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South Africa's business rescue landscape explained

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South Africa’s approach to financially distressed companies has shifted significantly. Where business rescue was once seen as just a detour on the road to liquidation, today the mantra in many boardrooms is ‘rescue first, liquidate later.’ Gareth Cremen, a Partner in the Business Restructuring, Rescue & Insolvency team at Cox Yeats unpacks the restructuring process.
20 Aug 9AM English South Africa Business · Daily News

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