Economic and financial issues in insolvency, Small companiesBy Chalerm Jaitang (Prince of Songkla University), Zhaohua Li and Christopher Gan (Lincoln University)IntroductionSmall and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) are a cornerstone of Thailand’s economy, contributing significantly to…
Insolvency and technologyBy Ameya Gokhale and Kriti Kalyani (Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas)IntroductionValue maximization is one of the primary objectives of a corporate insolvency resolution process (“CIRP”) under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (“IBC”). While…
Foreign and comparative lawBy Anthony Casey (University of Chicago Law School), Joshua Macey (Yale Law School) and Edward Morrison (Columbia Law School)In its Purdue Pharma decision, the United States Supreme Court weakened the ability of mass tort victims to…
Cross-border insolvency, Foreign and comparative lawBy Heather Lennox, Corinne Ball, Olaf Benning and Dan T. Moss (Jones Day)The number of complex cross-border restructurings continues to rise as the various economies of the world become more integrated. A growing contingent of countries has…
Foreign and comparative lawBy Heidi Chui (Stevenson, Wong & Co)IntroductionHong Kong maintains a distinct common law legal system as a special administrative region of China (HKSAR) under the ‘one country, two systems’ principle. It has numerous financial…
Cross-border insolvency, Singapore insolvency and restructuring lawBy Scott Atkins and Kai Luck (Norton Rose Fulbright)AbstractThe paper outlines the growth of the Singapore International Commercial Court (“SICC”) as the forum of choice for debtors and creditors in international restructuring matters in…
Foreign and comparative lawBy Kenneth Ayotte (UC Berkeley School of Law) and Aurelio Gurrea-Martinez (Singapore Management University)SynopsisThe ability of viable but financially distressed firms to obtain new financing to keep operating and pursuing value-creating…
Foreign and comparative lawBy Steven T. Kargman (Kargman Associates)In recent years, China has undertaken large-scale infrastructure development both at home and abroad. Overseas, China has undertaken massive infrastructure development around the globe under the umbrella…
Foreign and comparative lawBy Hiroshi Kasuya, Yoshihiro Bartlett-Imadegawa and Masayoshi Kobayashi (Baker McKenzie)IntroductionOn 7 June 2024, the National Diet of Japan enacted the Act on the Promotion of Cash Flow-Based Lending (“Act”). The effective date of…
Insolvency and technologyBy Dr. Akshaya Kamalnath (The ANU College of Law) The conversation about how artificial intelligence (AI) might affect various areas of law (and other areas of life) has, in recent months, centred around ChatGPT which is just one…