--- title: Afriwise Blog | Insolvency and Restructuring description: Insolvency and Restructuring | --- [![Afriwise](https://insights.afriwise.com/hubfs/Logos/Afriwise/Afriwise%20logo.svg)](https://afriwise.com/) - [Products](https://afriwise.com/law-products-africa/) - [Countries](https://afriwise.com/countries-covered/) - [About Afriwise](https://afriwise.com/about-afriwise/) - [Contact](https://afriwise.com/contact/) - [News](https://news.afriwise.com/) - [Insights](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog) [Schedule a demo](https://afriwise.com/contact/) [Log in](https://afriwise.com/login/) - [Products](https://afriwise.com/law-products-africa/) - [Countries](https://afriwise.com/countries-covered/) - [Solutions](https://afriwise.com/solutions/) - [About Afriwise](https://afriwise.com/about-afriwise/) - Insights - [Contact](https://afriwise.com/contact/) - [News](https://news.afriwise.com/) [Schedule a demo](https://afriwise.com/contact/) [Log in](https://afriwise.com/login/) # Welcome to Africa’s legal blog Never miss a beat on Africa's legal and regulatory landscape. - [Legislation (287)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/legislation) - [South Africa (227)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/south-africa) - [Nigeria (157)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/nigeria) - [Kenya (151)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/kenya) - [Financial Services (128)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/financial-services) - [ICT (106)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/ict) - [Tanzania (102)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/tanzania) - [Regulation (87)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/regulation) - [Corporate Commercial (84)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/corporate-commercial) - [Tax (84)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/tax) - [Case discussion (78)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/case-discussion) - [Uganda (66)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/uganda) - [Intellectual Property (58)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/intellectual-property) - [Energy & Natural Resources (57)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/energy-natural-resources) - [Ghana (55)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/ghana) - [Employment and labour (52)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/employment-and-labour) - [Data Protection (49)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/data-protection) - [Mozambique (49)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/mozambique) - [Commercial Crime (48)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/commercial-crime) - [Competition/Antitrust (48)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/competition-antitrust) - [Dispute Resolution (47)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/dispute-resolution) - [Mauritius (46)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/mauritius) - [Environment (44)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/environment) - [Zambia (38)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/zambia) - [Projects and Procurement (26)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/projects-and-procurement) [Mauritius](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/mauritius) [Insolvency and Restructuring](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/insolvency-and-restructuring) [Case discussion](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/case-discussion) [Bowmans](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/bowmans) ## [Mauritius: Landmark decision – Supreme Court revives Square Rock Ltd despite dissolution](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/mauritius-landmark-decision-supreme-court-revives-square-rock-ltd-despite-dissolution) The judgment in this significant case highlights the evolving nature of corporate law and judicial interpretation. It also marks a significant milestone in Mauritian corporate law, reaffirming the judiciary's commitment to fairness and equity. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/mauritius-landmark-decision-supreme-court-revives-square-rock-ltd-despite-dissolution) [Insolvency and Restructuring](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/insolvency-and-restructuring) [Zambia](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/zambia) [Legislation](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/legislation) [Moira Mukuka Legal Practitioners](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/moira-mukuka-legal-practitioners) ## [Distressed M&A and the Zambian Business Rescue Process](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/distressed-ma-and-the-zambian-business-rescue-process) Zambia has ‘operationalized’ the business rescue mechanism, first introduced in July 2018 under the Corporate Insolvency Act No 9 of 2017, which allowed a one-year window period for the formulation and promulgation of the subsidiary legislation. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/distressed-ma-and-the-zambian-business-rescue-process) [Uganda](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/uganda) [Corporate Commercial](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/corporate-commercial) [Insolvency and Restructuring](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/insolvency-and-restructuring) [Legislation](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/legislation) [ALP East Africa](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/alp-east-africa) ## [Amendments to Companies and Insolvency Laws in Uganda](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/amendments-to-companies-and-insolvency-laws-in-uganda) The 2022 amendments to companies and insolvency laws seek to streamline operations of companies (and insolvent companies and individuals) by addressing inadequacies as well as administrative and operational shortcomings in the laws. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/amendments-to-companies-and-insolvency-laws-in-uganda) [South Africa](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/south-africa) [Insolvency and Restructuring](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/insolvency-and-restructuring) [Case discussion](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/case-discussion) [Business rescue practitioners](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/business-rescue-practitioners) [Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/cliffe-dekker-hofmeyr) ## [Almost 10 years in, and still no hope of being rescued: BRP slapped with personal punitive costs order](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/almost-10-years-in-and-still-no-hope-of-being-rescued-brp-slapped-with-personal-punitive-costs-order) The recent case of *Commissioner for the South African Revenue Services v Louis Pasteur Investments (Pty) and Others *may be the first of its kind to admonish the actions of a business rescue practitioner (BRP) by granting .. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/almost-10-years-in-and-still-no-hope-of-being-rescued-brp-slapped-with-personal-punitive-costs-order) [Uganda](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/uganda) [Insolvency and Restructuring](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/insolvency-and-restructuring) [Right of creditors](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/right-of-creditors) [Case discussion](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/case-discussion) [ENSafrica](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/ensafrica) ## [The High Court of Uganda emphasises the rights of secured creditors in insolvency proceedings](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/the-high-court-of-uganda-emphasises-the-rights-of-secured-creditors-in-insolvency-proceedings) The High Court recently passed a decision (Bank Of India (U) Limited Vs NC Beverages Limited And Uganda Revenue Authority (Civil Suit 0009 of 2021) highlighting the priority of a secured creditor in the winding up or liquidation of a company. .. 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