The Evolution of Cross-Border Restructuring Processes
Chapter 15 Bankruptcy Issues, Venue, and Jurisdiction by Kristhy Peguero and Jennifer Wertz
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Chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code is a mechanism for debtors to have foreign insolvency proceedings recognized in the U.S. and to have the orders entered by a foreign court in those insolvency proceedings abroad given effect...more
A recent Bankruptcy Court decision granted recognition to a Mexican concurso mercantile and gave full force and effect to a Mexican concurso plan that contained nonconsensual third-party releases....more
The Year in Bankruptcy: 2024 - A brief chronicle of the year's notable developments in corporate bankruptcy and restructuring, including business bankruptcy filings, significant court rulings, and legislative...more
The restructuring landscape in 2024 demonstrated dynamic shifts, with courts across jurisdictions issuing pivotal rulings that helped reshape bankruptcy law....more
The Singapore International Commercial Court (the "SICC"), a division of the General Division of the High Court and part of the Supreme Court of Singapore, was established in 2015 as a trusted neutral forum to meet increasing...more
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
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
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
AUTOMATIC STAY - 1.1 Covered Activities 1.1.a Court denies injunction against actions involving debtors’ affiliates. Shortly after filing their chapter 11 cases, the debtors in possession sought, in the alternative,...more
Recent Developments in Bankruptcy Law - Cumulative, through April 2023 - 1. AUTOMATIC STAY - 1.1 Covered Activities - 1.1.a Court denies injunction against actions involving debtors’ affiliates. Shortly after filing...more
Chapter 15 Recognition Limited to Foreign Insolvency, Liquidation, or Restructuring Proceedings - In In re Global Cord Blood Corp., 2022 WL 17478530 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. Dec. 5, 2022), the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the...more
1. AUTOMATIC STAY - 1.1 Covered Activities - 1.1.a Court declines to enjoin third party claims against the debtor’s jointly liable parent corporation. The debtor manufactured earplugs for many years. A major...more
Focus on provisional liquidation as a restructuring tool - Many of 2022’s restructuring cases illustrate important trends and developments regarding Bermuda’s “light touch” provisional liquidation (or “provisional...more
In February 2022, I wrote a blog article entitled Cross-Border Bankruptcy Cases: Chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code and Parameters of a Discovery Tool. Since the publication of that article, there have been approximately 40...more
One year ago, we wrote that, unlike in 2019, when the large business bankruptcy landscape was generally shaped by economic, market, and leverage factors, the COVID-19 pandemic dominated the narrative in 2020....more
New York Bankruptcy Court Rules That Good Faith Is Not The Gatekeeper To Chapter 15 - Despite the absence of any explicit directive in the Bankruptcy Code, it is well understood that a debtor must file a chapter 11...more
Chapter 11 Plan Distributions Are Not Collateral Covered by Intercreditor Agreement's Waterfall Provision - In In re Energy Future Holdings Corp., 2019 WL 2535700 (3d Cir. June 19, 2019), a panel of the U.S. Court of...more
Second Circuit Rules That Bankruptcy Code's Fraudulent Transfer Recovery Provisions Can Reach Foreign Transferees - In In re Picard, Trustee for the Liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Inv. Sec. LLC, 917 F.3d 85 (2d Cir....more
In a recent cross-border insolvency case, In re Agrokor d.d., 591 B.R. 163 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2018), Judge Glenn of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York recognized and enforced a...more
Two United States Bankruptcy Judges for the Southern District of New York recently issued a joint opinion addressing common issues raised by motions to dismiss in two separate adversary proceedings – one pending before Judge...more
The initial year of the Trump administration colored much of the political, business, and financial headlines of 2017, both in the U.S. and abroad. Key administration-related developments in 2017 included U.S. withdrawal from...more
The Delaware Bankruptcy Court recently dismissed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy case pending before it and recognized, under Chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code, the debtor’s bankruptcy proceeding in Belgium. Exelco NV (“Exelco”), a...more
A recent decision in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York clarifies that restructuring options under Chapter 11 or Chapter 15 are available to foreign issuers of U.S. debt, even if those issuers...more