By Steven T. Kargman (Kargman Associates) In recent years, China has undertaken large-scale infrastructure development both …
A Commitment Rule for Insolvency Forum
By Professor Anthony Casey (University of Chicago Law School), Professor Aurelio Gurrea-Martinez (Singapore Management …
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The Potential of Trust Law in Sovereign Debt Restructuring Unveiled
By Charles Mak (The Law School, Robert Gordon University) The interplay between sovereign debt defaults and legal frameworks …
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Creditor Rights and Legal Transaction Costs
By Professor Dhruv Aggarwal (Northwestern Pritzker School of Law) Editor’s Note: We will post an argument summary for the …
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The Brave New World of Sovereign Debt Restructuring: The ‘China Conundrum’ and Other Challenges
By Steven T. Kargman (Kargman Associates) Emerging economy and developing country sovereigns have faced daunting economic …
Chapter 11’s Inclusivity Problem
By Sarah Paterson (LSE Law School) and Adrian Walters (Chicago-Kent College of Law) [Editor's Note: This article will be …
[Crypto-Bankruptcy Series] Concluding Thoughts on the Series
By Xiao Ma (Harvard Law School) Note: This post is the concluding post in a series of posts on bankruptcies of cryptocurrency …
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[Crypto-Bankruptcy Series] The Implications of CeFi and DeFi in Bankruptcy: A Hot Take on Celsius
By Kelvin FK Low and Timothy Chan (National University of Singapore) Note: This post is the eighth post in a series of posts …
[Crypto Bankruptcy Series] Staking, Yield Farming, Liquidity Mining, Crypto Lending – What are the Customer’s Risks?
By Matthias Lehmann et al. (Universitat Wien) Note: This post is the fourth post in a series of posts on bankruptcies of …
[Crypto-Bankruptcy Series] The FTX Bankruptcy: First Week Motions, Jurisdictional Squabbling, and Other Unusual Developments
By Megan McDermott (University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Law) Note: This post is the first post in a series of posts on …
Balancing Debtor and Creditors’ Interests in Bankruptcy Reorganization Proceedings: Best Practices for the Procedural Design of Claims’ Classification
By Anaïs Alle (Harvard Law School, L.L.M. 2022) Reorganization proceedings, in contrast to liquidation sales, constitute a …
Changes and Convergence of Bankruptcy Law: Recent Experience in Brazil
By Joao Guilherme Thiesi da Silva (Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP) Bankruptcy regimes across the globe have been …
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The Cannabis Conundrum: Can Cannabis Companies File Chapter 15?
By Colin Davidson and Catherine Jun (Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP) Cannabis is now legal in 19 states and …
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A Russian Sovereign Debt Default? No Longer Improbable
By Dennis Hranitzky, Richard East, Liesl Fichardt, Epaminontas Triantafilou, Yasseen Gailani, and Rupert Goodway (Quinn Emmanuel …
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The Importance of Being Bound: Bondholders’ Vote and Workouts in the U.S. and in Italy
By Francesca Prenestini (Bocconi University, Milan) Most legal systems follow one of two rules for regulating the capacity of …
Creditor Rights, Corporate Leverage and Investments, and the Firm Type
By Aras Canipek (University of Konstanz), Axel H. Kind (University of Konstanz), and Sabine Wende (University of Cologne - Faculty …
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Viability Assessment in Corporate Debt Restructuring: Optimizing the Filtration Effect of the European Directive on Restructuring and Insolvency
By Lydia Tsioli (King’s College London) Despite being pivotal in corporate debt restructuring, viability, an intricate notion …
The Case for Bankruptcy Court Discretion to Shift Attorney’s Fees
By Daniel J. Bussel (Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law) Neither the “American Rule” (each party pays its own attorney) nor …
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Restructuring Sovereign Debt and Rebuilding a National Economy for a Failing State: The Case of Venezuela
By Steven T. Kargman (Kargman Associates/International Restructuring Advisors) Venezuela is facing a veritable perform storm: a …
Restructurings in Emerging Economies One Year into the COVID-19 Pandemic
By Steven T. Kargman (Kargman Associates/International Restructuring Advisors) A new article entitled “The COVID-19 Pandemic …
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