In July of 2017, Andrew Bailey, the chief executive of the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), announced in a speech that after 2021 the FCA would no longer use its power to compel panel banks to submit rate information used to determine the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR). Mr. Bailey encouraged the market to develop robust alternative reference rates to replace LIBOR.

In July of 2017, Andrew Bailey, the chief executive of the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), announced in a speech that after 2021 the FCA would no longer use its power to compel panel banks to submit rate information used to determine the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR). Mr. Bailey…

Baker McKenzie has published the seventh edition of the Global Restructuring & Insolvency Guide. The Guide has been compiled by Baker McKenzie lawyers experienced in the practical aspects of restructuring and insolvency. It should provide you with a helpful reference tool to understand the numerous insolvency and restructuring regimes that…

In this type of market environment, one or more of the following scenarios may apply: The target needs to consummate a sale quickly because the target’s cash resources are dwindling. The buyer wonders whether the distressed sale and “melting ice cube” asset valuation increase its exposure to claims from the…

COVID-19 has irrevocably changed the global economic landscape As the business impact of the COVID-19 crisis continues to intensify, leaders in every industry are trying to protect the health and stability of their workforce, adapt their business models and build their recovery plans. While it has been widely publicised that the…

The events surrounding the COVID -19 virus have brought to the forefront a concern that already was brewing in some sectors of the global economy — supply chain disruption. Although many manufacturers may have been in the process of putting in place early detection methods to spot the signs of…