Current restructuring and bankruptcy regimes: case studies from Canada, the Cayman Islands and Poland

The owner and CEO of ) Restructuring and Bankruptcy Business Center ltd. (RBBC brand). Jagoda is specialized in dealing with cases involving bankruptcies and restructuring, both as the authority in liquidation and restructuring proceedings (receiver, administrator, court supervisor) and out-of-court advisor providing comprehensive legal services to developing national and overseas business entities. In 2018 Jagoda also worked in her profession in an international investment management corporation– BlackRock. She is an active member of the professional association of Licensed Restructuring Advisors of the Polish Chamber of Licensed Restructuring Advisors as well as an Officer of the Insolvency Section of the International Bar Association (IBA), which refers to the international association of lawyers interested in restructuring, bankruptcy law, creditors’ rights as well as affiliated company law, trading behaviour and market and procedural practices.

Cliff is a member of the Alberta and Nova Scotia Bars, a Queen’s Counsel (QC), and a valued legal educator. His experience and expertise include banking and financial services law, insolvency and restructuring, and commercial litigation. Cliff taught the Unsecured Creditors’ Remedies and the Bankruptcy and Restructuring Law courses in the Faculty of Law at the University of Calgary and the Business Law course in the Bissett School of Business at Mount Royal University. He is a regular consultant to the Canadian Centre for Professional Legal Education (CPLED), a non-profit organization that offers the Bar admission program in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Nova Scotia. Cliff’s recent book is Aspects of Banking and Financial Services Law (Toronto: LexisNexis Canada, 2021).

Amelia is counsel in Carey Olsen's litigation, insolvency and restructuring practice in Singapore. She has a broad range of experience in commercial litigation, with a focus on complex, multi-jurisdictional shareholder / director litigation, corporate disputes, fraud and asset tracing and cross-border insolvency and restructuring matters. Amelia also has significant experience in seeking urgent interlocutory relief for clients, including freezing orders and injunctions, and enforcement matters and has represented clients in the High Court, Court of Appeal and the Privy Council. She regularly advises listed companies and financial institutions, high net worth individuals and insolvency practitioners in the region. Amelia has been listed as a Rising Star in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2023 Guide. She has also been named one of the five global finalists (and only recipient in Asia) of the IWIRC Rising Star Award in 2022 and is part of the International Insolvency Institute's (III) highly prestigious and successful NextGen Leadership Program Class XII (2023). Clients speak highly of Amelia, describing her as an "outstanding individual within Carey Olsen" and who is "technically solid, business savvy and always responsive". Amelia is Co-Chair of the International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC), Singapore Network and one of the first offshore law practitioners to be approved as a member of the Insolvency Practitioners Association of Singapore (IPAS). She is also an active member of INSOL. Amelia is fluent in English and Mandarin.