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Financial Institutions Horizons 2024
24 January 2024
If you had told me that we would leave 2023 having lost one of Switzerland’s largest banks, and yet also emerge relatively unscathed (at least by 2008 standards), I would have found...
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UK Government policy updates: Regulation of fiat-backed stablecoins and failure of systemic DSA firms
01 November 2023
On 30 October 2023, the UK government published an update on its legislative approach for regulating fiat-backed stablecoins, following on from its consultation on the UK regulatory...
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Beware the Ides of March – practical considerations if your bank is failing
24 March 2023
Everybody knows that, logically, banks can fail. Few expect them to. Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), the U.S.’s 16th largest bank, was closed on 10 March 2023, and the Federal ...
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Compromising debts in the COVID-19 era
08 January 2021
The social and economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to create shock waves throughout the world. When implementing emergency measures to address the pandemic, many...
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Financial Institutions Horizons 2021
17 December 2020
Financial Institutions Horizons 2021 provides a snapshot of key legal topics and market trends across the globe, shaping the future of the financial institutions market.
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Second Suspension of liability for Wrongful Trading
03 December 2020
On 26 November 2020, the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (Coronavirus) (Suspension of Liability for Wrongful Trading and Extension of the Relevant Period) Regulations 2020 (the ...
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Security is not "enforceable" if a required creditor consent has not been obtained
26 November 2020
The recent English case Arlington Infrastructure Ltd (in administration) and another v Woolrych and others demonstrates the importance of a secured creditor obtaining any consent...
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Dive, dive, dive! Insolvency Reform in the UK Part II
27 May 2020
In our earlier piece we provided our high level views on the draft Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill (the Bill), published on 20 May 2020. This is our deeper dive into the...
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The Eagle has Landed - Insolvency Reform in the UK
21 May 2020
After months – years – of anticipation, on 20 May 2020 the UK Government published the draft Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill (the Bill). The Bill introduces...
