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Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Getting over the starting line: How multi-entity organizational structures can become a barrier to Chapter 15 relief

Chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code provides a valuable tool for non-US entities going through foreign insolvency proceedings when they have assets located in the United States. Chapter 15 can protect the value of US assets by...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Fifth Circuit requires Chapter 15 debtor to litigate in Texas state court

It may be fair to say that non-US entities involved in a chapter 15 case, the mechanism through which US courts recognize foreign insolvency proceedings, do not anticipate having to litigate claims raised in the chapter 15...more

Hogan Lovells

First English Scheme of Arrangement Recognised in Canada under the CCAA

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In a recent decision, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice recognised the English law schemes of arrangement of the Syncreon group under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act, RSC 1985, c C-36 (“CCAA“). ...more

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New York District Court Rules That Chapter 15 Recognition Is Not Prerequisite to Enforcement of Foreign Bankruptcy Judgment Under...

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U.S. courts have a long-standing tradition of recognizing or enforcing the laws and court rulings of other nations as an exercise of international "comity." Since chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code was enacted in 2005, it has...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Southern District of New York Dismisses Securities Law Claims on Grounds of International Comity; No Chapter 15 Proceeding...

Recently in Ema Garp Fund v. Banro Corp., Case No. 18-01986 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 21, 2019), the District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed the plaintiffs’ claims against defendants Banro Corporation ("Banro")...more

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No Comity Extended to Foreign Bankruptcy Without Chapter 15 Recognition

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U.S. courts have a long-standing tradition of recognizing or enforcing the laws and court rulings of other nations as an exercise of international "comity." Prior to the enactment of chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code in 2005,...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Third Circuit Holds That Share Purchasers Take Shares Subject to Plan, Including Releases of Liability for Debtor’s...

A three-judge panel for the Third Circuit Court of Appeals recently held, in Chapter 15 case In re Arctic Glacier Int’l, Inc., No. 17-2522 (3d Cir. Aug. 20, 2018), that when purchasers of stock of a debtor are on notice of...more

Dechert LLP

Can An Entity Qualify as a Chapter 15 Debtor Without Ever Filing for Bankruptcy?

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Chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code provides a framework through which representatives of foreign insolvency proceedings can commence ancillary U.S. proceedings and obtain relief from U.S. courts in aid of foreign...more

Cole Schotz

New Case Filing – Chapter 15 – PT Holdco, Inc.

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PT Holdco, Inc. and four of its affiliates, including Primus Telecommunications Canada, Inc., which resell residential and business telecommunications services, have commenced cases (Lead Case No. 16-10131 (LSS)) under...more

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