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Bear Stearns redux: ruling denying chapter 15 recognition to Cayman Islands hedge funds upheld on appeal

  • Jones Day
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  • Cayman Islands, USA
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  • August 1 2008

The failed bid of liquidators for two hedge funds affiliated with defunct investment firm Bear Stearns & Co., Inc., to obtain recognition of the funds’ Cayman Islands winding-up proceedings under chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code was featured prominently in business headlines during the late summer and fall of 2007

U.S. bankruptcy court denies failed hedge funds’ request for chapter 15 recognition

  • Jones Day
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  • Cayman Islands, USA
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  • October 1 2007

Two hedge funds affiliated with Bear Stearns & Co., Inc., the fifth-largest investment firm in the U.S., recently failed in a bid to obtain recognition under chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code of winding-up proceedings commenced in the Cayman Islands at the end of July for two of the firm’s hedge funds that were casualties of the sub-prime mortgage meltdown