Foreign and comparative lawReflections on the relevance of Canada's bankruptcy law history for other countries in the present times
(A review of Reinventing Bankruptcy Law: A History of the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act by Virginia Torrie)
By Akshaya Kamalnath (…
Foreign and comparative lawThe post-pandemic restructuring landscape - three trends from Asia
By Emmanuel Chua and Shriram Jayakumar (Baker & McKenzie Wong & Leow)
The worldwide rollout of covid-19 vaccines is well underway. But there is no inoculation yet available…
Foreign and comparative lawSlots and Sandcastles: Bidders under India’s insolvency law struggle with unexpected regulatory shocks
By Gausia Shaikh (REDD Intelligence)
It's not worth it to build castles on the sand if they get destroyed by the waves of reality. -…
Singapore insolvency and restructuring lawThe swift and silent restructuring of Singapore’s Pacific International Lines
By Stephanie Yeo (WongPartnership)
On 31 March 2021, the world’s 12th largest liner company and Southeast Asia’s largest carrier Pacific International Lines (PIL)…
Singapore insolvency and restructuring lawSingapore Court of Appeal holds that companies are now to be adjudged insolvent using only the cash flow test
By Meiyen Tan and Keith Han (Oon & Bazul)
In Sun Electric Power Pte Ltd v RCMA Pte Ltd (formerly known as Tong Teik Pte Ltd) [2021]…
Foreign and comparative lawAn Australian perspective – directors’ duties in an insolvency context: existing regulations and opportunities for reform under UNCITRAL Legislative Guide framework
By Scott Atkins (Norton Rose Fulbright and INSOL International) and Dr…
Insolvency and technologyWhen (Insolvency) Law and Digital Technologies Meet: Two Observations
By Ilya Kokorin (Leiden University)
Introduction
In her bestselling book The Code of Capital: How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality, Katharina Pistor (Columbia Law School)…
Foreign and comparative lawMandatory Disclosure in Corporate Debt Restructuring via Schemes of Arrangement
By Wai Yee Wan (City University of Hong Kong) and Casey Watters (Bond University)
Creditors often face significant information asymmetry when debtor companies seek to…
Foreign and comparative lawRethinking Priority: The Dawn of the Relative Priority Rule and the New ‘Best Interest of Creditors’ Test in the European Union
By Axel Krohn (Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg)
The European Directive on restructuring and insolvency (“…
Insolvency and alternative dispute resolutionWhen Arbitration Meets Bankruptcy: Considering Arbitration Options in the Wake of a Growing Rise in Corporate Insolvencies
By Shana A Elberg and Jennifer Permesly (Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP)
Introduction
The economic hardships…