Features
Ukraine’s Supreme Court confirms recognition of foreign bankruptcy proceedings
Oleksiy Koltok, a partner at Ukrainian law firm Sayenko Kharenko, discusses a number of recent decisions from Ukraine’s Supreme Court that confirmed foreign bankruptcy proceedings can be recognised in the country. On the back of those decisions, he lays out the general law provisions that might be helpful to others in understanding the recognition procedure applicable in Ukraine.
15 May 2024
Kirkland & Ellis launches INSOL Future Leaders Programme in Saudi Arabia
As the private debt and restructuring landscape evolves in the MENA region, Kirkland & Ellis’ capital solutions and restructuring lead Husni Almousli, together with colleagues Faris AlZamil and Ibrahim Alkhursany in Riyadh, report on the inaugural future leaders programme launched by the firm in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in partnership with INSOL International and the KSA Bankruptcy Commission.
13 May 2024
Heads-Up: Nick Hoffman at Harneys in the Cayman Islands
Harneys’ recently appointed global head of disputes Nick Hoffman talks to GRR about the increasing need for firms to find new fee structures, whether it would be credible for UNCITRAL to replace the concept of COMI and his faith in the next generation of restructuring lawyers.
03 May 2024
Broadening its horizons: Japan Worked Out
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The latest instalment of GRR's Worked Out series focusses on Japan, the land of the rising sun, where restructuring professionals have been bracing themselves for a turbulent post-pandemic environment as they grapple with old fashioned courts and an environment where rehabilitation is still surrounded by stigma. But change is coming, they told us, albeit at a steady pace.
25 April 2024
Pandemic stability coming to an end
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After a sharp fall in restructuring and insolvency cases due to an inpouring of public money during the pandemic, Japanese practitioners say work is slowly picking up as maturities near.
25 April 2024
The domestic legal framework
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Japanese practitioners are excited about the government’s plans to introduce a majority rule process for out-of-court debt restructurings, which will have minimal court involvement. They also discuss plans to introduce a new “blanket” security interest that can cover all of a debtor’s assets for the first time.
25 April 2024
Changing traditional lines of thought
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Japanese restructuring professionals tell GRR that the traditionally domestic-orientated views of local courts have slowly started to change but foreign creditors are still concerned by old-fashioned processes.
25 April 2024
Names to Know in Japan
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GRR's guide to the firms and individuals you need to know in Japan’s restructuring market.
25 April 2024
Burford roundtable: an overview of key trends in offshore insolvency markets
Litigation funder Burford’s co-head of EMEA Michael Redman in London, and managing director Emily Slater in New York, present some key takeaways from a recent roundtable they chaired with offshore practitioners: from expectations of more work arising from China’s property sector and the Middle East, to growing use of AI in data analysis and a growing acceptance of legal finance as a tool in the Caribbean region.
25 April 2024
Future-proofing the industry: an interview with AI and big data expert Maurice Conti
Ahead of his opening slot at INSOL San Diego next month, California-based AI and big data expert Maurice Conti tells GRR what restructuring professionals need to know about the technologies of the future: will the disruption they cause create work? How soon? And how can the industry harness these technologies to enhance work for clients?
12 April 2024