Dealing with distress: business restructuring and rescue

Perspectives on bankruptcy, restructuring and insolvency

Practical guidance on dealing with distress

Businesses in every sector and geography are having to transition to new ways of operating within rapidly changing and increasingly uncertain markets and legal and regulatory landscapes. This resource hub provides topical insights and practical guidance for businesses and their creditors and other stakeholders seeking a solution to financial distress.

Our lawyers have the industry expertise and global reach to advise stakeholders through sensitive and complex cross-border restructuring and insolvency situations.

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Global preventive restructuring frameworks

The economic effects of the pandemic will continue to be felt for years to come.

Global | Publication | December 22, 2020

Bankruptcy financial restructuring and insolvency

Insolvency law reform in Australia: Big benefit for small and medium enterprises?

In this issue of NRF's International Restructuring Newswire, we turn our attention to Australia and discuss the proposed changes to its restructuring laws, which were introduced in January 2021.

Global | Publication | January 19, 2021

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Rolling with the punches; Brexit’s impact on UK-EU cross-border restructuring

With the global economy reeling from the body-blow dealt by the COVID-19 pandemic, Brexit—the UK's exit from the European Union—became fully effective at the turn of the year with the expiry of the implementation period on 31 December 2020.

Global | Publication | January 19, 2021

Financial institutions

Cross-border insolvency in Hong Kong: Common law limitations and how the Model Law could drive foreign investment and economic growth

For countries that have adopted, and implemented in local legislation, the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency, there is a streamlined process which enables a liquidator, or other insolvency administrator, of a company in a foreign jurisdiction to apply to the court in the Model Law jurisdiction.

Global | Publication | January 19, 2021

Financial institutions

<em>Chandos</em> upheld by Supreme Court of Canada: the anti-deprivation rule in Canada

Chandos upheld by Supreme Court of Canada: the anti-deprivation rule in Canada

In a split decision issued on October 2, 2020, the Supreme Court of Canada upheld the Alberta Court of Appeal’s majority decision in Chandos Construction Ltd. v. Deloitte Restructuring Inc. in its capacity as Trustee in Bankruptcy of Capital Steel Inc., a bankrupt (Chandos).

Global | Publication | January 19, 2021

Financial institutions

NRF Compliance-Talk: Compliance-Risiken im Zusammenhang mit Insolvenzantragspflichten

Geschäftsführer und Vorstände unterliegen in der Krise, insbesondere im Hinblick auf die Insolvenzantragspflichten, nicht nur zivilrechtlichen, sondern auch strafrechtlichen Haftungsrisiken.

Germany | Video | January 18, 2021

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The pandemic has created significant financial and operating challenges for all Australian businesses.

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International Restructuring Newswire

The publication collects the latest news and trends from our team of bankruptcy and insolvency lawyers from around the globe providing the latest developments on cross-border restructuring and insolvency cases.

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