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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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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

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

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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Recent Developments in Cross-Border Insolvency Cases

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Two recent cases out of the Third Circuit and the Southern District of New York highlight some of the developing formulas US courts are using when engaging with foreign debtors. In a case out of the Third Circuit, Vertiv v....more

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La caída de las normas especiales de insolvencia

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En este episodio de "A Lo Legal En Par Minutos", nuestro socio Edwin Cortés Mejía conversa con María Alejandra Mercado Donato, abogada del equipo de derecho corporativo e insolvencia, sobre la caída de los decretos especiales...more

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Chapter 15 Recognition Limited to Foreign Insolvency, Liquidation, or Restructuring Proceedings

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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

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Foreign Representative's Failure to Communicate with Bankruptcy Court Warrants Closure of Chapter 15 Case

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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

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Compilation of Recent Developments in Bankruptcy Law - January 2023

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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

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The Virgin Active Restructuring: Cross-border Recognition

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“Virgin Active is a global gym and leisure business with operations in England, Italy, Spain, Australia, Singapore, Thailand and South Africa. The group was significantly impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic and…amassed an...more

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Two Recent Chapter 15 Cases Clarify Just How Low the Bar Is for Recognition

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

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Cross-Border Bankruptcy Cases: Chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code and Parameters of a Discovery Tool

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

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Landlords Without Borders: Challenges in Canadian/U.S. Cross-Border Retail Restructurings

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

International Lawyers Network

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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Kumtor Gold Challenges the Practical Application of the Automatic Stay's Global Reach

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Although the automatic stay contained in section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code theoretically extends worldwide, enforcing it against international creditors, particularly sovereigns, can present practical problems in its...more

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Eleventh Circuit Splits From Second Circuit on Finality of Chapter 15 Discovery Orders

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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

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New York Bankruptcy Court Rules that Good Faith Is Not the Gatekeeper to Chapter 15

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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

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The Hong Kong Court Reconsiders the Primacy of the Jurisdiction of Incorporation in Cross-Border Insolvency Proceedings

In Re Lamtex Holdings Limited, the Hong Kong Companies Court recently ordered the winding-up of a Bermuda-incorporated Hong Kong-listed company. While the winding-up in Hong Kong of a foreign-incorporated company is not...more

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Chapter 15 Bankruptcy Issues, Venue, and Jurisdiction by Kristhy Peguero and Jennifer Wertz

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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

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Foreign Debtor’s COMI Shift Dooms Bid for Chapter 15 Recognition

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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

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Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Rehabilitation Proceedings in Austria

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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Recent Singapore Case Highlights Considerations Relating to Worldwide Moratorium

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A worldwide moratorium is one of the most important protections and tools available to a debtor in the Singapore cross-border restructuring regime. A recent Singapore High Court case, Re: Zetta Jet Pte Ltd and Others (Asia...more

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Foreign Debtors’ Forum Shopping Warranted Stay of U.S. Avoidance Litigation

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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

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