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Navigating The Allocation Of Plan Benefits And Stakeholder Contributions In UK Part 26A Restructuring Plans

In the UK, some commentators sounded the death knell to the restructuring plan, suggesting that the process would become overly challenging and complex post Adler, Petrofac and Thames Water, ...

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

No Prefs, No Problem: Getting Consent Right In Administration Extensions

Addleshaw Goddard and Interpath have secured another significant result, with a High Court decision that will be welcomed by insolvency practitioners and advisors alike.

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Addleshaw Goddard

Standout UK Insolvency Cases Of 2025 And Their Impact For Insolvency Practitioners In 2026

Every year, the courts make a vast number of insolvency case law decisions. Many refine established legal principles; some are highly fact-specific (and distinguishable on that basis)...

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

U.K. Turnaround And Restructuring Update: December 2025

2025 has been characterised by significant geopolitical adjustments, which have reinforced how such macroeconomic shifts are now central to business disruption, rather than simply background noise.

United Kingdom Insolvency

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AlixPartners

When Professional Pressures Collide: A Case Study In Administrator Removal: BTI2014 LLC & Anor v Finbarr O'Connell & Ors [2025]

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Gatehouse Chambers

Important Guidance On Restructuring Credit Event Triggers Under ISDA Definitions

United Kingdom Finance

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Jones Day

Restructuring And Insolvency And The Property (Digital Assets Etc) Act 2025 – Now In Force

United Kingdom Technology

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Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Bridging The Channel: Mutual Recognition Of Proceedings Between The UK & EU

European Union Insolvency

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Macfarlanes LLP

Crypto Bankruptcy Claw-Backs: Strategic Imperatives For Creditors

United Kingdom Insolvency

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IR Global

Restructuring Plans: What's Next For Smaller Enterprises?

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Addleshaw Goddard

Weil Acts For Fossil Group As High Court Sanctions Restructuring Plan

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

3 Key Developments Affecting The Success Of Foreign Insolvency Proceedings In England And Wales

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Addleshaw Goddard

London Real Estate Practice Quarterly Legal Update – Autumn 2025

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Insolvency: Why Soft Skills Matter In Hard Situations

United Kingdom Insolvency

GGI Global Alliance

What Differences Can Corporates Leverage Between US And UK Capital Markets? (Video)

United Kingdom Finance

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

CSRD And CSDDD Version 2.0 – The EU's Sustainability Framework Redefined

United Kingdom Commercial

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Travers Smith LLP

Episode 23: Mergerspresso - Christmas Special (Podcast)

United Kingdom Finance

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Addleshaw Goddard

High Court Dismisses Claim By Danish Tax Authority Seeking Recovery Of £1.4 Billion Of Dividend Withholding Tax Refund Paid Under Invalid Claims From Cum-ex Trading

United Kingdom Tax

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Mo Salah's Own Goal: When Venting On Social Media Outside Of The Workplace Leads To A Red Card

United Kingdom Commercial

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Withers LLP

The 2025 Practice Statement: Streamlining UK Schemes And Restructuring Plans

The 2025 Practice Statement introduces significant reforms to streamline Schemes of Arrangement under Part 26 and Restructuring Plans under Part 26A of the Companies Act...

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Addleshaw Goddard

The New Procedure For Schemes Of Arrangement And Restructuring Plans

The Chancellor of the High Court has published a new Practice Statement in respect of schemes of arrangement and restructuring plans.

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Macfarlanes LLP

UK National Security And Investment Act Update: Streamlining Security, Supporting Investment

This summer has seen a flurry of National Security and Investment Act 2021 (NSI Act) activity: the Cabinet Office released the 2024-25 Annual Report...

United Kingdom Finance

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Restructuring Plans Post-Petrofac – How Do You Make A Waldorf Salad?

On 19 August 2025, Mr Justice Hildyard gave judgment declining to sanction the restructuring plan proposed by Waldorf Production UK plc. He held the plan company had failed...

