Worldwide: Financial Restructuring

Multi-national companies continue to grow and expand their global networks, with subsidiaries, assets, creditors, and contracts spanning across multiple jurisdictions, and the need for a coherent legal process to coordinate insolvency proceedings across borders has grown correspondingly.

This issue examines critical bankruptcy court rulings on chapter 15 eligibility requirements, third-party releases post-Purdue Pharma, fraudulent transfer recovery litigation, and adequate assurance standards...

The Uniform Assignment for Benefit of Creditors (ABC) Act aims to modernize and standardize a debtor-initiated, state-law liquidation mechanism where financially distressed debtors...

Private equity-backed companies often face critical inflection points requiring experienced interim CFO leadership to navigate mergers, growth transitions, distressed situations, and organizational scaling. Through four detailed case studies, a senior interim management expert reveals how strategic financial leadership drives alignment, execution speed, and sustainable value creation during periods of transformation and uncertainty.

Hybrid capital instruments are transforming private capital markets by offering flexible financing solutions that bridge traditional debt and equity.

Section 502(e)(1)(B) of the Bankruptcy Code governs the disallowance of certain indemnity or contribution claims when the holder of such a claim “is liable with” the debtor...

The European chemicals industry has entered a sustained period of pressure characterised by excess global capacity, subdued end‑market demand, structurally higher energy and compliance costs relative to the US...

At the Spring 2026 National Meeting of the US National Association of Insurance Commissioners ("NAIC") in San Diego, California...

A significant new filing on March 31 in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, National Treasury Employees Union v. Vought (Case No. 25-5091), purportedly provides the most up-to-date, detailed picture yet of how leadership of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...