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This panel focuses on the critical role of strategic communications during large, high-profile bankruptcy cases. Using real-world examples, experts discuss the challenges of managing media narratives, stakeholder concerns and public perception in high-stakes scenarios. Topics include media relations, crisis communication strategies, and the importance of proactive storytelling to ensure a successful restructuring.

This panel explores how structured financing, bankruptcy-remote structures and DIP mechanisms adapt to Latin American markets. The panelists discuss challenges in creating lender confidence and ensuring enforceable collateral.

This panel explains the Department of Education/Department of Justice Guidance and Attestation process, and discusses the Brunner test and the types of evidence that might be useful to support the statements in an Attestation.

This panel will provide a focused look at critical developments in subchapter V practice, including fair and equitable treatment in plan confirmation, eligibility to file, and the expanding role of subchapter V trustees. The panelists will also address post-confirmation issues such as asset sales, plan defaults, vesting and drafting strategies to manage risks and improve outcomes. Attendees will gain practical insights for navigating subchapter V cases more effectively from start to finish. 

This session will cover recent Supreme Court and Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Circuit cases that you need to know about.

This panel canvasses practical tax-related considerations for consumer attorneys to help you avoid common pitfalls, including the impact of tax issues on the timing of filing, dischargeability, asset administration and exemptions; a survey of trust fund taxes, what they are, how they differ across the states, and what they mean for individual liability; the responsibilities of chapter 13 debtors from a tax perspective; and negotiating with taxing authorities.

Join this accomplished panel of subchapter V trustees, financial advisors and one inquisitive judge as they discuss emerging trends related to the fair-and-equitable standard, including post-confirmation expenses (anticipated and otherwise), fluctuations in income, and other variables in the context of nonconsensual plans. This session emphasizes the critical role of financial advisers and subchapter V trustees with respect to a debtor's projected disposable income, as well as the creative financial alternatives that can be considered to fairly account for post-confirmation uncertainties.