By NRF Digital Team on Posted in Australia,Bankruptcy Courts,Europe,Financial Restructuring & Insolvency,Global,Singapore,USOur global bankruptcy financial restructuring and insolvency team has released its quarterly International Restructuring Newswire. Our new issue features articles from Singapore, the US, the Netherlands, Canada, Italy and Australia to help you stay current on recent developments in restructurings in various jurisdictions around the globe. Recent case law developments in Singapore’s restructuring and insolvency laws show… Continue Reading
By Scott Atkins (AU) on Posted in Australia,Financial Restructuring & Insolvency,Global,Singapore,UK,USJurisdictions across the world have been seeking to simplify their domestic insolvency processes and create flexible restructuring alternatives to enable viable entities experiencing financial distress to have better prospects of recovery. In an article co-authored by Scott Atkins and Debra Grassgreen and published in the Global Restructuring Review, the authors discuss the potential uses of mediation… Continue Reading
By Scott Atkins (AU) on 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… Continue Reading
By Scott Atkins (AU) on 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… Continue Reading
By NRF Digital Team on Posted in Australia,Canada,Europe,Singapore,UK,USFieldwork for Norton Rose Fulbright’s sixteenth annual litigation trends survey was conducted in December 2020, providing up-to-date insights on key US disputes trends across a tumultuous year and a look ahead into 2021. View our sixteenth annual litigation trends survey here for insights from 183 corporate counsel on disputes trends, the impact of COVID-19 on… Continue Reading
By Yu-En Ong, Pooja Balani and Katie Chung on Posted in Bankruptcy Courts,Involuntary Bankruptcy,SingaporeOn 30 July 2020 Singapore’s new “omnibus” Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 (the Insolvency Act) came into effect. This marks the third phase in recent years to strengthen Singapore’s restructuring and insolvency laws. The Insolvency Act consolidates the laws on insolvency, bankruptcy, restructuring and dissolution into a single enactment and introduces a number of… Continue Reading
By Natasha Toholka (AU) and Deborah Tsai on Posted in Australia,Singapore,UKDue to COVID-19, several countries have passed (or propose to pass) coronavirus-relief legislation for business directors in financial distress.… Continue Reading
