The economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic led to a wave of creditor schemes of arrangement ("schemes") and restructuring plans ("RPs") in the second half of 2020, which shows no sign of abating in 2021. For the...more
In structuring a UK scheme of arrangement that involves the restructuring of existing securities and/or the offer of new securities, due consideration must be given to the relevant US securities laws and registration...more
10/29/2020
/ Blue Sky Laws ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Issuer Exemption ,
Private Offerings ,
Risk Management ,
Rule 10b-5 ,
Scheme of Arrangement ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Securities Regulation ,
Trust Indenture Act ,
UK ,
United States
All three institutions of the European Union have now approved the EU Preventive Restructuring Framework Directive. This is the EU's first attempt to "harmonise" insolvency laws across the Member States, that have disparate...more
1/28/2019
/ Creditors ,
Debt Restructuring ,
Debtors ,
Entrepreneurs ,
EU ,
EU Directive ,
European Commission ,
European Parliament ,
France ,
Germany ,
Harmonization Rules ,
Insolvency ,
Italy ,
Member State ,
New Legislation ,
Scheme of Arrangement ,
Spain ,
UK