Katharina is Counsel specialising in restructuring and insolvency.
Katharina is co-editor of Panoramic Restructuring & Insolvency (formerly known as Getting The Deal Through), a member of the Insolvency Lawyers’ Association Technical Committee and sits on the Lexis PSL R&I Focus Group. Katharina is co-chair of the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC) UNCITRAL committee and immediate past chair of the IWIRC London network. She is a contributing editor for International Corporate Rescue.
Katharina speaks English and German.
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19 February 2025 UPDATE: Following sanction of the English RP, Justice Linda Chan of the Hong Kong High Court sanctioned Sino Ocean...
New rules in the UK allow Companies House to share non-public information with insolvency officeholders and the Official Receiver.
While...
On 13 December 2024, EU member states agreed on a ‘partial’ general approach to the harmonisation of insolvency law.
Two years ago, on 7...
2024 was a busy year for the UK restructuring market, and particularly for the restructuring plan – we’ve seen some important...
In a recent decision, the English High Court has continued the trend of treating court-based restructurings as civil litigation.
As we...
We are delighted to announce the release of the latest edition of Panoramic: Restructuring & Insolvency. This publication covers...
On 30 September 2024, Mr Justice Miles sanctioned four English Part 26A restructuring plans for Cineworld group companies, rejecting...
The Abu Dhabi Global Market (the “ADGM”) courts have recently handed down their decision in NMC Healthcare Limited & Others v Shetty...
The UK National Security and Investment Act came into force on 4 January 2022, significantly extending the UK Government’s power to...
On 17 April 2024 the UK Jurisdiction Taskforce (the UKJT), chaired by Sir Geoffrey Vos, published its Legal Statement on Digital...
Prompted by the EU Restructuring Directive and accelerated by the pandemic, jurisdictions all across Europe have completely transformed...
Following a series of important decisions in England and across Europe, it is now beyond doubt that court-based restructuring processes...
On 5 March 2024, Link Fund Solutions Limited’s scheme of arrangement took effect following the High Court’s decision on 9 February 2024...
2023 marked the highest annual number of corporate insolvencies since 1993, according to figures released by The Insolvency Service...
Like many other strategically important sectors, there has long been a bespoke insolvency regime for the water sector. New legislation...
The English Court of Appeal has today overturned the restructuring plan sanction order made by the High Court in April 2023.
The keenly...
This article was first published on Global Restructuring Review in November 2023; for further in-depth analysis, please visit the GRR
As the nights draw in and the new year approaches, we take stock of the state of play for European restructuring and look ahead at...
We are delighted to announce that the 2024 edition of Lexology Getting the Deal Through: Restructuring & Insolvency is now...
The Supreme Court has handed down a judgment which will be greeted with a collective sigh of relief from the insolvency world. In R (on...
High rates of insolvencies look set to continue as the latest quarterly insolvency statistics have been published for England and Wales....
On 29 June 2023, Mr Justice Michael Green in the High Court sanctioned a Part 26A restructuring plan proposed by First Clubs Limited (
On 5 July 2023, the High Court sanctioned the restructuring plan proposed by Prezzo Investco Limited (the Company) despite...
On 10 July 2023 the UK government announced the outcome to its consultation on whether (and how) to implement two “model laws” adopted by...
The government’s Insolvency Service published its Post Implementation Review of the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (CIGA)...
On 16 May 2023, Mr Justice Adam Johnson in the High Court refused to sanction the restructuring plan proposed by The Great Annual Savings...
The High Court refused to sanction the restructuring plan put forward by Nasmyth Group Limited (Nasmyth) pursuant to Part 26A of the...
The UK’s latest quarterly insolvency statistics have been published and, as predicted, continue to show a high rate of insolvencies, both...
The case is a useful illustration of the circumstances when administrators are able to apply to court for approval of a transaction to be...
At the end of February 2023, the High Court sanctioned seven restructuring plans for companies in the Lifeways group. Lifeways is a group...
We are delighted to announce that the 2023 edition of Lexology Getting the Deal Through: Restructuring & Insolvency is now available....
Summary
The Supreme Court held that when directors know, or ought to know, that the company is insolvent or bordering on insolvency, or...
On 22 July 2022 and after the judge ordered a delay for more evidence, the English court sanctioned the restructuring plan proposed by...
Cryptoassets continue to be in the spotlight with prices no longer heading ‘to the moon’, the recent high-profile failure of an...
Cryptoassets continue to be in the spotlight with prices no longer heading ‘to the moon’, the recent high-profile failure of an...
On 18 March 2021, the UK Government published its white paper on restoring trust in audit and corporate governance. On 31 May 2022, the...
On 30 March 2022, the English court sanctioned the most recent restructuring plan proposed by Smile Telecoms Holdings Limited (Smile)....
Pandemic related restrictions on winding up companies come to an end.
From the start of the pandemic, the UK government introduced...
On 25 January 2022, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published draft guidance on how it will approach ‘compromises’ by regulated...
In our last blogpost (here) we reported how the court had, for the first time, exercised its power under s. 901C(4) Companies Act 2006 to...
Summary
For the first time, the court has exercised its power under s. 901C(4) Companies Act 2006 to exclude a company’s members and all...
