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Carey Olsen

Restructuring and Insolvency in British Virgin Islands (PLC)

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This Q&A guide to restructuring and insolvency law in the British Virgin Islands gives a high level overview of the most common forms of security granted over immovable and movable property; creditors' and shareholders'...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Alberta Court Applies Petrowest to Stay Arbitration in Favour of Receivership Proceeding

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On May 26, 2025, the Court of King’s Bench of Alberta stayed a proposed arbitration in favour of an ongoing receivership proceeding in Mayfield Investments Ltd (Re). This decision marks the first time that an Alberta court...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

What to Know About the Receivership Process

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As financial pressures mount across industries—from real estate to retail to private equity—lenders, investors, and other stakeholders are increasingly turning to receiverships as an alternative to bankruptcy. A receivership...more

Hendershot Cowart P.C.

Receiverships in Texas: An Overlooked Option for Complex Dispute Resolution

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Receivership is often considered when other remedies would be inadequate, providing a flexible alternative to more rigid legal processes like traditional litigation. It's particularly valuable when parties are unable to...more

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Segregated Portfolio Companies: Cayman Courts Upholding the Segregated Principle

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A Segregated Portfolio Company (SPC) provides for the protection of the assets held under one portfolio by ring-fencing them from the liabilities of other portfolios in the same company. SPCs were introduced in the Cayman...more

Paul Hastings LLP

The Legal 500’s Restructuring & Insolvency Comparative Guide

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Our London Financial Restructuring team authored the UK chapter of the 8th Edition of The Legal 500’s “Restructuring & Insolvency Comparative Guide". The guide provides information on the current issues affecting...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Business Divorce Nation: A Cross-Country Tour of Recent Decisions of Interest

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There’s tremendous diversity from state-to-state when it comes to statutory and judge-made law in business divorce cases. The basic fact patterns one sees in cases from across the country, however, don’t vary nearly as much....more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

You Sued for Dissolution, They Elected to Buy You Out, What Else Do You Want?

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Article 11 of the Business Corporation Law features multiple provisions giving judges broad authority and discretion to impose interim remedies designed to preserve corporate assets and otherwise to protect the petitioning...more

Jackson Walker

Texas Supreme Court's Recent Shareholder Oppression Opinions Reaffirm Primacy of Common Law Fiduciary Duties Under Gearhart

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In three recent cases, the Texas Supreme Court has made it clear that for claims of "minority shareholder oppression" — essentially, acts of a majority shareholder group that are harmful to a minority shareholder without...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Delaware Court of Chancery Appoints Receiver to Ensure Stockholders’ Meeting

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The Delaware Court of Chancery recently determined that the appropriate remedy for a corporation’s failure to comply with court orders to hold a long overdue stockholders’ meeting was to appoint a receiver with authority to...more

Nossaman LLP

Shareholders Can't Block Asset Sales When Receivers Manage

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Under California law, minority shareholders owning 10 percent or more of a corporation can block a sale of assets to the controlling shareholders in dissolution proceedings. However, that rule does not apply where the court...more

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