money and better understanding and cooperation between onshore and offshore regimes: speakers from law and advisory firms, funds and banks in the Middle East provided food for thought for future restructuring reforms in the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
16 March 2023
Adler noteholder lodges Frankfurt suit challenging note issuer substitution
A noteholder of German real estate group Adler has lodged a complaint in a Frankfurt regional court, challenging the group’s substitution of an English subsidiary as note issuer to pursue an English restructuring plan.
09 March 2023
Administrators’ costs face scrutiny in UK’s first special energy administration
An English judge has adjourned two costs applications by administrators appointed in the UK’s first-ever energy supply company administration so an independent insolvency practitioner can scrutinise their work.
24 February 2023
Bahamian and US courts agree FTX recognition orders, examiner bid rejected
Courts in The Bahamas and the US have agreed to recognise FTX’s insolvency processes in each other’s jurisdictions, while the US Trustee has failed in a bid to appoint an independent examiner to investigate allegations of fraud by the crypto group.
15 February 2023
Hong Kong’s Harris talks Gibbs, Modern Land and Model Law
Mr Justice Harris has predicted Hong Kong will soon become a signatory to the UNCITRAL Model Law and said US judges “don’t fully understand” the concerns of Hong Kong courts in the wake of the controversial cross-border restructuring of Chinese real estate developer Modern Land.
01 February 2023
Brown Rudnick team joins Parisian boutique
French private equity boutique Moncey Avocats has hired a partner from Brown Rudnick’s recently closed Paris office to lead its restructuring practice.
31 January 2023
Weil and Gibson Dunn advising as Serta Simmons files Ch11
North American bedding group Serta Simmons has sought bankruptcy protection in Texas, automatically staying a claim brought against it in New York last year by lenders who claim they were robbed of their rights during a refinancing in 2020.
25 January 2023