Mon, Jul 13, 2020

Staying on the Right Side of Wrongful Trading - Challenges and Risks Facing Directors in the Current Climate

Duff & Phelps and Kroll, a division of Duff & Phelps, in association with the Turnaround Management Association (TMA), recently hosted a webcast where our panel discussed the proposed legislative changes to the UK Insolvency Act and how they will impact businesses and company directors. Our multi-disciplinary experts provided individual insights on what these changes mean for directors, the heightened risk of external threats faced by organizations, the impact of a successful attack and the remedial options available to management.

Staying on the Right Side of Wrongful Trading – Challenges and Risks Facing Directors in the Current Climate

Duration: 62 minutes

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Topics

  • The potential impact of government amendments to insolvency rules, focusing on wrongful trading
  • What can transpire when wrongful trading advances to more contentious insolvency situations
  • The evolution of external threats to corporate value and the complex asset recovery mechanisms required to undo the damage caused
  • Personal implications for directors

Speakers

  • Rob Armstrong, Managing Director, Global Restructuring Advisory, Duff & Phelps
  • Ben Boorer, Associate Managing Director, Business Intelligence and Investigations, Kroll
  • David Grier, Managing Director, Global Restructuring Advisory, Duff & Phelps
  • Zoe Newman, Managing Director, Business Intelligence and Investigations, Kroll
  • Joanne Wright, Managing Director, Global Restructuring Advisory, Duff & Phelps


Bankruptcy Litigation and Solvency Disputes

Expertise in disputes involving fraud, valuation, solvency, governance, plan treatment, and avoidance actions in the bankruptcy or insolvency context.

Restructuring

Financial and operational restructuring and enforcement of security, including investigation, preservation and realization of assets for investors, lenders and companies.

Restructuring

Financial and operational restructuring and enforcement of security, including investigation, preservation and realization of assets for investors, lenders and companies.


Restructuring

Financial and operational restructuring and enforcement of security, including investigation, preservation and realization of assets for investors, lenders and companies.