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Hosted by the Asset Sales and Financial Advisors and Investment Banking Committees FAs, IBs, RE advisors, attorneys: too many cooks in the kitchen? This panel will discuss the anatomy of the bankruptcy sales process and focus on optimizing value by drawing on the resource skills of attorneys, investment banks, financial advisors and real estate advisors.

Hosted by the Consumer Bankruptcy and Young and New Members Committees A panel of experienced judges and lawyers will discuss some of the challenging issues in individual chapter 11 cases, including: the absolute priority rule, conflicts of interest, case administration, appointment of trustees, differences between Ch. 11 and Ch. 13, and plan feasibility.

This panel will evaluate the Company’s ability to generate future cash flows sufficient to cover its obligations. This evaluation should include the viewpoints of each of the constituencies involved in the case (Debtor, Unsecured, Successor) on what the restructured debt/liability levels should be, and how the Company’s future cash flows can support their view of these obligations, including the potential to eventually refinance.

This session will present an in-depth analysis of the interplay among tax law, liquidation and bankruptcy. The panelists will examine some of the tax traps that exist for an individual when business obligations remain unpaid in a closure or bankruptcy, as well as how to use an insolvency defense to defeat phantom K-1 and 1099 income.

This session covers a number of recent confirmation hot topics, including structured dismissals and the absolute priority rule (In re Jevic Holding Corp.), interpretation of the Trust Indenture Act (Marblegate Asset Management v. Education Management Corp.), frontloading notice in prepacks (In re Roust Corp.), permissibility of nonconsensual third-party releases (In re Millennium Lab Holdings II LLC), and cross-border confirmations (Nortel Networks).

How can your client satisfy § 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code when most creditors seem only inclined to “just say no”? Join this panel of leading experts as they explore the best strategies to obtain confirmation of a plan, and hear the arguments that are favored by objecting creditors but create the most heartburn for debtors.

Join this leading panel of experts as they discuss the most recent important consumer bankruptcy decisions.