Financial restructuring and insolvency partner at Norton Rose Fulbright Amsterdam, Dr. Omar Salah, has been appointed Professor of Global Finance & Restructuring Law at Tilburg University in the Netherlands.… Continue Reading
UNCITRAL Academy 2021 Webinar: Potential Uses of Mediation in Debt Restructuring and Insolvency
Posted in Australia, SingaporeWebinar
Global | September 08, 2021 | 09:00 – 17:30 AWST
On 8 September 2021, Norton Rose Fulbright Partner and Australian Chair, Scott Atkins spoke on a panel at the inaugural United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Academy, as part of Singapore Convention Week 2021. The event, held annually, is co-organised by the Singapore Ministry of Law and UNCITRAL to celebrate the Singapore Convention on Mediation coming into force on 12 September 2020. Scott spoke in his capacity as INSOL President.
The panel focused on the potential uses of mediation in debt restructuring and insolvency and continues … Continue Reading
APKI Webinar on COVID-19 Temporary Measures to Prevent the Increasing Insolvency and PKPU Petitions in Indonesia
Posted in AustraliaScott Atkins joined the Indonesian Receivers and Administrators Association’s webinar on September 2, 2021 to discuss the temporary insolvency measures introduced in Australia and other jurisdictions in response to COVID-19. He also discussed some of the more enduring and permanent insolvency reforms that certain jurisdictions have begun to introduce. The webinar featured a keynote address by the Minister of Law and Human Rights of the Republic of Indonesia.… Continue Reading
2021 World Bank & INSOL International’s Legislative & Regulatory Group: COVID-19 response and the challenges ahead
Posted in Australia, Canada, Europe, Latin America, Singapore, UK, USThis article was first published on the Private Sector Development Blog on July 27, 2021. The article is co-authored with Mahesh Uttamchandani (Practice Manager, Financial Inclusion, Infrastructure & Access in the Finance, Competitiveness, and Innovation Global Practice, World Bank Group) and Andrés F. Martínez (Chair, World Bank/INSOL International Legislative and Regulatory Group).
COVID-19 continues to present a variety of unique challenges for insolvency regulators and lawmakers worldwide. In March 2020, closing borders and widespread uncertainty underscored a crisis, prompting authorities around the world to devise and rapidly roll out measures designed to shield businesses, financial institutions and individuals against … Continue Reading
Global bankruptcy financial restructuring and insolvency group releases the Q3 2021 issue of International Restructuring Newswire
Posted in Australia, Canada, Europe, Latin America, UK, USOur global bankruptcy financial restructuring and insolvency team has released its quarterly International Restructuring Newswire.
In this issue, our team examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global restructuring market and the reform of legal framework that governs restructurings in Italy, Hong Kong, mainland China and Australia.
Also, we are pleased to announce the appointment of our partner, Scott Atkins, to the role of President of INSOL International.
- Scott Atkins appointed as INSOL International President
- Italy’s New Code of the Business Crisis and Insolvency: Focus on early detection of the debtor’s state of crisis and safeguarding
Cross-border insolvency in Hong Kong: Will the new cooperation and coordination framework with mainland China provide the impetus for broader reform
Posted in AustraliaThe Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China recently signed a joint record of meeting on mutual recognition of, and assistance to bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings between the courts of the Mainland and of the HKSAR.
International Corporate Rescue has now published an article by Scott Atkins and Dr. Kai Luck which looks more deeply at the implications of this development. We consider whether, despite this initiative, the absence of a uniform cross-border recognition and cooperation framework and an effective formal local rescue and restructuring process will continue … Continue Reading
An Australian perspective – directors’ duties in an insolvency context: existing regulations and opportunities for reform under UNCITRAL Legislative Guide framework
Posted in AustraliaUNCITRAL’s Legislative Guide on Insolvency Law is one of the key international policy frameworks intended to assist lawmakers globally to implement optimal insolvency processes. It contains an outline of the objects and principles that should be reflected in domestic and cross-border insolvency systems to achieve the balance that a best-practice insolvency regime aspires to: efficiency and cost effectiveness on the one hand and fairness to competing creditors on the other hand.
Read the full article which first appeared in SMU’s Singapore Global Restructuring Initiative blog on June 14, 2021.… Continue Reading
So Many Troubled California Health Care Districts, So Many Have Filed Chapter 9—Lessons To Be Learned
Posted in USWith the increasing financial pressures on California hospitals in general, and rural hospitals in particular, it is likely that growing numbers of California health care districts will seek chapter 9 protection in the future.
For further discussion on the challenges facing California health care districts you can read the Article which was featured in California Bankruptcy Journal (Vol. 35 Cal. Bankr. J. No 3 (2020)) or contact Ms. Winthrop for a copy which she co-authored with Mary H. Rose, a shareholder of Buchalter, A Professional Corporation.… Continue Reading
Scott Atkins appointed President of INSOL International
Posted in Australia, Canada, Europe, Latin America, Singapore, UKINSOL International is delighted to announce that Norton Rose Fulbright’s Scott Atkins has been appointed INSOL President, succeeding Julie Hertzberg.
An INSOL Fellow, having been part of the inaugural class in 2008, Scott has been heavily involved with INSOL for almost 15 years, and a Board member since 2014. Scott was a driving force behind INSOL’s Taskforce 2021 and its initiatives which included the establishment of a physical presence in the Asia Pacific region; the launch of an on-line qualification; and the development of a forum for legislators and regulators to consider restructuring and insolvency matters.
Global bankruptcy financial restructuring and insolvency group releases the Q2 2021 issue of International Restructuring Newswire
Posted in Australia, Canada, Europe, Latin America, UK, USThis issue of the International Restructuring Newswire surveys recent developments in no fewer than five countries.
In the United States, on the 15th anniversary of the enactment of the Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency as Chapter 15, we present our annual survey of new case law in the US. These decisions have far-reaching influence in the more than 50 countries that have enacted the Model Law.
In Canada, we look at developments in the use of a corporate “arrangement ” as an alternative to the CCAA insolvency regime.
Recent developments in new restructuring laws are examined in … Continue Reading