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The Legal 500’s Restructuring & Insolvency Comparative Guide

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Our London Financial Restructuring team authored the UK chapter of the 8th Edition of The Legal 500’s “Restructuring & Insolvency Comparative Guide". The guide provides information on the current issues affecting...more

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Having Property in the United States: A Prerequisite to Chapter 15 Relief?

In the Eleventh Circuit (In re Al Zawawi), section 109(a)’s debtor eligibility requirements do not apply to chapter 15 cases, reinforcing a split between the Second and Eleventh Circuits. The Eleventh Circuit held that...more

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Interpreting the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency: Singapore courts adopt a uniform, consistent and expansive...

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Creditors involved in cross-border restructuring or insolvency proceedings of corporate groups will find that the approach of the Singapore courts to questions of cross-border insolvency provides the assurance of an orderly...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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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 Singapore Court of Appeal considers the UNCITRAL Model Law

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The automatic stay under the version of the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency adopted by Singapore ("Singapore Model Law") is an accessible and powerful tool for protection under the Singapore restructuring regime...more

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Revisiting the DIFC Insolvency Law in the Context of the COVID-19 Crisis: An Innovative Toolkit for the Turnaround of Troubled...

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In the wake of the high profile collapse of the private equity firm Abraaj Capital, the Dubai International Financial Centre (“DIFC”) updated its insolvency regime with the introduction on June 13, 2019 of the new DIFC...more

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Bankruptcy Court in Chapter 15 Case Refuses to Extend Comity to Gibbs Rule in Enforcing Croatian Settlement Modifying English-Law...

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For more than a century, courts in England and Wales have refused to recognize or enforce foreign court judgments or proceedings that discharge or compromise debts governed by English law. In accordance with a rule (the...more

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UNCITRAL’s Model Law on Recognition and Enforcement of Insolvency-Related Judgments – A Universalist Approach to Cross-Border...

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In its July 2018 session, UNCITRAL adopted and promulgated the Model Law on Recognition and Enforcement of Insolvency-Related Judgments (“MLIRJ”). The MLIRJ has been developed over the last four years by UNCITRAL’s Working...more

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Courts, Cooperation, and More: A Review of Cross-Border Insolvency Protocols

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In cross-border restructuring cases, including cases under chapter 15 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and versions of the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency enacted in 42 other nations or territories, interested...more

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Foreign Representative Had "Independent" Standing to Prosecute State Law Avoidance Claims in Chapter 15

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If a foreign debtor is eligible to file for bankruptcy protection in the U.S., the debtor's foreign representative (e.g., a liquidator or administrator) may, under certain circumstances, have the power to avoid and recover...more

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