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Advancing Agriculture: Security Interests and Article 9 Challenges (Part 2)
Advancing Agriculture: Security Interests and Article 9 Challenges (Part 1)
The commercial real estate industry is facing an impending tsunami of $2 trillion in debt maturities, with an estimated $929 billion coming due this year. If you will be caught in this net because the loan secured by your CRE...more
On Aug. 24, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued its highly anticipated decision in the case of Kirschner v. J.P. Morgan Chase Bank NA. The three-judge panel unanimously upheld the district court's...more
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair once famously declared that “our top priority was, is and always will be education, education, education.” To adopt this mantra in an enforcement context, for lenders the top priority...more
In In re CII Parent, Inc., the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware affirmed a secured lender’s prepetition exercise of its proxy rights and its subsequent removal and replacement of the directors/managers of the...more
On April 17, 2023, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, in Matter of RE Palm Springs II, L.L.C., 2023 WL 2966520 (5th Cir. April 17, 2023), held that a senior lender who uses economic leverage and asserts its legal rights to...more
One feature commonly seen in commercial lending transactions is a waiver of the borrower’s authority to file for bankruptcy without the consent of the lender. While such “blocking” provisions are generally upheld where the...more
The Michigan Uniform Assignment of Rents Act (“MUARA”), which takes effect on September 22, 2022, strengthens both the right to obtain a receiver and the power of the receiver to collect past due rent. The MUARA also confirms...more
Secured lenders whose commercial loans are in default often face a serious question: should they allow a commercial property’s expenses to be paid, potentially increasing their losses? Or should they minimize their immediate...more
Sale of the Business- Imagine Client has just received an attractive, all cash offer for the sale of their business; there is no financing contingency. The buyer has proposed a cash-free and debt-free deal....more
Analysis and Update on the Continuing Evolution of Terms in Private Credit Transactions - Introduction - For the past 11 years, The Private Credit Group at Proskauer Rose LLP has tracked deal data for private credit...more
Modifying a loan can sometimes cause a loss of lien priority. It all depends on the facts underlying the modification, and even the original loan....more
In a historically low interest rate environment, where can you find returns in the double digits? Surprisingly, the answer is in chapter 11 bankruptcy cases as a “DIP” (debtor in possession) lender. DIP Loans Can Be...more
In the second installment of this two-part series, Husch Blackwell's Elizabeth Benefield & Stephanie Kaiser will discuss security interests in agricultural lending and some of the issues a creditor may face in these areas....more
Welcome to Episode 2 of Advancing Agriculture with your hosts from Husch Blackwell, Stephanie E. Kaiser and Elizabeth Benefield, where they discuss practical tips and advice on various topics related to ag lending. In this...more
When a loan becomes distressed, it is essential for the secured lender to conduct a file review to determine if there are any deficiencies that need to be addressed. If deficiencies are not addressed, the lender’s collateral...more
In this series, we look at how various payment rights are treated in bankruptcy. A summary like this could not possibly address every right that might arise in any given bankruptcy case. We have omitted several of the...more
Certain provisions of the coronavirus economic stimulus legislation are subject to the ongoing issuance of government regulations and other government action; thus, certain details regarding the legislation may be clarified,...more
A company commences a Chapter 11 bankruptcy case, obtains “debtor in possession” financing and then asks its vendors for more unsecured credit because (according to the debtor) the debtor just got lots of new financing and...more
On July 2, 2019, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Mississippi sent a clear message to secured lenders that their security interests on a contractor's account receivables, even if perfected, will...more
In recent months certain restructuring processes have gained quite some notoriety in press headlines in connection with a number of UK businesses. This article provides secured lenders with a brief recap on the key points to...more
For a creditor, the difference between a perfected and unperfected security interest can mean the difference between full repayment and receiving mere pennies on the dollar (or nothing) in a bankruptcy. On August 30, 2017, a...more
To anyone practicing bankruptcy law more than a month, the scenario of a lender secured by a lien against real property, as well as an assignment of rents (“AOR”) is pretty standard fare. Default on the debt occurs, threats...more
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit—which covers federal courts in North Carolina—recently handed a victory to residential real estate lenders dealing with borrowers who file for Chapter 13 bankruptcy...more
Although almost eight years have lapsed since the chapter 11 cases of Tulsa, Oklahoma-based SemCrude L.P. were confirmed, many of the issues at the forefront of those cases are re-emerging in light of the recent uptick in oil...more
This breakfast session is jointly presented by Sheppard Mullin and Bird & Bird LLP, and will look at the key issues to consider when structuring financings involving European counterparties and examine whether there are real...more