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Recent Chapter 15 Cases Show Potential for Non-Consensual Third-Party Releases Based Upon Foreign (Non-U.S.) Proceedings

Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court barred the use of nonconsensual third-party releases in Chapter 11 cases, holding that the Bankruptcy Code did not provide a basis to nonconsensually release claims against third parties...more

Chapter 15 Case Demonstrates Its Effectiveness as an Expedient Judicial Solution for Singaporean Insolvencies in the United States

Chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code (which is based upon the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency) is designed to facilitate cross-border cooperation and coordination among courts during a pending bankruptcy or...more

"Time Is On My Side" — When a "Time of the Essence" Closing Date Keeps Rolling Like a Stone for 60 Days

The recent decision of the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York in In re AAGS Holdings LLC, Case No. 19-13029 (SMB) (Bankr. D. Del. Nov. 12, 2019), underscores the ability of debtors — and specifically, for...more

Supreme Court Lakeridge Decision Clarifies the Standard of Review of Mixed Questions of Law and Fact

In another decision affecting Chapter 11 cases, U.S. Bank National Association v. Village at Lakeridge, --- S. Ct. ---, 2018 WL 1143822 (2018), on March 5, 2018, the United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision,...more

Debt Dialogue: March 2017

Kramer Levin’s Debt Dialogue addresses recent developments and recurring issues that debt-focused investors commonly encounter in connection with enforcement of rights, interpretation of documentation and other relevant...more

Jevic - The Supreme Court Puts the "Dis" in Structured Dismissals

In a much anticipated decision issued on March 22, 2017, the United States Supreme Court determined in Czyzewski v. Jevic Holding Corp. (“Jevic”) that a “structured dismissal” of a bankruptcy case cannot include a...more

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