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17 November 2023

When informal workouts don’t work out: English High Court rules bank that lent support to restructuring did not dishonestly assist in putting assets beyond creditors’ reach

16 November 2023

English High Court gives guidance on the so-called creditor duty where a company faces solvency-threatening claim

14 November 2023

“Notes Holders” with indirect beneficial interest have no standing to wind up issuer company

18 July 2023

Keeping the door open: Hong Kong Court reaffirms commitment to mutual recognition of insolvency proceedings with Mainland China

18 May 2023

Clearing up the cloud? Perhaps partly, as the Court of Final Appeal affirms the approach to dismissing bankruptcy proceedings in favour of the parties’ agreed forum

14 October 2022

Hong Kong Court of Appeal considers the effect of exclusive jurisdiction clause on bankruptcy proceedings

02 August 2022

COMI as first port of call? Harris J lays out a modified common law framework for recognising foreign insolvency proceedings in Hong Kong

19 July 2022

Can a Chapter 15 order discharge US law governed debt for the purposes of the rule in Gibbs? The Rare Earth and Modern Land decisions

27 June 2022

Nail in the coffin for truant foreign debtors with Hong Kong link – highest court’s pragmatic approach welcome

21 June 2022

Herbert Smith Freehills secures further victory in Hong Kong's Court of Appeal for bank in defending liquidator claim for fraud

04 April 2022

Hong Kong Court issues letter of request under Mainland-Hong Kong arrangement for recognition in respect of Cayman company

14 January 2022

Hong Kong Court refused to wind up a foreign company as liquidators would not have any power over offshore subsidiaries