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Macfarlanes LLP

When Time Matters Most – Interim Executives: Trusted Operators When Control, Speed, And Confidence Are Key

United Kingdom Insolvency

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AlixPartners

Beyond Tariffs: Why The UK Renewable Energy Sector Must Plan For Resilience In A Volatile Climate

United Kingdom Energy

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FRP Advisory

The Restructuring Challenges Of Glocalisation

Worldwide International

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Burness Paull

Key Issues To Consider When Private Credit Is Given The Keys To A Borrower

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Macfarlanes LLP

Creative Class Composition: The Hunt For The Anchor Class

United Kingdom Insolvency

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A&O Shearman

Back To The Drawing Board For Restructuring Plans—Part 26A Of The UK Companies Act 2006

United Kingdom Insolvency

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K&L Gates LLP

Petrofac Restructuring Plan Overturned By The Court Of Appeal

United Kingdom Insolvency

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A&O Shearman

U.K. Turnaround And Restructuring Update: June 2025

United Kingdom Insolvency

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AlixPartners

Court Orders Directors To Pay Costs Of Winding Up Petition

United Kingdom Commercial

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Gowling WLG

Heavy Goods, Hazards And New Horizons: Challenges And Opportunities In UK Haulage

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Addleshaw Goddard

Petrofac Restructuring Plan Overturned By The Court Of Appeal

On 1 July 2025 and by a unanimous decision, the Court of Appeal has set aside the order made by Marcus Smith J in May sanctioning Petrofac's two inter-conditional...

United Kingdom Insolvency

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A&O Shearman

U.K. Turnaround And Restructuring Update: June 2025

The events in the months following our last update have served as a stark reminder that persistent business uncertainty continues to be one of the most pressing issues for leaders to navigate.

United Kingdom Insolvency

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AlixPartners

Court Orders Directors To Pay Costs Of Winding Up Petition

In the recent case of Cresta Estates Ltd & Ors v MPB Developments Ltd & Ors [2025] EWHC 1291 (Ch), the High Court ordered the directors of a company to personally...

United Kingdom Commercial

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Gowling WLG

Heavy Goods, Hazards And New Horizons: Challenges And Opportunities In UK Haulage

Haulage and logistics firms face rising costs, staffing shortages and regulatory challenges, with many struggling to stay viable. Lenders are reassessing asset valuations and cautious to increase ledger advances.

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Addleshaw Goddard

Managing Geopolitical Risk Will Take More Than Resilience

United Kingdom Commercial

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AlixPartners

A Different Mr Bates – But Another Important Lesson For Private Prosecutions

Whilst the saga of "Mr Bates v The Post Office" and the controversy regarding the abuse of private prosecutions continues to reverberate, the recent decision of The King...

United Kingdom Criminal

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Macfarlanes LLP

U.K. Turnaround And Restructuring Update: February 2025

While we may have witnessed a degree of muted activity in the final quarter of 2024, this year has opened with renewed vigour, presenting strong signs of a busy 2025 for our U.K. Turnaround and Restructuring team.

United Kingdom Insolvency

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AlixPartners

Setting The Working Standard For Dutch Bankruptcy Law

We would like to introduce Mr. Robert van Moorsel, whom we met through our mutual memberships in IR Global.

United Kingdom Insolvency

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IR Global

Dobbies Garden Centres: Key Considerations For Restructuring Plans In Scotland

Macfarlanes and Burness Paull recently advised Dobbies Garden Centres, the UK's largest operator of garden centres, on its restructuring plan under Part 26A...

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Macfarlanes LLP

The EU NPL Directive: Impact On Secondary Loan Trading

European Union Insolvency

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Crowell & Moring LLP

Private Capital Investment Into Professional Services Firms

United Kingdom Commercial

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Macfarlanes LLP

Insolvency Newsletter: December 2024

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Gatehouse Chambers

Picture This – What The Cineworld Ruling Means For Hospitality And Leisure

United Kingdom Media & IT

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AlixPartners

A Key Ruling On Restructuring An Estate Amid Potential Trustee Conflicts

United Kingdom Family

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Mortlake Law & Mediation

Distressed Real Estate In Germany (Video)

Worldwide Real Estate

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Norton Rose Fulbright

McDermott's Parallel Restructuring Proceedings: UK Restructuring Plan Meets The Dutch WHOA

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Norton Rose Fulbright Hong Kong

Distressed Real Estate In UK (Video)

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Norton Rose Fulbright Hong Kong

Balancing The Books: Equitable Accounting In Trusts Of Land Disputes

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Gatehouse Chambers

Not Worth The Paper It's Written On? High Court Rules Previous Undertakings To Exclude Creditors From A Future Part 26A Restructuring Plan Non-binding

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Norton Rose Fulbright Hong Kong

From Hollywood To The High Court – Can A Prior Agreement Exclude A Creditor From A Restructuring Plan?

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Cripps

Finance: Insights For In-House Counsel | Autumn 2024

United Kingdom Finance

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Travers Smith LLP

Deep-Dive: Liability Management Exercises

United Kingdom Strategy

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AlixPartners

Finding Clarity In Refinancing: How To Leverage Common Platform Information

United Kingdom Insolvency

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AlixPartners

UK Turnaround And Restructuring Update: September 2024

United Kingdom Insolvency

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AlixPartners

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