Insolvency and Restructuring News
Hogan Lovells and Links in focus as Kodak sells unit to UK pensioners for $650m
Hogan Lovells, Linklaters and Sullivan & Cromwell have won lead roles as Eastman Kodak offloads its personal film business to UK pensioners.
OC hits 100 UK partners with Speechlys restructuring hire
Osborne Clarke (OC) has swelled its UK partnership headcount to 100 after signing up its eighth City partner this year in the shape of Speechly Bircham restructuring specialist Keith Bordell.
Ex-Cobbetts partner joins creditors' committee following open letter
A former Cobbetts partner reportedly owed £365,000 by the failed firm has been appointed to the defunct Manchester outfit’s creditors’ committee.
Ex-Dewey chief Davis to pay $500k settlement to resolve claims
Former Dewey & LeBoeuf chairman Steve Davis is set to pay $511,145 (£335,000) to the defunct firm’s liquidation trust to resolve claims against him in relation to the US outfit’s dramatic collapse last year.
Dentons and Linklaters clinch £50m HMV takeover for Hilco
Dentons and Linklaters have led the advice on the sale of HMV to Hilco UK, which was confirmed three months after the retailer went into administration.
Insolvency and Restructuring Analysis
The crunch bunch
Last year’s punishing economic conditions pushed many companies into administration. We take a look at the big UK cases
Sticky ends: the City's top restructuring lawyers discuss recent developments
The collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008 has propelled insolvency law into the frontline
A whole new world
The regulatory focus on insolvency since the Lehman Brothers collapse is beginning to affect other cases, such as that of MF Global in the UK. By Joanne Harris
Bribe wars
Insolvency practitioners must stay on top of the Bribery Act as they run an increased risk of personal criminal liability. Alex Fox and Anna Brooks-Gallerani report
Packing case
Administration is the UK’s principal business rescue tool. In the first quarter of this year alone 782 companies entered into administration.
