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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.

This broad panel, which includes a banker, will discuss how to effectively restructure a Mexican company. Key areas will be identified, as well aspotential pitfalls.

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.

Will bankruptcy courts stay enforcement of springing guaranties post confirmation? The need for one impaired class: should impairment be per case or per debtor? Separate classification of mortgage deficiency claims. New value plans: compare In re Global Ocean Carriers Limited to In re Beal Bank. Does the Till interest rate apply in commercial real estate cases? Indubitable equivalent plans in the real estate context. Implications of RadLAX.

What post-BAPCPA issues continue to challenge chapter 13 practitioners, and what challenges lie ahead for debtors, creditors and trustees? This panel will discuss the most recent changes affecting chapter 13 practice: the claims process and Bankruptcy Rule 3002.1, as well as the national settlements involving the largest players in the home mortgage industry.

Retirement Planning and Bankruptcy

Rule 3000 and Beyond: Filing and Objecting to Proofs of Claim in Compliance with the Rules Filing and Objecting to Proofs of Claim in Compliance with the Rules

Sales “free and clear”—how far are the courts going under current law, including sales involving IP and patent licenses? Is Precision Industries still alive and well?

Sharing a Piece of the Pie: Gift Plans, Structured Dismissals and Carve-Outs Often bankruptcy is the best way for under-secured creditors to optimize collateral recoveries. But the price for bankruptcy relief is that secured creditors must share their recoveries with out-of-the money constituencies. This panel will explore such sharing arrangements in a variety of contexts–carve outs, gift plans and structured dismissals.