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Post date: Wednesday, July 20, 2022
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The ABI International Committee is actively soliciting nominations for the First Annual ABI International Committee Matter of the Year Award. The details are set forth below.

Nomination Deadline: September 15, 2022.

Criteria

Each submission should address how the matter (the “Matter”) satisfies the following criteria:

Post date: Thursday, May 26, 2022

Maximizing value for creditors is one of the paramount objectives of the Canadian insolvency system. Where the value is in a business varies in each situation. Depending on the nature of the business, a debtor company may have crucial licenses or contracts that are not transferrable but are necessary in order to operate.

Post date: Thursday, May 26, 2022

On March 7, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court in Estate of Omar Fontana v. ACFB Administração Judicial Ltda.-ME, No. 21-828 (U.S. Mar. 7, 2022), denied a petition for review of a decision by the Eleventh Circuit, In re Transbrasil S.A. Linhas Aéreas, 860 Fed. Appx 166 (11th Cir. 2021).

Post date: Thursday, May 26, 2022

Mexico adopted the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency (MLCBI) in May 2000, when the current Business Reorganizations Law (Ley de Concursos Mercantiles) (LCM) was enacted. It was incorporated in Title XII of the LCM, which contains essentially the same provisions as the MLCBI, with a few additions.

Post date: Thursday, May 26, 2022

Welcome to the ABI International Committee’s Spring 2022 Newsletter. We thank all the members of the committee for their continued support, and we encourage you to get involved with the committee over the coming year. Please reach out to us if you are interested in contributing to a future newsletter, have an idea for a conference panel, or just want to get more involved.

Post date: Thursday, May 26, 2022

The Singapore-based Asian Business Law Institute (ABLI) recently released its Guide on the Treatment of Insolvent Micro and Small Enterprises in Asia in conjunction with the International Insolvency Institute.

Post date: Monday, September 27, 2021

As co-chairs, we thank all of the members of ABI’s International Committee for their continued support and involvement with the committee during this pandemic-dominated year.

Post date: Wednesday, September 08, 2021

On Jan. 1, 2021, the Dutch Act on the Confirmation of Private Plans (hereafter referred to by its Dutch acronym, “WHOA,” or the “Dutch Scheme”) entered into force. It represents a robust and flexible restructuring framework. This brief article provides a summary of the Dutch Scheme and an update about the first published cases involving the scheme.

Post date: Wednesday, September 08, 2021

The COVID-19 crisis has encouraged many countries to amend their bankruptcy laws. In many cases, these amendments took place temporarily — especially during the hibernation phase of the pandemic. In other countries, however, the pandemic has led to permanent changes in their insolvency legislations.

Post date: Tuesday, September 07, 2021

In recent times, global businesses based all over the world have often turned to chapter 11 or the English scheme of arrangement to implement their debt restructurings, often due to the failure of local restructuring and insolvency laws to provide an adequate or optimal restructuring solution.

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Mr. Adam D. Crane
Co-Chair
Baker & Partners
George Town, null
(345) 745-3651

Ms. Evelyn J. Meltzer, Esq.
Co-Chair
Troutman Pepper
Wilmington, DE
(302) 777-6532

Mr. Adam Swick
Communications Manager
Akerman LLP
Austin, TX
(737) 999-7103

Ms. Jennifer Jenkins
Education Director
Mourant
British Virgin Islands,
(284) 852-1709

Mr. Simon Eickmann
Newsletter Editor
PLUTA Management GmbH
Munich, other
4989244133370

Mr. Evan J. Zucker
Newsletter Editor
Blank Rome LLP
New York, NY
(212) 885-5207

Mr. Kenneth Kraft
Special Projects Leader
Dentons Canada LLP
Toronto, ON
(416) 863-4374

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