In a matter of first impression relating to an important bankruptcy claims administration issue, Judge Sean H. Lane of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, recently denied the ability of a court appointed claims agent to sell and profit from providing direct access to publicly available claims register information. 
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Cryptocurrency Hedge Fund Three Arrows Capital and Platform Voyager Digital Resort to Bankruptcy for Relief


The first week of July has brought with it a flurry of activity in the digital asset markets – but not the type of activity that investors in the space likely hoped for.
On June 27th, Three Arrows Capital, Ltd. (“3AC”) commenced a liquidation proceeding in the British Virgin Islands, followed on July…
The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act: The Moratorium and just how “super” is Super Priority?


By Cathryn Williams, Paul Muscutt, Andrew Knight and Beth Bradley
Following our recent post (https://www.restructuringmatters.com/?p=2017&preview=true) on the new Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (“the Act”), we now take a closer look at the moratorium and the effects on priority between pre-existing and moratorium lenders.
The New Moratorium – an Overview
The moratorium is…
Potential Reforms to UK Insolvency Law to Protect Businesses and Directors

It has been reported in the press that the UK government is considering emergency legislation to reform UK insolvency laws to protect companies and directors impacted by the measures taken to combat the COVID-19 virus. The Crowell & Moring Restructuring and Finance team have issued an alert on the issues arising, a link to which…
Going backwards – the reintroduction of crown preference
Call for Views on the Quality and Effectiveness of Audit

On 10 April 2019, the government launched an Independent Review into the Quality and Effectiveness of Audit. This comes at a time when the Business Select Committee has called for the Big 4 accountancy firms to be split up and also reports in the news that following the failures of Carillion, Patisserie Valerie, Interserve and others, shareholders are going to give very close scrutiny to the performance of auditors and not merely rubber-stamp their re-appointment at annual general meeting.…
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