Restructuring & Insolvency Newsletter - December 2018 | News and events

Juan María Jiménez, new partner in the Garrigues Restructuring and Insolvency Department

The Garrigues partners’ meeting held on October 25 approved the appointment of fifteen new partners, and among them, Juan María Jiménez, in the Madrid Restructuring and Insolvency Department.

Garrigues restructuring and insolvency specialists among the top lawyers in Spain on the Best Lawyers list

Another year in a row our partners Borja García-Alamán, Adrián Thery, Juan Verdugo and Juan María Jiménez achieved recognition by the Best Lawyers directory among the top lawyers in Spain in the Insolvency and Reorganization Law practice area.

International Financial Law Review (IFRL 1000) has singled out three of our partners in the Restructuring and Insolvency practice area, in which Garrigues is regularly ranked as tier 1

Borja García-Alamán, Adrián Thery and Juan Verdugo have again been included in this edition of the international directory. Garrigues also held on to the top spot among the restructuring and insolvency law firms in Spain.

Garrigues takes part in a seminar on the possible impact of Brexit on Spain focusing on restructuring and insolvency matters, organized by TMA and NextGen España

On November 12 lecturer and Garrigues associate Iván Heredia spoke on the impact that the future withdrawal by the United Kingdom from Europe will have on cross-border restructuring and insolvency proceedings.

Adrián Thery joins Francisco J. Garcimartín and Amparo López Senovilla as participants in a seminar cycle at FIDE on the Proposal for a Directive on restructuring and second chance

Adrián Thery was one of the speakers, alongside Francisco J. Garcimartín and Amparo López Senovilla, in a new seminar cycle held by FIDE (Fundación para la Investigación del Derecho y la Empresa) focusing on the Proposal for a Directive on restructuring and second chance, and the most relevant elements from a Spanish standpoint.

Presentation of a work on pre-insolvency and insolvency law for capital companies ('Derecho preconcursal y concursal de sociedad mercantiles de capital')

Centro de Estudios Garrigues hosted a presentation on December 18, 2018 of a new book edited by Wolters Kluwer and coordinated by lecturer and Garrigues associate Andrés Gutiérrez Gilsanz. Among its authors are respected lecturers at the University of Bologna and three members of the Garrigues Restructuring and Insolvency Department. The presentation was led by Juana Pulgar, full professor (catedrática) of corporate/commercial law and member of the recently created special panel of the General Codification Committee.

Adrián Thery joins speakers Aurelio Gurrea, Diego Comendador and Matilde Cuena in a roundtable discussion at FIDE on insolvency law issues in Spain

On December 20 Garrigues partner Adrián Thery took part, alongside Matilde Cuena, Aurelio Gurrea and Diego Comendador, in a roundtable discussion on the structural issues of the Insolvency Law, organized by FIDE (Fundación para la Investigación del Derecho y la Empresa).

Adrián Thery and Juan Verdugo will take part as speakers in the Cátedra Garrigues on Modernization of Companies Law hosted by the Universidad Pontificia de Comillas-ICADE

On February 4, 2019, our partners will take part as speakers in a seminar on business crisis and reorganization of the capital structure and of the corporate governance. The topics which shall be discussed are The corporate interests of distressed companies and duty shifting: roles of the directors and shareholders of distressed companies (Prof. Recamán Graña and Juan Verdugo) and Cross-class cram-down and the absolute priority rule (Prof. Garcimartín Alférez and Adrián Thery).

Adrián Thery to speak at Real Academia de Jurisprudencia y Legislación in a seminar on the subject of corporate governance and capital structure

On February 26, 2019, Garrigues partner Adrián Thery will speak at Real Academia de Jurisprudencia y Legislación in a seminar on corporate governance and capital structure.