Cayman Islands:
Ocean Rig, cross-border restructuring and Cayman Islands schemes
27 December 2017
Maples Group
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In this article Caroline Moran and Nick Herrod, who acted for
the successful scheme of companies, discuss the Ocean Rig
restructuring of US$3.7 billion in New York law governed debt, the
largest ever Cayman Islands restructuring.
This article first appeared in the December 2017 Corporate
Rescue and Insolvency Journal.
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