State Reports - UK

A positive step in the UK’s fight against fraud
Author: Tom RUSSELL (Deputy Vice President of R3)
Source: Eurofenix, 2024 Spring edition 
 
Foreign Exchange volatility and the risk to Creditors 
Author: Jamie JEMMESON (Head of Structured Products, Lumon, UK)
Source: Eurofenix, 2024 Spring edition 

Progress of sorts
Author: Nicky FISHER (President of R3, UK)
Source: Eurofenix, 2023/24 Winter edition 
 
Who gets the Pie? Distribution in UK corporate insolvency
Author: Asad KHAN (Doctoral Researcher, University of Nottingham, UK)
Source: Eurofenix, 2023/24 Winter edition 

Update on national insolvency statistics from the UK
Author: Frances COULSON (Wedlake Bell LLP, London, UK)
Source: Eurofenix, 2023 Autumn edition 

Tale of the Trends
Author: Nicky FISHER (Vice President of R3, UK)
Source: Eurofenix, 2023 Autumn edition 

Litigation: A valuable asset class for insolvency practitioners
Authors: Gwilym JONES and Piers ELLIOTT (Henderson & Jones, London, UK)
Source: Eurofenix, 2023 Summer edition 

Regulating the crypto sector
Author: Nicky FISHER (Vice President of R3, UK)
Source: Eurofenix, 2023 Summer  edition 

Twin policy priorities
Author: Nicky FISHER (Vice President of R3, London)
Source: Eurofenix, 2023 Spring edition 

Non-UK officeholders acting in the UK after Brexit
Author: Chris LAUGHTON (Consultant, Mercer & Hole, London)
Source: Eurofenix, 2022/2023 Winter edition 

A chance to evolve
Author: Tim COOPER (Deputy Vice President, R3, London)
Source: Eurofenix, 2022/2023 Winter edition 

Cross-border insolvency after Brexit: Where are we now? Où en sommes-nous? ¿Dónde estamos?
Authors: Stefan RAMEL (Guildhall Chambers, Bristol, UK), Georges-Louis HARANG (Addleshaw Goddard (Europe) LLP, Paris, France) and José CARLES (Carles Cuesta Abogados y Economistas SLP, Madrid, Spain)
Source: Eurofenix, 2022/2023 Winter edition 

Are insolvency laws ready for digital service failures?
Author: Rebecca PARRY (Professor, Nottingham Law School, Nottingham Trent University)
Source: Eurofenix, 2022/2023 Winter edition 

Ailing Airlines: Charting financial, operational, and legal courses to survival 
Author: David BUCHLER (Chairman, Buchler Phillips (as part of JV with Airline Management Group))
Source: Eurofenix, 2022/2023 Winter edition 

HMRC’s welcome new approach to Voting on CVAs
Author: Colin HAIG (Immediate Past President of insolvency and restructuring trade body R3, London)
Source: Eurofenix, 2022 Autumn edition 

Protection of dissenting creditors’ interests
AuthorAbbas ABBASOV (Doctoral Researcher, Martin-Luther Universität Halle)
Source: Eurofenix, 2022 Autumn edition 

Cryptocurrencies and Crypto-Tokens
Authors: Montse MAS (CARLES | CUESTA Abogados, Spain), Frank TSCHENTSCHER (President of INSOL Europe; Partner, Deloitte Legal, Germany) and José CARLES (Co-Chair of the Insolvency Tech and Digital Assets Wing; CARLES | CUESTA Abogados, Spain) 
Source: Eurofenix, 2022 Autumn edition

An upward trend?
Author: Colin HAIG (Immediate Past President of insolvency and restructuring trade body R3, London)
Source: Eurofenix, 2022 Summer edition 

“Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need (Silk) Roads!”
Authors: Carmel KING (Grant Thornton, UK), José CARLES (CARLES | CUESTA Abogados, Madrid, Spain), Dani HASTON (Chainalysis) and Aidan LARKIN (Asset Reality)
Source: Eurofenix, 2022 Summer edition 

