The LexisNexis Restructuring & Insolvency practical guidance team has published a new Practice Note: ‘Removal of trustee in bankruptcy by the court—key cases’. This Practice Note sets out certain key cases and associated relevant content in relation to the removal of a trustee in bankruptcy by the court.

The LexisNexis Banking & Finance practical guidance team has published a new Practice Note: ‘Securitisation — Ten key stages’. Securitisation is a complex financing technique that is used to transform illiquid assets into marketable securities. This involves pooling various types of income-generating assets, such as loans, mortgages or credit card receivables, and repackaging them into interest-bearing securities that can be sold to investors. This Practice Note summarises the key stages in the securitisation process and compliments other practical guidance on the topic.

The LexisNexis Restructuring & Insolvency practical guidance team has published a new Practice Note: ‘Seizure of a bankrupt's property under section 365 of the Insolvency Act 1986—key cases’. This Practice Note sets out certain key cases and associated relevant content relating to Insolvency Act 1986, s 365 which provides a search and seizure remedy in respect of any property comprised in a bankrupt’s estate and/or any books, papers or records relating to the bankrupt’s estate or affairs which are required to be delivered up to the office-holder.

The LexisNexis Restructuring & Insolvency practical guidance team, in partnership with Kelesi Blundell, Dr Ioannis Asimakopoulos and Eleanor Wagg of Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, has published a new Practice Note—‘Special resolution regime for central counterparties’. This Practice Note looks at the special resolution regime created for central counterparties by the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023. In particular, it considers the eight stabilisation options, the Bank of England’s (BoE) powers pre-resolution, the BoE’s power to appoint a temporary manager, the special resolution objectives, the conditions for exercise of the stabilisation power, valuations, share transfer instruments, property transfer instruments and resolution instruments.

The LexisNexis Restructuring & Insolvency practical guidance team has published a new Practice Note—‘Strategic considerations relating to the issue of protective proceedings'. This Practice Note, produced in partnership with Gemma Kaplan of Pinsent Masons LLP, discusses strategic considerations relating to the issue of protective proceedings such as the possibility of entering into a standstill agreement to avoid issuing protective proceedings, pre-action correspondence, funding of the claim, service of the claim form, extending service of the claim form, seeking a stay of the proceedings to comply with pre-action protocols and potential costs implications.

The LexisNexis Restructuring & Insolvency practical guidance team has published a new Practice Note—Structural considerations for Part 26A restructuring plans. This Practice Note considers the structural considerations for Part 26A restructuring plans (RPs), the jurisdiction of the English courts to invoke the Part 26A provisions and the need for sufficient connection in the case of foreign companies. It also considers the impact of the Adler Court of Appeal decision on the use of artificial structures, plus the subsequent recognition of an English RP in other countries and the use of parallel plans to effect a global restructuring.

The LexisNexis Restructuring & Insolvency practical guidance team has published a new Practice Note: The Corporate Civil Enforcement Reforms consultation. This Practice Notes summarises the Insolvency Service’s 2026 Corporate Civil Enforcement Reforms consultation. It explains the proposed reforms to director disqualification, director restrictions, office-holder recovery powers, antecedent transactions, misfeasance claims, information-gathering and procedural rules. It also highlights industry responses.

The LexisNexis Restructuring & Insolvency practical guidance team has published a new Practice Note: ‘The conflict administrator—key cases’. This Practice Note sets out certain key cases and associated relevant content in relation to the appointment of a conflict administrator.

The LexisNexis Restructuring & Insolvency practical guidance team, in partnership with Mark Beaumont of Annecto Legal Ltd, has published a new Practice Note: ‘Third party litigation funding—seed funding and portfolio funding'. This Practice Note discusses seed funding and portfolio funding.

The LexisNexis Banking & Finance practical guidance team, in partnership with Allen & Overy Shearman, has published a new Practice Note—‘US regulation of derivatives—one minute guide’. This Practice Note provides an overview of the main US regulations and regulatory bodies that impact over-the-counter derivatives. It considers the division of regulation between the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission in terms of the types of derivatives and types of swap trading entities plus the most important regulations under The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act which was passed in 2010.

The LexisNexis Restructuring & Insolvency practical guidance team has published a new Practice Note: ‘When can an office-holder seek directions from the court in insolvency proceedings?—key cases’. This Practice Note sets out certain key cases and associated relevant content on the power of an office-holder to seek directions from the court in insolvency proceedings.

The LexisNexis Restructuring & Insolvency practical guidance team has published three new Practice Notes—‘Tracker of Part VII transfer schemes hearing dates 2026’, ‘Part 26A restructuring plan deal debrief—Waldorf Production UK Plc (second plan)’, and ‘Tracker of Part 26 scheme/Part 26A restructuring plan hearing dates 2026’.