Jul 28, 2022 Developments in UK restructuring and insolvency: review of CIGA and Model Law consultation By Jamie Turley Tom McKay Helena Potts Alexander Wood Kevin Heverin +2 more... Show less Two years on: review of CIGA permanent measures The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 ("CIGA") was the most significant reform...
Jul 22, 2022 Cryptoassets and Insolvency By Alexander Wood Helena Potts Tom McKay Kevin Heverin Kate O'Donoghue +2 more... Show less As the worlds of cryptoassets and insolvency collide, we have put together a paper analysing legal, practical and regulatory issues that...
Jun 24, 2022 Further recent guidance on schemes and restructuring plans By Kevin Heverin Alexander Wood Helena Potts Tom McKay +1 more... Show less Since our last blog on this topic, the English court has provided further guidance on certain key issues and novel features relevant to...
Mar 09, 2022 Russian Sanctions Overview - Impact on Restructuring By Alexander Wood Helena Potts Kevin Heverin Tom McKay +1 more... Show less As a result of the escalating conflict in Ukraine in the past few days, sanctions are being imposed by a number of countries on Russia...
Feb 01, 2022 Shearman & Sterling Snapshot FR&I 2021 Recap: Market Sentiment By Helena Potts Alexander Wood Kevin Heverin Tom McKay +1 more... Show less We are excited to launch our new series of "snapshot" reviews which focus on the impact of recent events in the restructuring universe...
Jan 25, 2022 Recent restructuring plan cases: important guidance for advisers By Kevin Heverin Alexander Wood Helena Potts Tom McKay Jamie Turley +2 more... Show less The restructuring plan has so far proven to be a powerful tool to facilitate restructurings of complex capital structures. Two recent...
Nov 12, 2021 New arbitration procedure and Code of Practice to resolve outstanding COVID-19 related commercial rent arrears By Tom McKay Alexander Wood On 9 November 2021, the Government announced that a new binding arbitration procedure and Code of Practice will be introduced to resolve...
Oct 11, 2021 Caffè Nero CVA challenge dismissed By Tom McKay Alexander Wood On 29 September 2021 the High Court dismissed a challenge to Caffè Nero’s 2020 CVA brought by one of its landlords, Ronald Young. Young...
Sep 10, 2021 Tapering of CIGA restrictions on use of winding up petitions By Tom McKay Alexander Wood The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (Coronavirus) (Amendment of Schedule 10 Regulations 2021) (the “Regulations”) will...
Jun 02, 2021 Non-performing loans - have European banks provisioned enough? By Kate O'Donoghue Tom McKay Banks have set aside record levels of provisions to deal with a wave of non-performing loans (NPLs) expected to flow from the pandemic....