South East Asian Private Credit - Trends, Opportunities, Future Outlook and Investment Strategies in Distressed Situations and Beyond By David Chew (Partner, DHC Capital) Introduction Private credit is in a boom phase. Media articles on private…
Delaware Bankruptcy Judge Declines to Order Arbitration of Key Pension Claims By Lisa M. Schweitzer and Emily P. King (Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton) Introduction In a memorandum opinion and order issued on March 27, 2024, in In re…
Court of Appeal confirms Guy Lam applies to an arbitrable petition debt, set-off or cross-claim By Richard Keady and Grace Lee (Dentons Hong Kong)  The Court of Appeal recently issued two judgments in Re Simplicity & Vogue Retailing (HK)…
UK restructuring plans: What does the future hold following the English Court of Appeal’s landmark ruling in Adler? By James Stonebridge, Mark Craggs, Matthew Thorn, and Helen Coverdale (Norton Rose Fulbright) Introduction Almost four years after…
No More Automatic Stays for Winding-Up Petitions Involving an Arbitration or Exclusive Jurisdiction Clause By Kate Stephenson (Kirkland & Ellis) At a Glance The Privy Council — the court of final appeal for UK overseas territories — recently…
Recent Developments in DIP Financing for International and Domestic Debtors By Richard J Cooper, Lisa M Schweitzer and Richard C Minott (Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton)  Chapter 11 has gained a strong foothold as a possible pathway for…
Latest developments in Hong Kong restructuring law By Heidi Chui (Stevenson, Wong & Co) Introduction As a special administrative region of China under the ‘one country, two systems’ principle, Hong Kong retains a common law legal system that…
The European Commission’s proposed directive harmonising certain aspects of insolvency law: What does it say and where does it stand? By Omar Salah, Koen Durlinger, Rik van der Laan, Bas van Hooijdonk, Enes Altintop, Jan de Wit, Alexander Govers,…
The Implementation of the Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency: International Divergences and Challenges Ahead By Aurelio Gurrea-Martinez (Singapore Management University)[1]  Synopsis The Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency (‘MLCBI’) was…
Does continuation bias exist under the Indian insolvency law? By Gausia Shaikh (REDD Intelligence)  India’s Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) is no stranger to allegations of what is termed “continuation bias”, with the law being critiqued…