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Christine Borries

Christine Borries is counsel and a member of the Business Restructuring and Insolvency team of Hogan Lovells International LLP in Munich. Email: christine.borries@hoganlovells.com

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2020 vision: expanding the toolbox for European restructurings

Whilst 2020 will be remembered for less positive reasons, restructuring professionals may remember it for the creation of: (i) the “Restructuring Plan” under the UK’s Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (CIGA 2020); (ii) the Dutch scheme under Wet homologatie onderhands akkoord (Dutch Scheme); and (iii) the German scheme under the StaRUG (German Scheme). Each bears similarities with the tried and tested English scheme of arrangement but has adopted certain features from the US Chapter 11 process. This article covers some of the important differences between each process that practitioners should be aware of.

1 MAY 2021