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The IBA’s response to the war in Ukraine
8 Oct - 13 Oct 2017
Room C4.5, Convention Centre, Level 4
Thursday 12 October (0930 - 1230)
Corporate and M&A Law Committee
(Lead)
Securities Law Committee
Companies going through dark times are often left with no other option but to sell parts of their business in order to secure their survival and avoid undergoing restructuring processes or filing for insolvency/ bankruptcy. Or they may be required to engage in a distressed sale of the company either in or out of a court-monitored process. The purchase of a distressed target company is subject to a number of insolvency considerations, thus making the transaction a rather complicated and formal undertaking. A number of stakeholders are involved, for example, an insolvency administrator, insolvency court, shareholders, customers, employees and banks. The panel will explore the role of the target director in distressed M&A, including: • differences depending on whether the company is listed or not; • duty to, or other relevance of the interests of, creditors as directors of distressed companies seeking to restructure; • insolvent/wrongful trading and defences; • the risk of the transaction being challenged; and • different status/processes to effect such transactions. The panel will discuss leading recent cases from various jurisdictions, such as the US state of Delaware, the UK and others.
Martin Brodey | DORDA, Vienna, Austria |
Damien Zoubek | Chair, Corporate Governance and Activism Subcommittee |
Ron Forster | MinterEllison, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Jon Gidney | Greenhill & Co., Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Sergio Gonzalez Galan | J&A Garrigues, Madrid, Spain |
Richard Hall | Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, New York, USA |
Roland Hoffmann-Theinert | GOERG, Berlin, Germany |
Rabindra Jhunjhunwala | Khaitan & Co, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India; Secretary, Corporate Membership Subcommittee |
Samuel Nolen | Richards Layton & Finger, Wilmington, Delaware, USA |
John Williamson-Noble | Gilbert + Tobin, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; LPD Council Member, LPD Council |