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Chapter 15 Recognition Is No Rubber Stamp: Recent Trends Regarding Foreign Main and Nonmain Recognition

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he number of complex cross-border restructurings continues to rise as the various economies of the world become more integrated. A growing contingent of countries has enacted sophisticated restructuring regimes or refined...more

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Circuit Split: Eleventh Circuit and Second Circuit Disagree on Eligibility Requirements for Chapter 15 Debtors

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Courts disagree over whether a foreign bankruptcy case can be recognized under chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code if the foreign debtor does not reside or have assets or a place of business in the United States. In 2013, the...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Bankruptcy Update

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The U.S. Supreme Court handed down three bankruptcy rulings to finish the Term ended in July 2024. The decisions address the validity of nonconsensual third-party releases in chapter 11 plans, the standing of insurance...more

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Purdue Pharma and the Future of Nonconsensual Third-Party Releases in Chapter 15 Cases

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Purdue holds that a chapter 11 plan may not release non-debtors from third-party claims unless an affected claimant consents. On June 27, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a...more

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Having Property in the United States: A Prerequisite to Chapter 15 Relief?

In the Eleventh Circuit (In re Al Zawawi), section 109(a)’s debtor eligibility requirements do not apply to chapter 15 cases, reinforcing a split between the Second and Eleventh Circuits. The Eleventh Circuit held that...more

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Business Restructuring Review Vol. 23 No. 3 | May-June 2024

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In In re Pack Liquidating, LLC, 2024 WL 409830 (Bankr. D. Del. Feb. 2, 2024), the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware ruled that, in accordance with Third Circuit precedent, the Bankruptcy Code, rather than...more

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Cayman Islands Branch of FDIC-Insured U.S. Bank Ineligible for Chapter 15 Relief

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The Bankruptcy Code bars certain individuals or entities from filing for bankruptcy protection, generally because they do not reside or have a place of business or property in the United States, fail to satisfy certain debt...more

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Third Circuit Updates Its Standard for Granting Comity to Foreign Bankruptcy Proceedings

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"Comity" is a principle of jurisprudence whereby, under appropriate circumstances, one country recognizes within its borders the legislative, executive, or judicial acts of another nation. Many recent court rulings have...more

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Delaware Bankruptcy Court: "Center of Main Interests" for Purposes of Chapter 15 Recognition Must Be Determined on...

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Determining a foreign debtor's "center of main interests" ("COMI") for purposes of recognizing a foreign bankruptcy proceeding in the United States under chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code can be problematic in cases...more

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Restructuring Roundup - May 2024

AGG’s Restructuring Roundup newsletter is a monthly update of legal issues and news affecting or related to commercial litigation and bankruptcy. The newsletter is a curation of published articles and news, and contains...more

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Courts Split Over Requirement for Chapter 15 Jurisdiction in the U.S.

To file bankruptcy in the U.S., a debtor must reside in, have a domicile or a place of business in, or have property in the United States. 11 U.S.C. § 109(a). In cross border chapter 15 cases, courts have considered whether...more

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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

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Silicon Valley Bank Cayman Branch Denied Chapter 15 Recognition

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According to a February 22 ruling by the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, foreign banks with a U.S. branch or agency are ineligible for Chapter 15 recognition. The case before Chief Judge Glenn, In re...more

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The Year In Bankruptcy: 2023

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One year ago, we wrote that 2022 would be remembered in the corporate bankruptcy world for the "crypto winter" that descended in November 2022 with the spectacular collapse of FTX Trading Ltd., Alameda Research, and...more

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Chapter 15 Filing as a Litigation Tactic Not Bad Faith Justifying Automatic Stay Relief

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Debtors in non-U.S. bankruptcy or restructuring proceedings commonly seek to shield their U.S. assets from creditor collection efforts by seeking "recognition" of those proceedings in the United States in a case under chapter...more

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New York Bankruptcy Court: Foreign Representative in Chapter 15 Case Need Not Be Appointed by Foreign Court

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In most cases seeking recognition of a foreign bankruptcy proceeding in the United States under chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code, the foreign debtor's "foreign representative" has been appointed by the foreign court or...more

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Interpreting the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency: Singapore courts adopt a uniform, consistent and expansive...

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Creditors involved in cross-border restructuring or insolvency proceedings of corporate groups will find that the approach of the Singapore courts to questions of cross-border insolvency provides the assurance of an orderly...more

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Arrested Development, Liquid Diet, Cardinal Sin, and Moot Court

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First Evergrande, now Sunac. Another big Chinese developer files for US bankruptcy protection | CNN Business - Sunac, a leading Chinese property developer, is the second giant Chinese developer in weeks, following...more

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Second Circuit Affirms Bankruptcy Courts’ Inherent Authority to Impose Civil Contempt Sanctions

Addressing an issue of first impression, the Second Circuit held recently that bankruptcy courts have inherent authority to impose non-nominal civil contempt sanctions, including per diem sanctions and attorneys’ fees,...more

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Key Points: Schemes of Arrangement in the Cayman Islands

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What is a scheme? A compromise or arrangement between a company and any class or classes of its creditors (and/or shareholders). The process broadly mirrors an English scheme of arrangement thereby providing legal...more

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Schemes of Arrangement: Restructuring in the Cayman Islands

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These continue to be challenging times and we recognize that the need for cross-border advice on insolvency and restructuring matters may be required at short notice. Conyers’ attorneys are insolvency and restructuring...more

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Business Restructuring Review July-August 2023 | Vol. 22 No. 4

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There is longstanding controversy concerning the validity of third-party release provisions in non-asbestos trust chapter 11 plans that limit the potential exposure of various nondebtor parties involved in the process of...more

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California Bankruptcy Court Examines Chapter 15 Discovery Rules

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In In re Golden Sphinx Ltd., 2023 WL 2823391 (Bankr. C.D. Cal. Mar. 31, 2023), the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California denied a motion filed by a creditor of a chapter 15 debtor seeking discovery from...more

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Release Me From My Bands Or Else My Project Fails Third Party Releases in Schemes

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Third-Party Releases are common in English law schemes of arrangement and restructuring plans, and US courts have so far indulged that approach in granting recognition. If Prospero’s plea to the audience at the...more

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Chapter 15 Recognition Order and Relief Could Be Modified After Conversion of Foreign Debtor's Reorganization to Liquidation

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Corporate restructurings are not always successful for many reasons. As a consequence, the bankruptcy and restructuring laws of the United States and many other countries recognize that a failed restructuring may be followed...more

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