International Insolvency

Treatment of Intellectual Property Licenses in Bankruptcy

Co-Chairs Corner

It was great seeing many of you at the Annual Spring Meeting in Washington, D.C., and getting to catch up with you in person. It was three amazing days of educational sessions and networking.

ABI International Committee Leadership Updates

In May 2023, the Committee adopted a broad new description and mission statement. That is to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas related to the interrelationship between American and foreign insolvency laws, harmonizing American and foreign insolvency laws, the model laws promulgated by UNCITRAL related to insolvency proceedings including Ch.

Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards in the Cayman Islands

The Cayman Islands implemented the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (otherwise known as the “New York Convention”) via the Foreign Arbitral Awards Enforcement Act (1997 Revision) (the “Enforcement Act”). As such, arbitral awards made in any state that is a party to the New York Convention (“Convention Awards” can be recognised and enforced in the Cayman Islands under the Enforcement Act.