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29 Jan 2021
4 min to read

India Considers Introducing Pre-packs into its Insolvency Law

Aparna Ravi

In May 2020, I wrote on this Blog on whether India should consider introducing pre-packaged insolvencies (‘pre-packs’) into its formal insolvency framework as an additional tool to resolve COVID-19...

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  • Commercial Law
09 Oct 2020
2 min to read

Another Look at Connected Party Pre-Packs

Tim Koch

Amidst the flurry of legislative activity presaging the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act, longstanding concerns over the perceived abuses associated with connected party pre-pack sales...

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  • Commercial Law
19 Jun 2020
4 min to read

Hanging in the Balance: Challenges to the Exercise of Creditors’ Rights in India During COVID-19

Ganesh Gopalakrishnan | Neeti Bhatt

The Indian Ministry of Finance has recently announced numerous economic relief measures for businesses to mitigate risks to their operations and viability. The measures have arisen out of disruptions...

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  • Commercial Law
27 Feb 2020
4 min to read

Reviewing Pre-Packed Bankruptcies: Does It Create Value for Employees?

Rick Aalbers | Jan Adriaanse | Gert-Jan Boon | Reinout Vriesendorp | Jean-Pierre van der Rest | Frank van Wersch

Firms that find themselves in dire circumstances can improve their situation by proactively implementing strategic change to stem survival-threatening performance decline. Asset restructuring is a...

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  • Commercial Law
  • Corporate Governance
20 Jul 2017

The ECJ in 'Estro/Smallstep': The End of Pre-packs as we Know Them?

Frederik De Leo

In its preliminary ruling of 22 June 2017, the ECJ held that the Dutch pre-pack does not come under the derogation in Article 5(1) of Directive 2001/23.The reasoning of the ECJ will have important...

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