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ABI's Business Reorganization and Commercial and Regulatory Law Committees ERISA/PBGC issues in bankruptcy/reorganization cases always raise interesting and challenging questions. Are you prepared to identify and handle them? Please join us for this special ABI-members-only webinar, during which the speakers will address both single-employer and multi-employer pension funding, termination and withdrawal-liability issues, other PBGC/ERISA-focused bankruptcy issues, and ERISA fiduciary issues that often arise in administering or terminating an ERISA-governed retirement plan in a bankruptcy/reorganization setting.

ABI and Reid Collins & Tsai LLP have joined together to present a three-part webinar series focusing on recurring issues that arise in post-bankruptcy litigation involving trustees, and how to set up trustees for success in pursuing litigation claims. Session 1: Litigating Claims by Trustees: Avoiding Pitfalls at the Pre-Plan Stage, taking place on January 12 at 1 PM ET in partnership with ABI's Commercial Fraud Committee, will discuss issues that may arise or be addressed before confirmation of a bankruptcy plan.

ABI and Reid Collins & Tsai LLP have joined together to present a three-part webinar series focusing on recurring issues that arise in post-bankruptcy litigation involving trustees, and how to set up trustees for success in pursuing litigation claims. This session, the second in the series, is being presented in partnership with ABI's Commercial Fraud Committee.

ABI and Reid Collins & Tsai LLP have joined together to present a three-part webinar series focusing on recurring issues that arise in post-bankruptcy litigation involving trustees, and how to set up trustees for success in pursuing litigation claims. The final session of the series will take place on March 9, 2022 at 1 PM ET and will be done in in partnership with ABI's Commercial Fraud Committee. Litigating Claims by Trustees: Avoiding Pitfalls in Litigation and Recurring Legal Issues, will have a panel featuring Peter Kravitz, Province, LLC; Erica Weisgerber, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP; and, Ryan Goldstein and Keith Cohan from Reid Collins & Tsai LLP.

Sponsored by SRS Acquiom Rising U.S. interest rates, a tightening money supply, continued inflation and geopolitical uncertainty are all contributing to uncertain market conditions. How can lenders help protect borrowers and safeguard their portfolios? Join SRS Acquiom and ABI as this panel of experts shares their views on these events, as well as strategies for meeting the risk of loan defaults head-on. Hear more about market-drivers, strategies for debt-restructuring, and the long-term outlook for financing. This webinar will draw from a recently released SRS Acquiom study, Smarter Navigation: Loan Restructuring 2022, co-produced with Debtwire.

Sponsored by Squire Patton Boggs From the pandemic to Europe’s largest military conflict since World War II, it seems the world is moving from one extraordinary period to another. The conflict in Europe has generated a maze of rapid legal, political and economic responses from authorities around the globe. Those actions are rippling through capital, markets and boardrooms as businesses grapple with how to respond. Join ABI and a panel of experts to discuss where we are headed and what businesses should consider.

Hosted by the Mediation Committee Mediators are akin to psychologists, using skills of diplomacy and psychology to attempt to bring divergent people to a consensus. At ABI's 2022 Annual Spring Meeting, Dr. Bruce Rabin discussed how nearly two years of remote work has taken a psychological toll on people. From the standpoint of legal practice in general and mediation in particular, this has impacted everything from how we do business and how we relate to legal adversaries to how both mediators and mediation parties interact with each other and make decisions. As a follow-up to Dr. Rabin’s presentation, this webinar will discuss further the impacts, pros and cons, of remote mediation, which has forced mediators to adapt their skills to an environment where the parties never get in the same room. What difficulties does remote mediation present? What observations have been made on how remote mediation has affected the decision-making process? Does remote mediation pose unique challenges to obtaining a settlement? What has been made easier using remote technologies? This webinar will also report on the results of a survey the Mediation Committee conducted regarding members' thoughts and comments about remote mediation, and whether it is here to stay in some hybrid fashion.

Sponsored by the Commercial and Regulatory Law Committees Our panel of experts will discuss strategies for effectively working with State Attorney General Offices to resolve hot-button commercial bankruptcy issues.

Sponsored by ABI's Real Estate Committee According to Trepp, $109 billion in commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) loans was issued in 2021. These loans are popular among income-producing-property investors for a variety of reasons, including favorable rates, attractive loan-to-value ratios, a streamlined underwriting process and more. However, given their structure as investment vehicles, technical nuances come into play in workout and restructuring situations because of the special servicers and trustees involved. While bankruptcy filings are rare because filing typically violates a loan covenant known as a “Bad Boy provision," for some borrowers this path makes sense. This program will focus on these issues and more to prepare attorneys, financial advisors and other professionals for future restructuring assignments in this unique space.

Hosted by the ABI's Asset Sales Committee The panel will discuss potential pitfalls to avoid when navigating the bidding process, the auction and the sale. The panelists will provide practical, real-world advice based on sales they have been involved in, and will discuss § 363 sales and other distressed sales.