Business

Hosted by the Asset Sales and Health Care Committees

The panel will discuss myriad issues (including ethical issues) that have arisen, and will likely arise in the future, as the current trend of third party litigation funding begins to be a more common funding vehicle in bankruptcy cases.

Optimize Cognitive Fitness: The Connection Between Lawyer Wellbeing and Performance

This panel will explore presenting evidence in contested matters before bankruptcy courts, including laying proper evidentiary foundations, attacking evidentiary foundations, common evidentiary objections, and strategic considerations in presenting or contesting evidence in a contested matter before a bankruptcy court — along with insight from an experienced judge on the most effective strategies and judicial preferences.

This panel will discuss current trends and recent decisions in cash collateral usage, debtor-in-possession financings and exit financings, including strategies for effectively negotiating such financing arrangements, best practices and addressing common objections.

This panel will look at the questions surrounding the typical life cycle of distressed investing in Europe. The panelists have a significant amount of experience in all aspects of the process, from choosing investments to structuring and funding to exiting the deal. Their insights, including the good, the bad and the ugly, should prove to be an informative and entertaining tour around a complex issue that nevertheless has a high degree of profit potential for those who get it right!

This panel will review constitutional issues under § 1115 and the appointment of chapter 11 trustees, as well as debate whether conversion from chapter 7 to chapter 11 violates the 13th Amendment.

This panel will explore recent bankruptcy filings and out-of-court restructurings, as well as what is on the horizon in the maritime industry, particularly regarding shipping conglomerates, terminal owners, service providers and E&P explorers.

This panel will discuss the rise of unitranche credit facilities, the differences between unitranche credit facilities and more traditional debt structures, and the appeal of a unitranche structure to borrowers, sponsors and lenders. The panel will also discuss bankruptcy-related considerations when negotiating an Agreement Among Lenders (the intercreditor agreement governing the respective rights of lenders in a unitranche credit facility), as well as recent intercreditor litigation.