Approaching its 20-year anniversary, chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code has proven to be an invaluable tool for facilitating cross-border bankruptcy and insolvency cases. As foreign debtors have increasingly relied on chapter...more
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
A company in financial distress has three main rehabilitation and debt arrangement channels. Each of these channels entails advantages and disadvantages. Applying to the court for relief during the rehabilitation of a company...more
Judicial comments cast doubt on the ability to compromise US law-governed debt effectively based on Chapter 15 recognition alone. A recent first instance decision in Hong Kong has highlighted an important...more
Judge Martin Glenn granted recognition to a UK scheme of arrangement with third-party releases that lacked full creditor consent. In re Avanti Communs. Grp., PLC, No. 18-10458, 2018 Bankr. LEXIS 1078 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. Apr. 9,...more
Our Alert dated December 1, 2015 discussed the High Court of Justice of England and Wales’ approval of the proposed Amending Scheme of Arrangement for OIC Run-Off Limited (formerly the Orion Insurance Company limited)...more
On October 29, 2015, the High Court of Justice of England and Wales (“High Court”) issued an order (“Order”) approving an Amending Scheme of Arrangement (“Amending Scheme”) for two insolvent London Market insurers, OIC...more