Federal high Court, BRIPAN to improve Nigeria’s business recovery, insolvency system

The Federal High Court has partnered the Business Recovery and Insolvency Practitioners Association of Nigeria (BRIPAN) to enhance the country’s business recovery and insolvency framework, aiming to improve the efficiency of insolvency procedures in Nigeria. Insolvency law provides a legal framework for managing the financial affairs of individuals and companies facing such situations. Chimezie Ihekweazu,…

Eye of the tiger: distressed workouts are nigh

European quarterly institutional loan volume activity in €bn (estimated). Source: Pitchbook | LCD Data through March 11, 2024 It is fairly well known in our circles at least that loan-to-own distressed debt investors have been raising capital to purchase debt positions as a pathway to taking ownership of financially stressed companies via debt-for-equity swaps, and…

Struggling N.J. hospital chain won’t go bankrupt. Another hospital is taking over.

Hudson Regional Hospital has officially taken control of Hudson County’s struggling CarePoint Health System, establishing a new, countywide health network. On Friday, a federal bankruptcy court judge confirmed CarePoint’s plan to exit bankruptcy and hand over control of its three hospitals ― Christ Hospital in Jersey City, Bayonne Medical Center and Hoboken University Medical Center…