In many ways, 2024 continued existing trends in private credit: modest levels of M&A activity, competition among direct lenders to deploy capital, higher-for-longer interest rates, persistent inflation, elevated default...more
1/29/2025
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Bankruptcy Code ,
Bankruptcy Court ,
Chapter 11 ,
Corporate Restructuring ,
Creditors ,
Debt Restructuring ,
Debtors ,
Lenders ,
Liability ,
Popular ,
Private Equity ,
Reorganizations
After nearly a decade of historically low interest rates, many borrowers will now have to grapple with near-term maturities between 2025 and 2028 on approximately $4.9 trillion of corporate debt.
While some borrowers may...more
10/22/2024
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Bankruptcy Court ,
Business Operations ,
Chapter 11 ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Compliance ,
Concession Agreements ,
Debtors ,
Equitable Subordination ,
Fraudulent Transfers ,
Interest Rates ,
Lenders ,
Negotiations ,
Restructuring
Navigating a successful restructuring requires skill and experience to look around corners, anticipate issues, and take proactive steps to minimize risk and uncertainty. In this alert we highlight one of those risks —...more
Recently, two significant distressed companies with thousands of commercial leases, Rite Aid Corp. and WeWork Inc., each filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases, seeking in part to rationalize their geographic footprints through...more
1/11/2024
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Bankruptcy Code ,
Chapter 11 ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Commercial Leases ,
Commercial Tenants ,
Debtors ,
Jurisdiction ,
Popular ,
Property Surrender ,
Rent ,
Rent Increases ,
Security Deposits ,
Standby Letters of Credit ,
Tenants ,
Unsecured Debt
On July 5, 2022, cryptocurrency brokerage Voyager Digital filed for chapter 11 in the Southern District of New York Bankruptcy Court, citing a short-term “run on the bank” due to the “crypto winter” in the cryptocurrency...more
7/18/2022
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Bankruptcy Court ,
Chapter 11 ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Cryptoassets ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Liquidation ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Reorganizations ,
Uniform Commercial Code (UCC)