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The England and Wales Court of Appeal recently handed down its first judgment relating to a restructuring plan under Part 26A of the UK Companies Act 2006: Re AGPS Bondco Plc [2024] EWCA Civ 24. Restructuring plans were a...more
The Situation: The Adler Group sought to restructure more than €6 billion of debt by means of a UK restructuring plan ("RP"), to give itself a runway for a planned wind-down and asset sales, leading to an enhanced return for...more
On 23 January 2024, Snowden LJ handed down the Court of Appeal's judgment in the Adler Restructuring Plan case - AGPS Bondco plc - overturning the sanctioning of the Plan by the High Court in April 2023....more
The decision represents the first appellate-level ruling on the Part 26A regime. On 23 January 2024, the Court of Appeal set aside the sanction of the Adler restructuring plan (RP) in the first appellate-level decision on...more
On 21 April 2023, the English High Court handed down its written reasons for sanctioning the Adler Group restructuring plan proposed under the new Part 26A regime of the UK’s Companies Act 2006, which raised questions...more
HMRC has successfully opposed a restructuring plan (“Plan”) brought by The Great Annual Savings Company Limited (“GAS” or “the Company”) under which HMRC would have been crammed down as a dissenting creditor. The Court held...more
The Part 26A restructuring plan has introduced significant cross-class cramdown powers that may impact the defined benefit pension arrangements in the UK. As the UK looks set to enter a new restructuring cycle, the...more
1 Overview - 1.1 Where would you place your jurisdiction on the spectrum of debtor- to creditor-friendly jurisdictions? Bermuda is a self-governing British Overseas Territory. The systems of law administered in...more
The forecast for the English scheme and plan looks set fair despite concerns around Brexit turbulence. The restructuring market’s appetite for Part 26 schemes of arrangement and Part 26A restructuring plans shows no...more
Debtors and investors have an enhanced choice of restructuring venues as the EU Restructuring Directive is rolled out in Member States - A number of key European jurisdictions have now implemented the EU Preventive...more
Smile Telecoms, which last year implemented the first restructuring plan for a cross-border African business, has now achieved another first by using section 901C(4) of the Companies Act 2006 to exclude all bar one class from...more
France has now introduced a new restructuring tool following the enactment of Ordinance 2021- 1193 (the “Ordinance”), which incorporates the Directive (EU) 2019/1023 on preventive restructuring frameworks (the “Directive”)...more
A restructuring plan completed earlier this year by Smile Telecoms notches up a number of firsts. African telecommunications provider Smile Telecoms Holding Limited, incorporated in Mauritius, successfully completed a...more
Ordinance 2021-1193, which effects into law the European Directive on preventive restructuring frameworks, applies to proceedings opened from 1 October 2021. Key Points: ..Certain preventive mechanisms are...more
The reforms, which are the result of the transposition of the EU’s Restructuring Directive, should come into force in October. Key Points: ..The introduction of new “accelerated safeguard” proceedings that satisfies...more
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has had a huge impact on the global economy and most businesses, creating thousands of companies with urgent restructuring needs. Restructurings are ideally carried out early, quietly, and...more
The Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 (the "IRDA") came into force on 30 July 2020. The consolidation of all personal and corporate insolvency and debt restructuring legislation into a single statute, along...more
The EU has taken aim at fraudulent or abusive forum shopping in the Recast Insolvency Regulation, acknowledging the potential for misuse by debtors seeking to take advantage of more flexible insolvency processes available in...more
Recent piece-meal amendments to the Spanish Insolvency Act 2003 seem to have cumulated into a restructuring solution that is starting to be considered predictable, quick and fair, especially when compared to the pre-amendment...more
In light of the UK’s cram down and director-friendly processes, in particular its scheme of arrangement model, major European economies such as France, Germany and Italy have worked hard to develop regimes that give greater...more