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UK Takeover Code – Proposed "Concert Party" Rules Update
By Michael Scargill Phil Cheveley Maegen Morrison +1 more...
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Appropriation – English Court upholds enforcement and considers valuation of financial collateral in a "commercially reasonable manner"
By Kevin Heverin Alexander Wood Helena Potts +1 more...
In ABT Auto Investments Ltd v Aapico Investment Pte Ltd and others [2022] EWHC 2839 (Comm), the High Court upheld a collateral-taker's...
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Sara Coelho and Alexander Wood on what happens when crypto meets legal frameworks
By Alexander Wood Sara Coelho
Financial Restructuring & Insolvency partners Sara Coelho and Alexander Wood shared their thoughts on what happens when novel intangible...
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Gas Market Insolvencies in Great Britain: Legal, Regulatory and Insolvency Issues
By Thomas Donegan Barney Reynolds Alexander Wood +4 more...
Over the past decade there has been an influx of small- and medium-sized entrants to the U.K. gas supplier market, which is supervised by...
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Sole Director Decision-making under the Model Articles – a welcome development
By Michael Scargill Phil Cheveley Maegen Morrison +6 more...
Earlier this year a deputy High Court judge in Fore Fitness Investments, set the proverbial cat amongst the pigeons by holding that...
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Directors’ Duties in an Insolvency Context: Where Creditor and Shareholder Interests Collide
By Alexander Wood Jonathan Swil Michael Scargill +2 more...
UK Supreme Court gives important judgment on directors’ “creditor duty” The UK Supreme Court in BTI 2014 LLC v Sequana SA and ors [2022]...
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U.K. and U.S. Overview of Cryptoassets & Insolvency
By Alexander Wood Helena Potts Tom McKay +2 more...
We have combined our cross-border Financial Restructuring & Insolvency expertise to update our Cryptoassets & Insolvency paper covering...
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REFORM OF THE ARBITRATION ACT 1996—SECTION 44: THE COURTS’ SUPPORTIVE POWERS
By Matthew Skinner Garreth Wong Alastair Livesey +1 more...
We explained in a previous post that the Law Commission of England & Wales is conducting a review of the Arbitration Act 1996 as part of...
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UK Financial Services and Markets Bills 2022
By Barney Reynolds Thomas Donegan Alexander Wood +7 more...
The recently published Financial Services and Markets Bill (FSM Bill) is intended to recast the U.K.’s regulatory architecture...
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Developments in UK restructuring and insolvency: review of CIGA and Model Law consultation
By Jamie Turley Tom McKay Helena Potts +2 more...
Two years on: review of CIGA permanent measures The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 ("CIGA") was the most significant reform...
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SME cram down of HMRC: new developments in the Houst restructuring plan
By Kate O'Donoghue Alexander Wood Helena Potts +2 more...
On 22 July, the English court sanctioned the restructuring plan of Houst Limited, a holiday lettings and private house rental company....
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Cryptoassets and Insolvency
By Alexander Wood Helena Potts Tom McKay +2 more...
As the worlds of cryptoassets and insolvency collide, we have put together a paper analysing legal, practical and regulatory issues that...
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FCA Proposes Major Revamp of the UK Equity Listing Segments
By Michael Scargill Phil Cheveley Maegen Morrison +1 more...
In its Discussion Paper 2022/2 (DP 22/2) published on 26 May 2022 the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has proposed some very...
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