11th Circ. Ruling May Foreshadow Ch. 15 Clashes

Cleary Gottlieb partners Luke Barefoot and Thomas Kessler and law clerk Madeline Finnegan authored the article, “11th Circ. Ruling May Foreshadow Ch. 15 Clashes,” which was published by Law360.

The article discusses the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit’s April decision in In re: Talal Qais Abdulmunem Al Zawawi. The decision has introduced a split from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit regarding whether debtors in foreign proceedings must have a domicile, place of business, or property in the U.S. in order to be eligible for recognition under Chapter 15.

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