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The human touch - AI’s role in commerce - The Visionaries

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The Productivity Paradox: Does more technology mean less growth? Is there scope to use AI in commercial contracts? Will it save time, or ultimately cost more time in review and pose greater risk?...more

BCLP

Key Lessons from the Collapse of ISG

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The recent collapse of Interior Services Group (ISG), which filed for administration on 20 September 2024, has alarmed the industry. EY has been tasked with managing outstanding projects that Glenigan suggests total over £2.5...more

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HK Security of Payment Bill: An Insolvency Exception to Ban Against “Pay When Paid” Clauses?

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On 16 July 2024, the Hong Kong LegCo Bills Committee which is considering the Construction Industry Security of Payment Bill (“Bill”) held a meeting to receive representations and submissions on the Bill from deputations sent...more

Hogan Lovells

Trading in the twilight – a recent UK case may pose risks for Hong Kong company directors who “postpone the inevitable"

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When a company is in financial distress, directors face difficult choices. Should they trade on to try to “trade out” of the company’s financial difficulties or should they file for insolvency? If they act too soon, will...more

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To trade or not to trade? Record fines for BHS directors shed new light on decisions in the twilight zone

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When a company is in financial distress, its directors will face difficult choices. Should they trade on to trade out of the company's financial difficulties or should they file for insolvency? If they delay filing and the...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Arbitration or Winding-Up? Privy Council Decision in Sian Participation Corp v. Halimeda Overrules Traditional English Approach

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The decision confirms that an arbitration agreement will be upheld in the face of insolvency proceedings only if it can be shown that the petition debt is genuinely disputed on substantial grounds....more

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Directors Duties and Misfeasance Trading Lessons From BHS

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Actions brought against the BHS directors by the group’s liquidators have resulted in the largest reported award for wrongful trading since the provision’s introduction, but the judgment highlights some unsettled areas of the...more

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Restructuring Plans and the Price of Dissent

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Despite three recent landmark UK restructuring plan decisions, uncertainty remains around the value, if any, a plan company should offer dissenting creditors as the “deliverability price” of a plan....more

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Charging Ahead: Grappling With the Characterisation of Fixed and Floating Charges

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The characterisation of fixed and floating charges remains a complex area, not least with respect to new intangible asset types. The key distinction between a fixed and a floating charge is well established as a matter of...more

A&O Shearman

Insolvency vs Arbitration – Privy Council’s revival of the “Established Approach”

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How does an arbitration clause, or an exclusive jurisdiction clause in favour of foreign courts, affect insolvency proceedings? The effect of an arbitration clause, or an exclusive jurisdiction clause in favour of foreign...more

Mayer Brown

UK Supreme Court Clarifies Basis of ‘Knowing Receipt’ Claims Arising From Breach of Fiduciary Duty

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"The law on 'knowing receipt' has perplexed judges and academics alike for several decades" – Lord Burrows (paragraph 99). In a decision with significant implications for claims involving fraud and breach of fiduciary duty...more

Paul Hastings LLP

The Legal 500’s Restructuring & Insolvency Comparative Guide

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Our London Financial Restructuring team authored the UK chapter of the 8th Edition of The Legal 500’s “Restructuring & Insolvency Comparative Guide". The guide provides information on the current issues affecting...more

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BHS Liquidators Win Record Wrongful Trading Judgment—and Establish New "Misfeasance Trading" Law

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FRP Advisory Trading Limited won the United Kingdom's largest-ever wrongful trading claim and successfully established the first "misfeasance trading" claim against former directors of British Home Stores ("BHS"),...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Updates to the UK National Security and Investment Act

Key Points - Following our Alert last month addressing the United Kingdom Government’s intentions to improve the workings of the National Security and Investment Act 2021 (NSIA), the U.K. Government has now published two new...more

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UK Legal Statement on Digital Assets and English Insolvency Law

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The UK Jurisdiction Taskforce (UKJT) has published a Legal Statement on Digital Assets and English Insolvency Law. The main findings are that digital assets are within the definition of "property" in the U.K. Insolvency Act...more

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UK Jurisdiction Taskforce Concludes Digital Assets Compatible With English Insolvency Law

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The Legal Statement applies areas of insolvency law to digital assets, providing valuable guidance on the approach English courts will take. In October 2023, the UK’s Jurisdiction Taskforce (UKJT), which is made up of...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Courts Split Over Requirement for Chapter 15 Jurisdiction in the U.S.

To file bankruptcy in the U.S., a debtor must reside in, have a domicile or a place of business in, or have property in the United States. 11 U.S.C. § 109(a). In cross border chapter 15 cases, courts have considered whether...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Lexology In-Depth - Acquisition And Leveraged Finance

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It was a muted start to the year for the acquisition and leveraged finance market due to a challenging macroeconomic climate. Interest rate hikes at one of the fastest paces on record, surging inflation (particularly in...more

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Pouring Oil on Troubled Waters New UK Special Insolvency Regime Is Now on Tap

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With the finances of several UK water companies in the headlines, the UK has updated its special administration regime for the water industry to prioritise rescuing water companies as a going concern. The UK water industry...more

BCLP

Fair Payment Practices: Recent Developments

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In this Insight, first published in PLC, Jennifer Badham discusses various attempts to address late payments and long payment terms that are a common problem in construction industry supply chains, including two recent...more

Mayer Brown

UK Government consults on new rules to recapitalise small banks in resolution – What does this mean for potential buyers of...

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What is the government proposing? The UK government (“HM Treasury”) has launched a Consultation setting out its proposals to amend the UK special resolution regime (“SRR”) to direct that the UK depositor guarantee scheme...more

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Restructuring Downloaded: Episode 3

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In this episode Sheena Frazer and Amy Jacks discuss issues dealing with European assets post Brexit....more

Mayer Brown

Restructuring Downloaded: Episode 2

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In this episode Sheena Frazer and Nicola Hughes discuss The National Security and Investment Act 2021....more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Adler Restructuring Plan Set Aside: Reflections on the English Court of Appeal’s Landmark Ruling

In one of the most highly anticipated judgments in the European restructuring market in recent years, on 23 January 2024, the English Court of Appeal overturned the High Court’s decision sanctioning the Adler restructuring...more

K&L Gates LLP

UK Company Restructuring Plans: What Is Next After Adler?

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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

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