---
kind: "section"
citation: "11 U.S.C. § 1529"
title: "11"
title_heading: "Bankruptcy"
number: "1529"
heading: "Coordination of a case under this title and a foreign proceeding"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/11/1529"
units:
  - "Chapter 15 — Ancillary and Other Cross-Border Cases"
  - "Subchapter V — Concurrent Proceedings"
---

# §1529. Coordination of a case under this title and a foreign proceeding


If a [foreign proceeding](/usc/11/101.md?p=23) and a case under another chapter of this title are pending concurrently regarding the same [debtor](/usc/11/1502.md?p=1), the court shall seek cooperation and coordination under sections [1525](/usc/11/1525.md), [1526](/usc/11/1526.md), and [1527](/usc/11/1527.md), and the following shall apply:

- (1) If the case in the [United States](/usc/11/101.md?p=55) is pending at the time the [petition](/usc/11/101.md?p=42) for [recognition](/usc/11/1502.md?p=7) of such [foreign proceeding](/usc/11/101.md?p=23) is filed—
  - (A) any relief granted under section [1519](/usc/11/1519.md) or [1521](/usc/11/1521.md) must be consistent with the relief granted in the case in the [United States](/usc/11/101.md?p=55); and
  - (B) [section 1520](/usc/11/1520.md) does not apply even if such [foreign proceeding](/usc/11/101.md?p=23) is recognized as a [foreign main proceeding](/usc/11/1502.md?p=4).
- (2) If a case in the [United States](/usc/11/101.md?p=55) under this title commences after [recognition](/usc/11/1502.md?p=7), or after the date of the filing of the [petition](/usc/11/101.md?p=42) for [recognition](/usc/11/1502.md?p=7), of such [foreign proceeding](/usc/11/101.md?p=23)—
  - (A) any relief in effect under section [1519](/usc/11/1519.md) or [1521](/usc/11/1521.md) shall be reviewed by the court and shall be modified or terminated if inconsistent with the case in the [United States](/usc/11/101.md?p=55); and
  - (B) if such [foreign proceeding](/usc/11/101.md?p=23) is a [foreign main proceeding](/usc/11/1502.md?p=4), the stay and suspension referred to in [section 1520(a)](/usc/11/1520.md?p=a) shall be modified or terminated if inconsistent with the relief granted in the case in the [United States](/usc/11/101.md?p=55).
- (3) In granting, extending, or modifying relief granted to a representative of a [foreign nonmain proceeding](/usc/11/1502.md?p=5), the court must be satisfied that the relief relates to assets that, under the laws of the [United States](/usc/11/101.md?p=55), should be administered in the [foreign nonmain proceeding](/usc/11/1502.md?p=5) or concerns information required in that proceeding.
- (4) In achieving cooperation and coordination under sections [1528](/usc/11/1528.md) and 1529, the court may grant any of the relief authorized under section 305.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 109–8, title VIII, § 801(a), Apr. 20, 2005, 119 Stat. 144; amended Pub. L. 111–327, § 2(a)(48), Dec. 22, 2010, 124 Stat. 3562.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2010—Par. (1). Pub. L. 111–327, which directed amendment of par. (1) by inserting “is” after “States”, was executed by making the insertion only in introductory provisions to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective 180 days after Apr. 20, 2005, and not applicable with respect to cases commenced under this title before such effective date, except as otherwise provided, see section 1501 of Pub. L. 109–8, set out as an Effective Date of 2005 Amendment note under section 101 of this title.