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SAFM Market Update: Cross Trainer Enters Business Rescue
Dr. Eric Levenstein, Director and Head of our Insolvency & Business Rescue practice area, had a discussion with Jimmy Moyaha of SAFM about the markets reaction to Cross Trainer going under business rescue and the current status of the business rescue mechanism in South Africa.
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