Business

Climate change is ravaging the world through droughts, flooding, fires, intense heat and deforestation, among other environmental events. Numerous industries have already been impacted, and other industries will be affected, including agriculture, hospitality, construction and insurance. This panel provides an overview of the economic impact of climate change and the ways in which insolvency professionals will be expected to address this ever-increasing cause of financial distress.

This session will provide an overview of recent cross-border and international decisions interpreting the UNCITRAL Model Law as incorporated in local bankruptcy and insolvency laws, as well as considerations of jurisdictional boundaries and comity principles applied to the recognition of foreign plans and claims processes.

This panel will focus on cross-border financial crime in a restructuring setting, including FCPA or sanctions violations, valuation fraud and money laundering.

This panel will discuss the use of AI in insolvency proceedings, as well as service of process via social media in such recent cases as Three Arrows Capital (3AC).

This panel will discuss eligibility issues and strategies related to chapters 11 and 15, filing in other jurisdictions, and cases such as Modern Land, Global Cord Blood and Comair Ltd.

This panel of leading Supreme Court practitioners will discuss leading cases and different ways of viewing specific problems in bankruptcy vs. appellate courts.

This session will discuss the broader policy debate on the usefulness, functionality and policy issues of examiners and trustees in chapter 11. ➤ Bankruptcy examiners drive up the cost of the bankruptcy process and generally do not deliver benefits that justify their expense and distraction. ➤ Bankruptcy examiners play an important role in ensuring the integrity of the bankruptcy process and should be appointed more regularly. ➤ Typically, it should be the role of an official committee, rather than an examiner, to investigate estate causes of action in circumstances that implicate the debtor’s insiders such that the debtor is conflicted.

This session will cover recent approaches to sales, recent trends in sale cases, the roles of the various constituents in sale cases, biopharmaceutical sales, lease issues and much more.