2024年2月6日
R&I Update - February 2024 – 5 / 6 观点
The UK government has updated the 30-year-old special administration regime for water companies making it possible to rescue water companies.
The new legislation (plus two draft instruments) aims to modernise water company insolvency legislation in the face of the growing challenges in the industry including higher operating costs, claims over sewage pollution and significant debt burden (Thames Water owes £18.3 billion).
The new hive-down mechanism has raised questions over the effect on debt holders of their claims being "left behind" in the group structure. The proposed legislation also allows the special administrators to sell any property subject to a fixed charge with the court's permission at an "appropriate value" rather than the usual "market value" of the property.
To discuss the issues raised in this article in more detail, please contact a member of our Restructuring & Insolvency team.
作者 Nick Moser
作者 Nick Moser
作者 Nick Moser