Supreme Court Raises The Stakes For Directors Of Distressed Businesses – Scoop.co.nz

Monday, 28 September 2020, 1:12 pmPress Release: Minter Ellison Rudd Watts The Supreme Court last Thursday released its long awaited decision on directors duties engaged on a companys insolvency Debut Homes Limited (in liquidation) v Cooper [2020] NZSC 100. The decision has profound implications for directors confronted with a business experiencing material financial distress and…

Gambling & football: Eight clubs, 130 miles & a mission to end sponsorship ‘blind spot’ – BBC News

Steve Ramsey gets his feet repaired at The Hawthorns At the peak of his addiction, Steve Ramsey was placing 500 bets on football a day. “It was the in-play betting that did me over,” he says, shortly after leaving Wolverhampton Wanderers’ Molineux ground on a 130-mile walk this week to highlight football’s relationship with gambling.…

Restructuring firm AlixPartners boosts Mideast headcount amid corporate slump – TheChronicleHerald.ca

By Davide Barbuscia DUBAI (Reuters) – Turnaround and restructuring firm AlixPartners is boosting its headcount in the Middle East as corporates seek to cut costs and restructure debt amid the double shock of low oil prices and the coronavirus pandemic. The New York-headquartered firm has recently hired six people in Dubai from one of its…

Corporate Insolvency & Restructuring Report 2020: Covid-19 Special Focus: South Korea – International Financial Law Review

Unlike in the US or Europe, Korea has not implemented drastic measures against Covid-19, such as compulsory lockdowns, and whether Covid-19 has significantly dented Korea’s economic activity remains unclear. However, the country’s manufacturing sector relies heavily on exports and these are declining, rendering any likelihood of an economic rebound in the second half of the…