View from the UK: More detail and discussion needed...?
Author: Duncan SWIFT (Immediate Past President of insolvency and restructuring trade body R3, London)
Source: Eurofenix, 2022 Spring edition 

Cross-border Schemes and Plans: How they work in different jurisdictions
Author: Kathy STONES (Lexis PSL Restructuring and Insolvency)
Source: Eurofenix, 2022 Spring edition 
 
Limits to common law recognition of a foreign bankruptcy
Authors: Frances COULSON, Robert PATERSON and Stephen BAISTER (Wedlake Bell LLP, London, UK)
Source: Eurofenix, 2022 Spring edition

View from the UK: A potential missed opportunity?
Author: Duncan SWIFT (Immediate Past President of insolvency and restructuring trade body R3, London)
Source: Eurofenix, 2021/2022 Winter edition

How EU Member States recognise insolvency and restructuring proceedings of a third country 
Author: Kathy STONES (Lexis PSL Restructuring and Insolvency)
Source: Eurofenix, 2021/2022 Winter edition 
 
Turning back the Clock: Post-Brexit cross-border recognition in Cyprus & UK
Authors: Chris IACOVIDES (Director, CRI Group, UK, Cyprus and Romania) & Andri ANTONIOU (Director, CRI Group, Cyprus)
Source: Eurofenix, 2021/2022 Winter edition
 
A comparison of real estate-focused measures in the Covid-19 pandemic
Authors: José CARLES (CARLES | CUESTA Abogados, Madrid, Spain), Giorgio CORNO (Studio Corno Avvocati, Italy), Frances COULSON (WEDLAKE BELL LLP, UK) & Stathis POTAMITIS (POTAMITISVEKRIS Law)
Source: Eurofenix, 2021/2022 Winter edition
  
Regulations, recognition and relief in the UK: A primer for non-UK insolvency professionals
Authors: Chris LAUGHTON (Mercer & Hole, UK) & Daniel LEWIS (Wilberforce Chambers, UK)
Source: Eurofenix, 2021/2022 Winter edition

View from the UK: A busy Autumn
Author: Duncan SWIFT (Chair of the Policy Group at insolvency and restructuring trade body R3, UK)
Source: Eurofenix, 2021 Summer edition 

Digital Gold: Implications of crypto assets under an insolvency scenario
Authors: José CARLES, Laurent Le PAJOLEC and David ORSULA, (Co-chairs of the Insolvency Tech & Digital Assets Wing)
Source: Eurofenix, 2021 Summer edition 

Cryptocurrency fraud: The English Court considers
Author: Carmel KING (Grant Thornton, UK)
Source: Eurofenix, 2021 Autumn edition 

View from the UK: An end in sight?
Author: Duncan SWIFT (Chair of the Policy Group at insolvency and restructuring trade body R3, UK)
Source: Eurofenix, 2021 Summer edition 

The view from the United Kingdom
Author: Duncan SWIFT (Chair of the Policy Group at insolvency and restructuring trade body R3, UK)
Source: Eurofenix, 2021 Spring edition 

A closer look at... Recognition of French preventive confidential procedures in the UK
Author: Emmanuelle INACIO (Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale, France)
Source: Eurofenix, 2020-21 Winter edition 

Do prohibitions against ipso facto clauses push suppliers into the insolvency abyss?
Authors: David H. CONAWAY (Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLPUS), Simeon GILCHRIST (Edwin Coe LLPUK) and Nicolaes TOLLENAAR (RESOR NVNL)
Source: Eurofenix, 2020-21 Winter edition 

Fraud, Furlough and Facemasks
Author: Carmel KING (Grant Thornton, UK)
Source: Eurofenix, 2020-21 Winter edition 

Wirecard – Serial fraud or an exceptionally pathological case?
AuthorsThe INSOL Europe Insolvency Tech & Digital Assets Wing & the INSOL Europe Anti-Fraud Forum
Source: Eurofenix, 2020 Autumn Edition

