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Till We Meet Again: Eighth Circuit Weighs in on Appropriate Interest Rate in a Cramdown

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Much has been written about how to calculate the appropriate interest rate for the deferred cash payments a debtor may propose to pay to a rejecting secured creditor under a “cramdown” Chapter 11 plan to meet the “fair and...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Skadden's 2019 Insights: Second Circuit Adopts Secured Creditor Cramdown Standard Based on Market Efficiency

In 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held in In re MPM Silicones, LLC that the appropriate interest rate for replacement notes issued to secured creditors under a “cramdown” Chapter 11 plan must be a...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Second Circuit Clarifies Interest Rate Applicable in Chapter 11 "Cramdowns"

On October 20, 2017, in In re MPM Silicones, LLC ("Momentive"), Nos. 15-1682, 15-1771, 15-1824, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, considering the Supreme Court's opinion in Till v. SCS Credit Corp., 541 U.S. 465 (2004),...more

BCLP

Second Circuit: Market Rate Preferred Over Formula Rate For Purposes of Secured Creditor Cramdown in Chapter 11 Issues

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Courts and professionals have wrestled for years with the appropriate approach to use in setting the interest rate when a debtor imposes a chapter 11 plan on a secured creditor and pays the creditor the value of its...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Second Circuit Rejects Categorical Dismissal Of Market Rates When Determining Cram-Down Interest Rates In Chapter 11

On October 20, 2017, the Second Circuit issued its long awaited ruling on several appeals from a U.S. District Court (Bricetti, J.) determination affirming the United States Bankruptcy Court (Drain, J.) in the MPM Silicones,...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Cramdown Interest Rate Best Set Based on Market Rates

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The Bankruptcy Code permits cramdown of a secured creditor but requires that the secured creditor receive deferred cash payments at least equal to the value of its collateral. This means that installment payments to the...more

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