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King & Spalding

Trustee’s Suit Seeking Clawback of Bank Fees as Fraudulent Transfers Survives Summary Judgment

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On March 12, 2025, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware denied four banks’ motion for summary judgment in an action seeking to claw back $35 million in fees associated with a $1.8 billion loan that allegedly...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Make-Whole Premiums in Bankruptcy: Clarity in Drafting, Certainty in Recovery

In the world of commercial lending, certain contract provisions often go unnoticed—until the moment they matter most. Make-whole premiums are one such example. Typically tucked deep in loan agreements, these provisions are...more

Jones Day

Fifth Circuit Rules that Serta Simmons Uptier Violated Credit Agreement, Rejects Equitable Mootness as Bar to Review of Chapter 11...

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In In re Serta Simmons Bedding, LLC, 125 F.4th 555 (5th Cir. 2024), as amended, No. 23-20281 (5th Cir. Jan. 21, 2025), revised and superseded, No. 23-20181 (5th Cir. Feb. 14, 2025), reh'g denied, No. 23-20181 (5th Cir. Feb....more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Private Credit Restructuring: Priming DIPs in Focus

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In most chapter 11 cases, existing first lien lenders provide post-petition financing to preserve collateral value and maximize recovery. In some situations, a stressed borrower may threaten to pursue a hostile chapter 11...more

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Your Collateral Can Disappear in Chapter 11

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Suppose you have made a loan and your collateral includes a lien on receivables or inventory. If your borrower files Chapter 11, you are in danger of your collateral disappearing during the Chapter 11 case. Here's how....more

Seward & Kissel LLP

Fifth Circuit Reverses Bankruptcy Court’s Ruling on Lenders’ Sacred Right of Pro Rata Repayment in Uptiering Transaction

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On December 31, 2024, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas’ (the “Bankruptcy Court”) decision that the exchange by certain lenders of Serta Simmons Bedding, LLC...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Serta - Fifth Circuit Decision

On December 31, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued its long-awaited decision regarding the permissibility of the Serta Simmons Bedding (Serta) uptier liability management exercise (the 2020 Uptier)...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Latest Uptier Decisions in Serta and Mitel Remind Contract Language Matters

The caselaw on “uptiers” as liability management exercises (LMEs) grew by two opinions on the last day of 2024. In Serta, the Fifth Circuit reversed the bankruptcy court’s blessing of the pre-bankruptcy uptier and...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Fifth Circuit Rejects Non-Pro Rata Uptier Transaction From Serta Simmons; Landmark Ruling May Have Chilling Effect on Similar...

On December 31, a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (the Court or the Fifth Circuit) held that the controversial $200 million Serta Simmons Bedding (SSB) uptier financing...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Private Credit Restructuring Trends: Sponsor Capital Infusions in Times of Distress

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One common denominator links nearly all stressed businesses: tight liquidity. After the liquidity hole is identified and sized, the discussion inevitably turns to the question of who will fund the necessary capital to extend...more

King & Spalding

New York Bankruptcy Court Grants Loan Buyer's Motion for Full Recovery of $5 Million Supersedeas Appeal Bond

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On June 12, 2024, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York granted a loan buyer’s motion to recover against a supersedeas appeal bond, finding that, as result of the appeal, the loan buyer suffered...more

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What the "Biggest Holiday Inn in the World" Can Teach Us About Default Interest in Bankruptcy

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When a borrower triggers a monetary default under a loan by failing to make required payments, most loan documents allow the lender to accelerate the loan and invoke a default interest rate and penalties....more

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Cure and Reinstatement of Defaulted Loan Under Chapter 11 Plan Requires Payment of Default-Rate Interest

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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

Ballard Spahr LLP

CFPB settles claims against operator of training program arising out of income share agreements

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The CFPB recently announced the settlement of a bankruptcy court adversary proceeding filed jointly with the Attorneys General of 11 states against Prehired, LLC (Prehired) and two affiliated companies (Prehired Affiliates)...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Not So Fast: Satisfaction of Default-Rate Interest Required before Loan Reinstatement

A New York Bankruptcy Judge held that a debtor must pay default-rate interest and fees to a secured lender as a condition to reinstatement of defaulted and accelerated debt under a chapter 11 plan. A debtor must pay...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Recent Second Circuit Decision Holds That Term Loans Are Not Securities in a Win for Participants in the Syndicated Loan Markets

In Kirschner, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit unanimously affirmed a district court order that held that notes evidencing term loans were not securities but rather “[l]oans issued by banks for commercial...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

Green Light for Yellow? No Christmas Miracle, Karma Chameleon, and MNK 22

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Apollo-Led Lenders Sell Yellow Loan to Citadel | Wall Street Journal - Apollo Global Management and other affiliated lenders have exited a $500 million loan with now bankrupt trucking company, Yellow. The loan was sold to...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Early Stage Capital Raising Trends in Chapter 11 Reorganizations

Rights offerings have become a key tool for companies in Chapter 11. They can address liquidity needs, help demonstrate plan feasibility and facilitate plan negotiations. Rights offerings, however, may also serve as...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Fore!ward June 2023 - Make-Whole Clauses: It's All About the Enforceability Question

Make-whole clauses (also known as prepayment premiums, call premiums or call protection) are provisions in financing transactions that require the borrower to make a specified payment to the lender if a loan is prepaid before...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

The Unique Case of Bittrex

On May 8, cryptocurrency platform Bittrex filed for chapter 11 in Delaware. Bittrex’s first day filings emphasize that, unlike many other crypto filings over the past year, this case is not a “free fall” bankruptcy. In...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Liability Management – Vaccine or Pandemic? Private Credit Restructuring Year in Review

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Once again, we reflect on the prior year for restructuring trends impacting private credit lenders. Last year it was all about “liability management”—the latest trend in which the limits of sponsor-favorable loan documents...more

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Private Credit Lenders: D&O Insurance in Times of Distress

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It seems inevitable there will be an uptick in private credit defaults as economic conditions further deteriorate. What steps are you taking in terms of portfolio management to prepare for the next cycle with respect to...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

No Honor Among Creditors: Delaware Judge Issues Important Ruling On “Uptier” Transaction

Intercreditor disputes in bankruptcy are common. Typically, however, they center around predictable disagreements between senior or junior classes of creditors such as valuation battles or lien perfection challenges. A...more

Proskauer - Health Care Law Brief

Diagnosing Distress: Top 5 Challenges for Private Credit Lenders in Health Care Restructurings

Despite the strength of the U.S. economy headed into the New Year, a variety of conditions may be conspiring against businesses in certain segments of the health care industry. These include reduced patient census at skilled...more

Morgan Lewis

When Is a Guaranty Claim Reduced by Recovery in a Debtor’s Bankruptcy Case?

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Consider a lender that extends a term loan in the amount of $1 million to an entity debtor. The loan is guaranteed by the debtor’s owner. If both the debtor and the guarantor become subject to bankruptcy cases, it is settled...more

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