Virgin Australia sale on track for October completion – Flightglobal

Bain Capitals acquisition of Virgin Australia Holdings (VAH) is on track for October completion, administrator Deloitte has indicated in a letter to creditors and employees. Creditors had on 4 September accepted a proposal that is structured around 10 deeds of company arrangement (DOCAs) for all 41 VAH entities in voluntary administration. I confirm the DOCAs…

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We’re facing an insolvency tsunami. With luck, these changes will avert the worst of it – The Conversation AU

Ahead of the budget, the government has announced new rules that will allow small businesses at risk of collapse to continue to work out their problems instead of appointing an administrator. They are needed because of an avalanche of insolvencies awaiting the end of an effective moratorium on bankruptcies (a so-called regulatory shield) that expires…

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Supreme Court Raises The Stakes For Directors Of Distressed Businesses – Scoop.co.nz

Monday, 28 September 2020, 1:12 pmPress Release: Minter Ellison Rudd Watts The Supreme Court last Thursday released its long awaited decision on directors duties engaged on a companys insolvency Debut Homes Limited (in liquidation) v Cooper [2020] NZSC 100. The decision has profound implications for directors confronted with a business experiencing material financial distress and…

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Gambling & football: Eight clubs, 130 miles & a mission to end sponsorship ‘blind spot’ – BBC News

Steve Ramsey gets his feet repaired at The Hawthorns At the peak of his addiction, Steve Ramsey was placing 500 bets on football a day. “It was the in-play betting that did me over,” he says, shortly after leaving Wolverhampton Wanderers’ Molineux ground on a 130-mile walk this week to highlight football’s relationship with gambling.…

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Restructuring firm AlixPartners boosts Mideast headcount amid corporate slump – The Telegram

By Davide Barbuscia DUBAI (Reuters) – Turnaround and restructuring firm AlixPartners is boosting its headcount in the Middle East as corporates seek to cut costs and restructure debt amid the double shock of low oil prices and the coronavirus pandemic. The New York-headquartered firm has recently hired six people in Dubai from one of its…

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Restructuring firm AlixPartners boosts Mideast headcount amid corporate slump – TheChronicleHerald.ca

By Davide Barbuscia DUBAI (Reuters) – Turnaround and restructuring firm AlixPartners is boosting its headcount in the Middle East as corporates seek to cut costs and restructure debt amid the double shock of low oil prices and the coronavirus pandemic. The New York-headquartered firm has recently hired six people in Dubai from one of its…

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