El regreso de los mecanismos de emergencia para empresas en insolvencia
Coan vs Killilea, the Dunne Cross-Border Insolvency Case Explained
Findings from Gibbins’ Annual Healthcare Bankruptcy Report
La caída de las normas especiales de insolvencia
Hipótesis de Negocio en Marcha
Law Firm ILN-telligence Podcast | Episode 80: Peter Fousert, PlasBossinade | The Netherlands
What to Do if Your Suppliers Are in Distress - Options Beyond Contract Termination or Default
Commercial Recovery
The Obligations and Responsibilities of Creditors’ Committees in Crypto Bankruptcies
Cannabis and Bankruptcy Laws
Whose Crypto Is It Anyway? Bankruptcy and Crypto - The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Part 2: Additional Implications for Cryptocurrency Companies in Bankruptcy
What Happens When a Cryptocurrency Platform Goes Bankrupt?
Legally Qualified: A Look at Recent Trends that May Affect Bankruptcies and Restructuring in the Year Ahead
The Critical Nature of Bankruptcy Dates and Deadlines
2022 Bankruptcy & Restructuring Outlook
Consensual Third-Party Releases
Kasey Ingram and Rocco Debitetto on Bankruptcy and Compliance
Breaking Down the Latest Decision in the Purdue Pharma Case
The Legal Landscape of Make Whole Payments
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There are two similar but distinct mechanisms through which a creditor might net amounts owed to the debtor against amounts owed by the debtor — setoff and recoupment. Understanding the distinction between them, and how...more
The Situation: The Adler Group sought to restructure more than €6 billion of debt by means of a UK restructuring plan ("RP"), to give itself a runway for a planned wind-down and asset sales, leading to an enhanced return for...more
Section 1124(2) of the Bankruptcy Code gives chapter 11 debtors a valuable tool for use in situations where long-term prepetition debt carries a significantly lower interest rate than the rates available at the time of...more
A “double-dip” structure is considered a way to allow some creditors to have multiple claims against key obligors arising out of the same underlying transactions. These additional claims could improve their position relative...more
Executive Summary: On January 30, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (the “Court”) issued an opinion in In re LTL Management, LLC, No. 22-2003, 2023 WL 1098189, at *1 (3d Cir. Jan. 30, 2023) (“LTL...more
AGG’s Restructuring Roundup newsletter is a monthly update of legal issues and news affecting or related to commercial litigation and bankruptcy. The newsletter is a curation of published articles and news, and contains...more
Nel novero delle molteplici norme e misure di favore previste per le start-up innovative dal nostro ordinamento, la non assoggettabilità di quest’ultime al fallimento sancita dall’articolo 31 del Decreto Legge 18 ottobre...more
Congress has made some small but important changes to the Bankruptcy Code through its enactment of the Bankruptcy Threshold Adjustment and Technical Corrections Act (the "Act") on June 21, 2022. The most important of these...more
Introduction Under Delaware law, the board of directors of an insolvent company has wide latitude to pursue good-faith strategies to maximize the value of the firm. Trenwick Am. Litig. Tr. v. Ernst & Young, L.L.P., 906 A.2d...more
Management teams and private equity (PE) sponsors have successfully deployed a range of liability management tools to steer companies through the COVID-19 downturn and avoid both bankruptcies and full-blown restructurings. ...more
Even prior to the global impact of COVID-19, commercial bankruptcy filings were already on the rise. As stay-at-home orders caused many businesses to close or significantly curtail operations in 2020, financial struggles in...more
I have spoken to a number of people over the past months who have raised money or built technology to take advantage of a broadly anticipated distressed opportunity which was certainly to be occasioned by the pandemic. Did I...more
Incoming payments pose liability risks for GmbHs on the brink of insolvency - Generally speaking, payments made by customers and debtors are always welcome. Unfortunately though, if a GmbH (German limited liability company)...more
In August 2012, Minnesota enacted a new, more user-friendly statute governing the once seldom-used tool of Assignments for the Benefit of Creditors (“ABC”). Since then, ABC’s have become more common. Unlike receiverships,...more
Trying to collect money from someone who cannot or will not pay you is frustrating. That old chestnut about throwing good money after bad comes to mind. Placing an individual or firm (your “debtor”) into bankruptcy is a...more
Retailers faced a difficult financing market before COVID-19 appeared, but lockdowns have made the situation even tougher. High yield and leveraged loan values for retailers in North America and Western and Southern Europe...more
All the talk of when to reopen the economy is largely gotten in the way of a bigger (and thornier, if possible) question: how to do it. Despite the bold declarations from optimists and wishful thinkers that it’s as easy as a...more
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In the midst of the unprecedented global health challenge presented by the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), businesses will almost certainly face pervasive disruptions to operations as the economy experiences widespread...more
Introduction - In the midst of the unprecedented global health challenge presented by the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), businesses will almost certainly face pervasive disruptions to operations as the economy...more
The coronavirus pandemic and the resulting abrupt halt to everyday life is causing severe economic damage to small businesses. Small business owners will need to consider all options to survive this downturn, including loan...more
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Thomas Cook Takeaways - For credit default swap (CDS) protection buyers with protection on Thomas Cook Group Plc, a U.K. scheme of arrangement paving the way for a £1.6 billion debt-to-equity exchange imposed on all debt...more