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Part 26A restructuring plans

The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (CIGA 2020) introduced a new restructuring tool, namely a Part 26A restructuring plan.

Consultation responses and discussions with stakeholders persuaded the government of the benefits of modelling the restructuring plan procedure on that of schemes of arrangements. As well as familiarity, this had the advantage of providing a long-established and tested body of jurisprudence that courts are able to draw upon when dealing with certain aspects of restructuring plans and considering matters such as class formation (ie relevant scheme case law is applicable to certain provisions of the new restructuring plan procedure, see: Schemes of arrangement—overview).

CIGA 2020 introduced a restructuring procedure that allows a company to bind all creditors or members, including junior (or senior) classes of creditors even if they vote against the plan, through the use of a cross-class cram down (CCCD) provision if certain conditions are satisfied (see Practice Note: Cross-Class Cram Down under a Part 26A restructuring plan). The classes of creditors/members will be proposed by the applicant