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How Foreign Entities Can Obtain U.S. Bankruptcy Protections

Financial uncertainty has spread across the globe. The U.S. disrupted international commerce by repeatedly threatening to impose sweeping tariffs on dozens of countries, including some of the nation’s closest trading partners...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

HSF Kramer Bankruptcy & Restructuring Group Global reach, local knowledge

Debtors and creditors have options when choosing where to pursue a restructuring – particularly with operations across jurisdictions and debt instruments issued under different laws. Local knowledge is key to navigate those...more

Jones Day

Revisiting Singapore's Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency Regime: Cross-Class Cramdown in Schemes of Arrangement

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On March 11, 2025, the Committee to Enhance Singapore's Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency Regime (the "Committee") published a report (the "Report") outlining its recommendations to further enhance and modernize...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Agrees to Enforce English Three-Step, with Third-Party Releases, Used by Mexican Auto Financer

Manipulation of “center of main interest” to secure UK bankruptcy venue does not bar chapter 15 recognition so long as creditors are not disadvantaged. On February 24, 2025, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Michael E. Wiles granted...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

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

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Assisting Foreign Restructurings – BVI Expands List of Countries Able to Seek Assistance

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The British Virgin Islands has, as of 18 September 2024, extended the list of ‘Relevant Foreign Countries’ for the purposes of Part XIX of the BVI Insolvency Act, which governs Orders in Aid of Foreign Proceedings. These...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Recent Ruling Addresses Applicability of Alternative A and Cape Town Convention in U.S. Bankruptcy Cases

In the absence of a formal declaration or notification to UNIDROIT, Alternative A (as adopted domestically by Sweden) is deemed to have no international effect and no applicability in U.S. bankruptcy case. Although Sweden...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

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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The Year In Bankruptcy: 2023

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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

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

English Law Creditors Bound by Irish Scheme of Arrangement

In a radical departure from settled case law, the English High Court has eroded the protections of English law creditors guaranteed by the Rule in Gibbs....more

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Release Me From My Bands Or Else My Project Fails Third Party Releases in Schemes

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Third-Party Releases are common in English law schemes of arrangement and restructuring plans, and US courts have so far indulged that approach in granting recognition. If Prospero’s plea to the audience at the...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

Doing Business in Israel: Insolvency Law

The arrangements in Israel’s Insolvency and Economic Rehabilitation Law, enacted in 2018, include a series of special characteristics that must be taken into account when engaging with an Israeli corporation....more

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Compilation of Recent Developments in Bankruptcy Law - April 2023

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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

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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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UK and European Restructuring Tools: Choosing the Optimal Forum for Creditor and Shareholder Cramdown

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Debtors and investors have an enhanced choice of restructuring venues as the EU Restructuring Directive is rolled out in Member States - A number of key European jurisdictions have now implemented the EU Preventive...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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Singapore-Incorporated Company Has Its COMI in the US

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In Re Zetta Jet Pte Ltd (2019), the Singapore High Court held that the Centre of Main Interest (COMI) of a Singapore-incorporated company was the US. It noted that a company’s jurisdiction of incorporation could be displaced...more

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Due Process in Chapter 15: Industry-Dependent, Jurisdiction-Dependent, or Both?

In a recent cross-border insolvency case, Judge Glenn of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York recognized an insurance company rehabilitation proceeding in Curaçao as a “foreign main...more

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Chapter 15 Update: U.S. Venue Selection Clause Does Not Trump Distribution Scheme in Italian Restructuring Plan

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In determining whether a U.S. bankruptcy court should provide the representative of a foreign debtor with various forms of assistance in a case under chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code, the court must consider, consistent with...more

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International Legislative Update - September/October 2017

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Germany—Major German insolvency law reforms designed to facilitate corporate group insolvencies will become effective on April 21, 2018. When the reforms come into force, they will supplement and complement the Recast...more

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