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Creative Class Composition: The Hunt For The Anchor Class

This article explores the strategic use of creative class composition in English restructuring plans, in particular the creation of "anchor" classes to facilitate cross-class cram down.

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

In a sweeping decision, the UK Court of Appeal has handed meaningful negotiating leverage to out of the money creditors. All those involved in major UK restructurings must take careful note of the detail and ramifications...

United Kingdom Insolvency

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K&L Gates LLP

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

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

Managing Geopolitical Risk Will Take More Than Resilience

United Kingdom Commercial

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AlixPartners

Private Credit Deep Dives – What To Do Following An Event Of Default In A Consensual Setting (Europe)

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Proskauer Rose LLP

The Hidden Price Of Liability Management

United Kingdom Insolvency

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AlixPartners

The Five Cs Of Restructuring

United Kingdom Insolvency

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AlixPartners

It's Time To Embrace Lite Restructuring Plans

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Addleshaw Goddard

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

United Kingdom Criminal

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Macfarlanes LLP

U.K. Turnaround And Restructuring Update: February 2025

United Kingdom Insolvency

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AlixPartners

Setting The Working Standard For Dutch Bankruptcy Law

United Kingdom Insolvency

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IR Global

Scheme Sessions Vol1.2025 - A Year Of The New DB Funding Regime: Where Are We Now? (Video)

United Kingdom Employment

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Gowling WLG

S5:E10 – Kate Rose: Seeing The Beauty In Everything With TUTTI & CO (Video)

United Kingdom Commercial

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Square One

Financial Regulation - In The Know: Payments

United Kingdom Technology

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Addleshaw Goddard

Requirements For Skilled Worker Visa Settlement (Video)

United Kingdom Immigration

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Latitude Law

EVisas Soon To Replace Visa Stickers For Certain UK Visa Routes

United Kingdom Immigration

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Lewis Silkin

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

The Directive on Credit Servicers and Credit Purchasers was adopted by the EU in 2021 (the Directive) and the implementing technical standards (ITS)...

European Union Insolvency

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Crowell & Moring LLP

Private Capital Investment Into Professional Services Firms

Private capital investment in professional services firms has surged in recent years.

United Kingdom Commercial

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Macfarlanes LLP

Insolvency Newsletter: December 2024

Welcome to the end of 2024 edition of Gatehouse Chambers' Insolvency Newsletter. Below you will find an insightful article by Mark O'Grady, and Ryan Hocking has kindly provided a round up of developments in the law...

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

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

The High Court has sanctioned four restructuring plans1 in respect of the Cineworld group, ruling that prior undertakings given by the companies to exclude certain leasehold claims from a future.

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?

In a recent case, Cripps represented an objecting landlord challenging Cineworld's restructuring plans, seeking exclusion based on a prior agreement. The High Court ultimately sanctioned the restructuring, prioritizing collective creditor equity over previous individual agreements, pending appeal.

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Cripps

Finance: Insights For In-House Counsel | Autumn 2024

LIBOR: 2024 brings a significant milestone for IBOR reform. US dollar LIBOR ceased publication at the end of September 2024. Three-month sterling LIBOR was published for the last time on 28 March 2024.

United Kingdom Finance

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Travers Smith LLP

Deep-Dive: Liability Management Exercises

Liability management is becoming the go-to option for companies in search of a lifeline, looking to capture a discount or seeking to avoid formal restructuring.

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

New Money - Marking The Boundaries

The majority of all 2023 EMEA restructurings involving an equitisation and/or a maturity extension required the provision of new money.

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Schulte Partner Martin Sharkey On How European CLO Managers Can Deal With Stressed Assets

Schulte Roth & Zabel partner Martin Sharkey was featured in a PitchBook article that discussed the wide array of tools European Collateralized Loan Obligation (CLO) managers have to handle stressed and distressed assets.

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP

Acquiring A UK Company? Points To Consider During The Due Diligence Phase

The article emphasizes the importance of managing immigration compliance, especially Sponsor Licences, during mergers or acquisitions. Key steps include notifying the Home Office, transferring employees seamlessly, and applying for new licences if required.

United Kingdom Immigration

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Gherson

Britain's Renowned Higher Education Institutions Face Financial Headwinds, Potential Insolvency

UK universities face financial strain due to stagnant domestic tuition fees, declining international enrollments, and rising pension costs. Many institutions are restructuring, considering mergers, or seeking private investment. Potential insolvencies could impact the student accommodation market.

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

JCT 2024 Contracts – What's Changed?

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Barton Legal

International Restructuring Newswire Q3 | 2024

Worldwide Insolvency

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Norton Rose Fulbright

LexisNexis Corporate Rescue And Insolvency: Case Alerter – June 2024

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Gatehouse Chambers

The Recognition And Enforcement Of Judgments (2019 Hague Convention Etc) Regulations 2024

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Norton Rose Fulbright Hong Kong

A Bumpy Road Ahead For UK Motor Finance?

United Kingdom Insolvency

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AlixPartners

SuperReturn International: Lender Dialogue With Sponsors - Are There Cracks In The Capital Structure And How Does Europe Compare With The US?

Worldwide Finance

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Ropes & Gray LLP

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

United Kingdom Commercial

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Jones Day

Lending & Secured Finance 2024

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP

Norton Rose Fulbright's Global Restructuring Group Releases The Q2 2024 Issue Of International Restructuring Newswire

Worldwide Insolvency

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Norton Rose Fulbright Hong Kong

Updates To The UK National Security And Investment Act In These Dangerous And Uncertain Times

United Kingdom Government

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Understanding The Statutory Moratorium In An Administration Process

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Higgs LLP

U.K. Turnaround And Restructuring Update: April 2024

United Kingdom Insolvency

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AlixPartners

Gaming M&A Trends And Predictions

Worldwide Media & IT

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Norton Rose Fulbright

Adler: Court Of Appeal Sets Aside Sanction Of A Restructuring Plan

United Kingdom Litigation

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Mayer Brown

New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable Meeting Summary: Wholesale Markets And The Clean-Energy Transition

United Kingdom Energy

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Foley Hoag LLP

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