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Law Brief®: Robert Wolf, Alexander Tiktin and Richard Schoenstein Discuss the Continuing Foreclosure/Eviction Moratorium
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
The latest battle between the Corbin & King Group, owner of a number of restaurants including the Wolseley, and its lender provides important clarity on when a moratorium should be terminated by its monitors....more
The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act (the Act) entered into force on 26 June 2020. The Act represents the most significant reforms to the insolvency framework in the United Kingdom since, at least, the widespread...more
The restrictions on filing statutory demands and winding up petitions has been extended (again) until the end of September 2021. At the same time, the moratorium on landlords evicting commercial tenants has been extended to...more
The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (the Act) entered into force on 26 June 2020. The Act represents the most significant reforms to the insolvency framework in the United Kingdom since, at least, the widespread...more
The Part A1 Moratorium is an insolvency process that was introduced by the Corporate Insolvency Governance Act 2020 to help financially distressed companies obtain temporary protection from creditor action, while the company...more
On June 25, 2020, the new UK Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act ("Act") became law after it was given Royal Assent by Queen Elizabeth II. The changes introduced by the Act will have a significant impact on the future...more
The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 was passed on 25 June 2020. The legislation has been in contemplation for a number of years, and has implemented a significant reform to the UK's restructuring and insolvency...more
The UK Government has long been considering significant reforms of the UK’s insolvency framework, even before the advent of COVID-19. The pandemic resulted in the acceleration of those reforms and the passing of the new...more
The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 received royal assent on 25 June 2020. Many of the provisions of the act are based on the bill which was initially proposed pre-COVID-19, with a framework having been set out...more
The COVID-19 crisis has disrupted and will disrupt collections for existing European non-performing loan ("NPL") portfolios and has put many planned transactions on ice. Banks have been prioritising COVID-19-related...more
Building on previous insolvency reforms, the UK’s Corporate Governance and Insolvency Act 2020 has gone into effect. Our Finance Group explain how blending temporary measures to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic with permanent...more
The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act (the “Act”) received Royal Assent on 25 June 2020 and is now in force. As anticipated in our client alert of 26 May 2020, the Act represents the most extensive changes in the...more
The UK Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill, currently progressing through UK Parliament, will have an impact on various stakeholders in the aviation industry once enacted, due to its moratorium, supply contract, and...more
The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill (the Bill) had its first reading in the House of Commons on Wednesday 20 May 2020. It will next be considered on 3 June. It is expected to be enacted into law in late June or early...more
The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill (the “Bill”) was laid before Parliament on 20 May 2020 and represents the most extensive changes in the insolvency landscape since the Enterprise Act came into force in 2003. Many...more
On 20 May 2020, the U.K. government published the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill (the bill), which includes measures designed to help businesses through the COVID-19 pandemic and features important substantive...more
Introduction - On Saturday 28 March 2020, the Business Secretary, Alok Sharma, announced that the UK government would be introducing legislation to make changes to existing insolvency laws in response to COVID-19. ...more
The measures include temporarily suspending wrongful trading liability for directors and implementing a new restructuring plan and moratorium to provide companies with a period of time to explore rescue options during the...more
On 28 March 2020, the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) announced key measures to protect companies and businesses facing major funding and operational difficulties in the current COVID-19...more
As the coronavirus/COVID-19 crisis deepens, U.K. businesses are facing significant challenges. Many companies are having to react to mandatory operating restrictions, dramatic drops in demand, strained liquidity and...more
The U.K. government has announced a series of measures intended to support businesses impacted by coronavirus/COVID-19, including suspension of the wrongful trading regime, a job-retention scheme and a temporary ban on the...more
Our London Finance team discuss the two main reforms to the UK insolvency regime and what protections British businesses can expect to receive. - Restructuring plan and moratorium - Wrongful trading measures - Other...more
The recent spate of high-profile company voluntary arrangements (CVAs), including those of BHS, Store 21 and more recently Love Coffee, The Food Retailer Group and Blue Inc, has placed this corporate rescue tool back in the...more