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Hosted by ABI's Real Estate Committee Commercial real estate continues to be the sector to watch for restructuring professionals, as decreasing property values and increasing interest rates will be colliding with $1.5 trillion of debt maturities over the next four years. This informative program will provide a clear and comprehensive understanding of where the market stands and may be going as we head into the last four months of the year. Where are we in the current economic cycle? How have higher interest rates impacted the commercial real estate market this year, and what will the ramifications be next year? What can asset-class-level fundamentals tell us about commercial real estate trends in 2024? Xander Snyder, senior commercial real estate economist at First American Financial Corporation, will be providing his valuable input on the above questions and more. His research focuses on economic trends impacting commercial real estate, such as demographics, fundraising, investments and commercial lending. He also monitors, analyzes and reports on economic data and surveys related to commercial real estate, and develops models and forecasts to better understand the forces that influence commercial real estate markets."

This panel will explore the latest, most pressing issues being battled out in crypto bankruptcies, including creditor sealing, forfeiture and regulatory issues, and will discuss future prospects and potential issues on the horizon for crypto bankruptcies.

Now that subchapter V's first three years are in the rearview mirror, this session will pull back the curtain on this latest reorganization tool to discuss what is (or is not) working. Attendees will hear from three practicing subchapter V trustees, a career bankruptcy law clerk, and a bankruptcy judge with an active subchapter V docket to examine what practitioners are doing right, and what they are doing wrong, when representing clients in subchapter V cases.

This panel will discuss features of mass tort cases — including stays of actions and discovery against nondebtors, releases for nondebtors, the role of future claims representatives, and insurance neutrality — and the effects of recent case law.

This session will discuss recent appellate decisions in the areas of mootness, the solvent-debtor exception, mass torts and tribal immunity.

This session is designed to help new and experienced attorneys develop and refine their contract and order drafting skills by examining common drafting conventions and best practices, discussing drafting issues that arise in bankruptcy practice, and sharing tips and strategies for correcting drafting mistakes.