Australia's Post-Pandemic Pursuit of Enterprise Rescue and Reform
Australia’s federal government has instigated the first major legislative review of its corporate insolvency and restructuring regimes in more than 30 years. This review comes after decades of only piecemeal amendments, resulting in one of the most complex insolvency legislative regimes in the...
China’s Property Crisis May Be at a Turning Point, But Hurdles to Recovery Remain
More than 18 months since the debt crisis of China’s property sector started unravelling, its lingering effects remain in the spotlight and continue to be the main focus of the debt restructuring community in this part of the world. At least 50 Chinese developers have defaulted since 2021 on an...
UK COVID Response Included Permanent Changes to Restructuring and Insolvency Regime
The economic backdrop in the UK, post-COVID, has proven to be extremely challenging for companies operating in many sectors. There are several significant factors, the likes of which haven’t been seen for a generation, which combined, make for an extremely challenging environment for businesses and...
UAE's Post-Pandemic Theme: Business Survival and Recovery
“The COVID pandemic will put to test the UAE’s insolvency and restructuring regime,” was the topic of discussion amongst the government, legal, accounting, and insolvency fraternities in the UAE. The oil price crash that came about in 2020 as a direct result of the pandemic left many companies...
Turkey’s Restructuring Regime Favours Company Rescue
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted companies in Turkey in many ways. Companies have experienced reductions in the demand for products and services and disruptions in supply chains. Financially, getting credit has become more difficult, and companies have had a hard time paying current debt...
Threat to Invoke  Germany’s StaRUG  Speeds Execution of Amend and Extend Transactions
Recent geopolitical and macroeconomic developments, including inflation, the interest rate environment, money supply, and signs of recession, have had a significant impact on the financing market globally. In Germany, the decline in the financing volume of leveraged loans, high-yield bonds, and...
Since the pandemic hit in March 2020, the restructuring landscape around the world and, in particular, in the United States has altered appreciably. For many, the pandemic began “for real” on Thursday, March 12, 2020, the night the National Basketball Association shut down. At that moment, the...
Leader Board: Jeffrey C. Hampton
They say luck is where opportunity meets preparation. Restructuring professionals can make their own luck by taking advantage of the many learning and interpersonal opportunities that TMA provides. TMA is a tool for those members who take advantage of the connectivity, education, certification, and...
From Crisis to Clarity
Nothing is more demonstrative of our theme for the year, You Are Part of Something Bigger, than the internationalism of our organization. With 23 international chapters representing virtually every continent in the world, the brand power and awareness of what TMA represents cannot be understated...
Pressures Continue to Grow in the Ag, Logistics Industries
Before Medici Bank collapsed in 1494, Florence was a finance centre for Europe. The bank's failure stranded far-flung assets and crystallised local and foreign creditor claims. In those days, national legal systems had little concept of comity or pari passu treatment between onshore and offshore...