Bond consent solicitation payments: Court of Appeal upholds judgment in Azevedo & Another v Imcopa *

United Kingdom - April 23 2013
In summer 2012, two important judgments were handed down on cases relating to bond consent solicitations. Although the consent solicitation…

Co-authors: Michael Doran, Kevin Heverin.

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UK Supreme Court rules in favour of unsegregated clients in Lehman Brothers International (Europe) (in administration) *

European Union, United Kingdom - March 19 2012
PwC, the administrators in the Lehman Brothers administration in the UK, have made several applications to the Court seeking directions on their approach to the distribution of clients’ money and assets.

Co-authors: Malcolm Mclean, Stuart Willey.

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The new German laws governing the restructuring of companies *

Germany - March 6 2012
Creditors have often complained that German insolvency law does not give them sufficient influence in insolvency proceedings.

Co-authors: Dr. Sven-Holger Undritz, Leïla M. Röder, Dr. Tom Oliver Schorling.

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Accelerated Financial Safeguard *

France - November 22 2010
A new form of bankruptcy procedure, Accelerated Financial Safeguard (sauvegarde financière accélérée, "AFS") was adopted by the French Parliament on October 22, 2010.

Co-authors: Gilles Peigney, Raphaël Richard, Philippe Métais.

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Impact on facilities agreements of the proposed change to accounting treatment of leases *

Global, USA - October 20 2010
The International Accounting Standards Board and the US Financial Accounting Standards Board have published proposals relating to the accounting treatment of leases.

Co-authors: R. Jake Mincemoyer, Jeremy Duffy, Kate Andrews.

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