Geoff O'Dea
Baker McKenzie
Articles
United Kingdom: New Regulator guidance on protecting schemes from employer distress - DB trustees urged to be prepared
United Kingdom - December 17 2020 Against an economic backdrop which continues to be extremely challenging for many businesses, the Pensions Regulator has issued new guidance…
United Kingdom: The New UK Restructuring Plan: an overview
United Kingdom - September 16 2020 The UK Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 came into force on 26 June 2020. It introduced a new restructuring plan procedure…
Anne Sharp, Bevis Metcalfe, David Becker, Hugh Lyons, Marc Florent, Priyanka Usmani, Sebastien Marcelin-Rice, Simon Porter.
United Kingdom: Pensions - Corporate Governance and Insolvency Act 2020 comes into force
United Kingdom - July 2 2020 The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (the 'Act') was introduced to the House of Commons on 20 May and was fast tracked through…
United Kingdom: Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 becomes law
United Kingdom - June 26 2020 In May, we reported (please refer to our previous alert available here) that the UK Government's much anticipated reforms to UK insolvency law were…
Anne Sharp, Bevis Metcalfe, Hugh Lyons, Jerome Small, Marc Florent, Priyanka Usmani, William Sugden.
Cash is King: How Can Issuers Maximize (or Preserve) Liquidity in the Shadow of COVID-19
United Kingdom - April 1 2020 According to the Financial Times since March 1, 2020, more than 130 companies in Europe and the United States have drawn-down at least $124.1 billion…