The rise of a new phoenix: The English light-touch administration
Author: Eugenio Vaccari (University of Essex, UK)
Source: Eurofenix, 2020 Autumn Edition

Wrongful trading in Europe
Author: Mihai LANTOS (SPARL Stalfort & Someşan, Romania)
Source: Eurofenix, 2018 Autumn Edition

Brexit’s impact on cross-border insolvencies
Author: Charles E. Draper (Squire Patton Boggs, UK)
Source: Eurofenix, 2018 Autumn Edition

Ongoing IVA Trusts: Where are we now?
Author: Kathryn MACLENNAN (Hill Dickinson LLP, UK)
Source: Eurofenix, 2017 Autumn Edition

The importance of a strong insolvency and restructuring regime for the UK economy
Author: Christina FITZGERALD (Shakespeare Martineau, UK)
Source: Eurofenix, 2017 Summer Edition

UK: PPI in IVA cases – Green v Wright
Author: Kathryn MACLENNAN (Hill Dickinson LLP, UK)
Source: Eurofenix, 2017 Spring Edition

Brexit: The UK perspective
Author: Chris LAUGHTON (Mercer & Hole, UK)
Source: Eurofenix, 2016 Autumn Edition

Mini-Bonds: Risk and Reward?
Author: Carmel KING (Grant Thornton, UK)
Source: Eurofenix, 2016 Autumn Edition

Harmonisation and the Brexit effect
Author: Alberto NUNEZ-LAGOS (Uría Menéndez, Spain)
Source: Eurofenix, 2016 Summer Edition

To every end there will always be a new beginning…
Author: Emmanuelle INACIO (Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale, France)
Source: Eurofenix, 2016 Summer Edition

Oil price: the stormy seas
Author: Sandy SHAW (Velocys, UK)
Source: Eurofenix, 2016 Spring Edition

Europe: Orders for sale of properties in Europe: a helpful reminder, the case of komu & Others v komu & Another
Authors: Sarah MAY and Graham MCPHIE (Moon Beever, UK)
Source: Eurofenix, 2016 Spring Edition

To Brexit, or not to Brexit, that has always been the question…
Author: Emmanuelle INACIO (Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale, France)
Source: Eurofenix, 2016 Spring Edition

UK: Insolvency Practitioners’ fees in England and Wales
Author: Chris LAUGHTON (Mercer & Hole, UK)
Source: Eurofenix, 2015 Winter Edition

Forging the connection: Foreign companies & English schemes of arrangement
Author: James WATSON (Stephenson Harwood, UK)
Source: Eurofenix, 2015 Autumn Edition

The ebbs and flows of judicial cooperation in the common law
Author: Paul OMAR (Nottingham Law School, UK)
Source: Eurofenix, 2015 Summer edition

Establishing interpretation in the Collective Redundancies Directive
Author: Jennifer L. L. GANT (Nottingham Trent University, UK)
Source: Eurofenix, 2015 Summer Edition

Digital forensics in a liquidator’s investigation
Authors: David INGRAM & Carmel KING (Grant Thornton, UK)
Source: Eurofenix, 2015 Spring Edition

LDK Solar: Implementing a global restructuring of a China-based corporate family
Author: Phillip TAYLOR (Sidley Austin, UK)
Source: Eurofenix, 2015 Spring Edition

Defining the role of the CRO
Author: Stephen TAYLOR (Isonomy, UK)
Source: Eurofenix, 2014 Winter Edition

The impact of social policy on cross-border insolvency
Author: Jennifer L. L. GANT (Nottingham Trent University, UK)
Source: Eurofenix, 2014 Autumn Edition

UK pre-packs endorsed… but “clean-up” recommended
Author: Glen Flannery (Nabarro, UK)
Source: Eurofenix, 2014 Autumn Edition

IT & Fraud: The Golden Hour
Authors:  David INGRAM & Carmel KING (Grant Thornton, UK)
Source: Eurofenix, 2014 Summer Edition