Free Sessions (no CLE)

Challenges and Strategic Considerations of a Large Corporate Filing in Mexico The panel will discuss the challenges of large filings, including the lack of DIP financing and the absolute-priority rule, labor issues, collective creditors, feasibility of pre-packaged and pre-negotiated bankruptcies, and litigation, as well as considerations related to IFECOM.

Cross-Border Recognition Issues between U.S. and Mexico The panel will discuss attempts to apply creditor protections and applying the concept manifestly against public policy.

Practical Consideration of an Out-of-Court Restructuring in Mexico This broad panel, which includes a banker, will discuss how to effectively restructure a Mexican company. Key areas will be identified, as well as potential pitfalls.

Duration: 75 mins

Since most debtors default in chapter 13 plans before they reach completion, are modifications needed to the law's rehabilitation goals? Pro: Hon. Pamela Pepper Con: Catherine Peek McEwen Should the U.S. Trustee's enforcement role in chapter 11 cases yield to creditor preferences? Pro: Robert M. Fishman Con: Clifford J. White, III Do creditors' committees serve a useful purpose in cases where the debtor's assets are overly encumbered and the amount of unsecured claims is a fraction of the amount of secured debt? Pro: Robert J. Feinstein Con: Jay M. Goffman

Business Track-Fraudulent Conveyance Litigation from Soup to Nuts This program will present a mock hearing involving the myriad procedural and substantive issues associated with fraudulent-conveyance litigation brought by an estate representative, including Stern v. Marshall jurisdictional issues, Twombly and Iqbal and other issues. Bench: Hon. Joy Flowers Conti U.S. District Court (W.D. Pa.); Pittsburgh Hon. Barbara J. Houser U.S. Bankruptcy Court (N.D. Tex.); Dallas Hon. Barry Russell U.S. Bankruptcy Court (C.D. Cal.); Los Angeles Litigants: David M. Stern Klee, Tuchin, Bogdanoff & Stern LLP; Los Angeles David B. Wheeler Moore & Van Allen, PLLC; Charleston, S.C.

Business Track - Pushing the Envelope This program will feature a discussion of the aggressive provisions that debtor's, lender's and buyer's counsel have been trying to insert into DIP orders, sale orders and confirmation orders.