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Restructuring & Insolvency weekly highlights—22 April 2021

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Published on: 22 April 2021

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Key R&I law developments
Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (Coronavirus) (Change of Expiry Date in s 32(1)) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021
Insolvency Service publishes monthly insolvency statistics for March 2021
Issue 125 of Insolvency Service’s Dear IP published
International restructuring and insolvency
UK accession to Lugano Convention—Is the door closing?
CERIL issues advice on identifying annex actions and non-annex actions
Restructuring
New Dutch scheme—an update
Judgment Alert: Re Virgin Active Holdings Ltd and other companies

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Article summary

This week's edition of Restructuring & Insolvency weekly highlights includes: the latest analysis of UK’s accession to the Lugano Convention, a look at the new restructuring scheme in the Netherlands that entered into force on 1 January 2021, details of key dates arising at the end of April plus a round-up of other news and cases for restructuring and insolvency professionals.

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