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What Is a Chapter 15 Bankruptcy and How is It Different from a Chapter 11 Case? - Creditor’s Rights Toolkit

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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

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Filing of Adversary Proceeding Against Chapter 15 Debtor Violated Automatic Stay, and "Home Court" Rule Does Not Apply in Chapter...

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It is generally well understood that an order of a U.S. bankruptcy court recognizing a debtor's foreign bankruptcy case as a "main" proceeding under chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code triggers the automatic stay preventing...more

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Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Rehabilitation Proceedings in Austria (Updated)

KEY FACTS OF BANKRUPTCY, INSOLVENCY & REHABILITATION PROCEEDINGS UNDER AUSTRIAN LAW - 1. Introductory Remarks on Austria’s legal system - Austria has a civil law system, as opposed to the common law system of, e.g., the...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

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Restructuring and Insolvency Bulletin Issue 3 - January 2018: Agrokor: Croatian extraordinary administration proceedings...

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In a significant judgment on 9 November 2017, the High Court in London granted recognition of the extraordinary administration proceedings on-going in respect of the Croatian conglomerate Agrokor as a foreign proceeding under...more

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Exelco’s US Chapter 11 Case Dismissed in Favor of Belgian Proceeding

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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

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