Business

This panel will update practitioners on recent bankruptcy case law developments through engaging discussions and participant comments.

This panel explores investors' perspectives on acquiring distressed commercial real estate in today's volatile market. The panelists delve into such key challenges as interest rate fluctuations, limited debt availability, economic uncertainty, oversupply and rising material costs. Gain insights from industry experts actively transacting in the current market, and discover their outlooks on the future of distressed real estate.

Featuring the regional judges of the Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Conference, this session will strive to answer questions you have on current issues.

This lively panel of bankruptcy judges will debate the most pressing and controversial issues shaping bankruptcy law today. Gain unique insights from the bench on evolving case law, procedural challenges and emerging trends affecting practitioners across the bankruptcy spectrum.

This plenary will consist of small group huddles with judges and fellow attendees to work through case problems.

Private credit has rapidly become one of the most dynamic areas of the capital markets, with significant implications for corporate restructurings and bankruptcy practice. Morgan O’Neill of Sound Point Capital Management will explore how private credit is shaping financing strategies, influencing restructuring outcomes, and redefining the relationships among borrowers, lenders and investors. Attendees will gain insights into current market trends, the opportunities and risks driving private credit, and what these developments mean for the future of distressed investing and restructuring.

Brody Mullins is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and author of The Wolves of K Street: The Secret History of How Big Money Took Over Big Government. A veteran journalist with The Wall Street Journal, he has spent two decades uncovering the intersection of business and politics, exposing scandals that led to landmark reforms. His award-winning reporting has shaped public understanding of corporate influence in Washington, earning him accolades such as the George Polk Award and multiple Everett Dirksen Awards. His work has appeared in The Washington Post, The New York Times, Vanity Fair, Politico and The Atlantic, and he has been featured on Fox News, CNN and MSNBC.

This keynote will discuss how a health care futures market could help stabilize costs for payers and providers, and will explore various financial tools and incentives that could help make health care more predictable and investable. This in-depth talk also will examine the convergence of biology and technology into investable frontiers in medicine — and steps that practitioners can take now to preserve innovation while helping to fix broken balance sheets.