Southern District of Texas applies Section 109(a) to Chapter 15 recognition - Aligns with Second Circuit’s Barnet, rejects Eleventh Circuit’s Al Zawawi

The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas held in In re Siu-Fung Ceramics Holdings that the Bankruptcy Code requires a foreign debtor to have a domicile, a place of business, or property in the US as a pre-condition to Chapter 15 recognition.... By: DLA Piper