Earlier this year, we reported on a decision limiting a secured creditor's right to credit bid purchased debt (capping the credit bid at the discounted price paid for the debt) to facilitate an auction in Fisker Automotive Holdings' chapter 11 case.¹ In the weeks that followed, the debtor held a competitive (nineteen-round) auction and ultimately selected Wanxiang America Corporation, rather than the secured creditor, as the w

There are important issues and procedures to be considered when a foreign buyer seeks to purchase the assets of a U.S. entity that is distressed or subject to a U.S. insolvency proceeding and which is involved in business activities with a nexus to U.S.