A recent decision by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texas in In re Sanjel (USA) Inc., et al., Case No. 16-50778-CAG (Bankr. W.D. Tex. July 29, 2016) explains that in a Chapter 15 case, the U.S. bankruptcy court will not always apply the law of the foreign jurisdiction to
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Chapter 15 Sale of U.S. Assets of Foreign Debtor Must be Reviewed by U.S. Bankruptcy Court
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Posted in Bankruptcy Case Updates
In the decision of In re Fairfield Sentry Ltd., 2014 WL 4783370, *4-5 (2d Cir. Sept. 26, 2014), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that a U.S. Bankruptcy Court was required to review a foreign debtor’s sale of property within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States, relying upon…