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Crippled by COVID-19, swimwear brand Seafolly enters administration
Citing the "crippling financial impact" of the coronavirus pandemic, Australian swimwear company Seafolly has become the latest fashion retailer to enter voluntary administration.
Court tosses appeal over botched $1.4B Babcock & Brown acquisition
A private investment fund has failed again in its bid for damages from collapsed global advisory firm Babcock & Brown over a botched $1.4B acquisition of a US-based laundry equipment provider.
Virgin administrators sign deal with Bain Capital to buy struggling airline
Virgin's administrators have reached a deal with Bain Capital to buy the airline and its subsidiaries, saying Friday US investment firm had made a "strong and compelling" bid to keep Australia’s second airline operating and secure the jobs of thousands of workers.
Corporate insolvency partner scores partial win on appeal in breakup spat
A challenge to a judgment which found that one partner of a corporate insolvency firm "ambushed" the other to leave the business has been partially overturned by an appeals court.
Court allows debt-laden Thai Airways to temporarily avoid Australian asset seizure
A court has granted a bid by two directors of Thai Airways to preserve the airline's Australian assets as the company, which was hit hard due to the COVID-19 pandemic, undergoes an urgent restructure in Thailand.
Bain, Cyrus make final offers for Virgin
Final bids for Virgin Australia were lodged on Monday by investment firm Bain Capital and private equity investor Cyrus Capital Partners, and the struggling airline's administrators are giving themselves a week to pick a winner.
High standards: Challenging a DOCA that compromises a litigation claim
While some judges have suggested a deed of company arrangement can be terminated at the comparatively low threshold that a liquidator may be "potentially" successful in litigating a claim, this is clearly not the test after a recent Full Federal Court ruling that affirms the high standard to be met by any challenge to a DOCA, where the deed compromises a commercial dispute, writes Baker McKenzies' David Walter, Maria O'Brien and Ian Innes.
Judge appoints receiver, not liquidator to hotel to avoid COVID-19 misunderstanding
To avoid a creditor panic in the midst of the COVID-19 health crisis, the NSW Supreme Court has appointed a receiver instead of a liquidator to a rural hotel that is the centre of a deadlocked shareholder dispute over more than $2.7 million.
Not enough liquidators to respond to a wave of COVID-19 insolvencies, ASIC warns
There may not be enough registered liquidators in Australia to respond to a possible wave of COVID-19 insolvencies, the Australian Securities and Investment Commission has warned.
Clive Palmer defeats $100M in claims by Queensland Nickel liquidator
Clive Palmer has defeated over $100 million in claims brought by the liquidator of Queensland Nickel over the $200 million collapse of the the mining company in 2016, with the Queensland politician threatening a possible lawsuit against the liquidator and the funder that backed the claims, Vannin Capital.