international insolvency

Foreign insolvency judgment enforcement - a fiction?

12/08/10

Rubin & Lan v Eurofinance led us to say in August 2010 that the Court of Appeal had taken a novel approach founded on the principles of modified universalism, developing the common law and allowing enforcement of a foreign insolvency...

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Foreign insolvency judgment enforcement - a fiction?

12/08/10

Rubin & Lan v Eurofinance led us to say in August 2010 that the Court of Appeal had taken a novel approach founded on the principles of modified universalism, developing the common law and allowing enforcement of a foreign insolvency judgement when an ordinary foreign judgement could not have been enforced.

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Mercer & Hole - London partner Chris Laughton to lead INSOL Europe

10/16/10

Fellow partner at Mercer & Hole, Chris Laughton, has been appointed President of INSOL Europe, the pan-European members organisation for insolvency professionals.

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Modified Universalism - Rubin & Lan v Eurofinance

08/24/10

Rubin & Lan v Eurofinance involved a "novel, though we believe inevitable and desirable, development of the common law" (according to Lord Justice Ward). Founded on the principles of modified universalism (insolvency proceedings are collective, dealing with all assets for...

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Major Amendments To The CCAA, Canada's Reorganization Law, Are Now In Force

09/22/09

In a post last year entitled "North Of The Border: Reorganization Under Canada's Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act," I discussed the various types of bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings available under Canadian law. Included in the discussion was the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act, known as the CCAA, used by many Canadian companies to reorganize.

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