AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business Podcast - Episode 27: U.S. Healthcare Reimbursement Guidance for Foreign Life Sciences Companies
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business Podcast - Episode 26: U.S. Enforcement Trends Targeting Foreign Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Manufacturers
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business Podcast - Episode 25: Venture Capital Trends and Fundraising Strategies for Foreign Startups Expanding to the U.S.
Everyone Come to Play: Exploring FOCI Mitigation Instruments
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business Podcast - Episode 20: Mastering ITC Section 337 Investigations
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business Podcast - Episode 19: The Rise of Korean Investment in the Southeast U.S.
Scaling Success: Hanley Energy’s Journey From Ireland to the U.S.
Forming friendships, cross border referrals and mentoring with Paul Beare
Compliance Tip of the Day: Cross Border Investigations, Part 1
JONES DAY PRESENTS®: Cross-Border Trade Secret Litigation in the United States
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business - Navigating Business Etiquette and Intercultural Communications Around the Globe
Garnishment Practices: Has the Dust Settled or Is It Still Flying? — The Consumer Finance Podcast
The Standard Formula Podcast | Solvency II Back to Basics: Third Country Branches and Cross-Border Provision of Services
La caída de las normas especiales de insolvencia
Strategy Considerations for Global Litigation
Chapter 15 Bankruptcy Issues, Venue, and Jurisdiction by Kristhy Peguero and Jennifer Wertz
Viewpoints: President José María Aznar Examines Economic Landscape in Latin America
Podcast: International Risks Facing Latin America Companies
One Month to Better Investigations and Reporting-Day 10-Best Practices in a Cross-Border Investigation
FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 167-Mara Senn on the Top 10 Practices in a Cross-Border Investigation
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
Several cases this year have demonstrated the continuing trend of U.S. courts’ respect toward foreign insolvency proceedings. Recent decisions from the Third and Eleventh Circuits, Southern District of New York and other...more
As the enactment of chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code approaches its 20-year anniversary, U.S. bankruptcy courts are still grappling with some unresolved issues concerning how its provisions should be applied to best...more
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
"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
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
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
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 Southern District of New York denied without prejudice a petition filed by the joint provisional liquidators...more
Like debtors, bankruptcy trustees, official committees, examiners, and estate-compensated professionals, foreign representatives in chapter 15 cases have statutory reporting obligations to the bankruptcy court and other...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
Two recent bankruptcy cases have further established the perfunctory nature of a petition to recognize a foreign bankruptcy petition in the United States under Chapter 15 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”)....more
Procedure - Chapter 15 of the United States Bankruptcy Code was enacted in 2005 and represents the United States’ adoption of the “Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency so as to provide effective mechanisms for dealing...more
As with its neighbor to the south, Canada faced an influx of retail insolvencies during the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. For example, in 2020, Canadian-based clothing retailers such as the Aldo Group and Groupe Dynamite...more
Chapter 15 petitions seeking recognition in the United States of foreign bankruptcy proceedings have increased significantly during the more than 16 years since chapter 15 was enacted in 2005. Among the relief commonly sought...more
Despite the absence of any explicit directive in the Bankruptcy Code, it is well understood that a debtor must file a chapter 11 petition in good faith. The bankruptcy court can dismiss a bad faith filing "for cause," which...more
Many of us have a basic understanding of U.S. bankruptcy filings under chapters 7, 11, and 13, but we may not know very much about chapter 15. Jackson Walker Bankruptcy, Restructuring, & Recovery attorneys Kristhy Peguero and...more
In In re O’Reilly, 598 B.R. 784 (Bankr. W.D. Pa. 2019), the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania denied the petition of a foreign bankruptcy trustee for recognition under chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy...more
Even if a U.S. court has jurisdiction over a lawsuit involving foreign litigants, the court may conclude that a foreign court is better suited to adjudicate the dispute because either: (i) it would be more convenient, fair,...more