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Helen Coverdale

Senior knowledge lawyer
Helen Coverdale is a senior knowledge lawyer specialising in restructuring and insolvency at Norton Rose Fulbright based in London. Email:  helen.coverdale@nortonrosefulbright.com

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Be careful what you register: Re VE Global UK Ltd

In this In Practice article the authors consider the recent case of Re VE Global UK Ltd (Binyon & another v Suzerain Investment Holdings Ltd & others [2024] EWHC 749 (Ch)) which concerned whether a debenture was void against administrators where only a subsequent amendment agreement had been registered at Companies House.

28 JUN 2024

UK government consults on new insolvency model laws

The UK government has consulted on legislating to allow British courts to recognise foreign insolvency-related judgments under its enactment of the “original” UNCITRAL Model Law on cross-border insolvency (the Model Law), the Cross Border Insolvency Regulations 2006 (CBIR). The government is also considering incorporating the UNCITRAL Model Law on Enterprise Group Insolvencies (the Group Model Law) to promote closer co-operation on cross-border restructurings.

1 APR 2023