Business

Get a real-time look at today’s commercial real estate landscape across U.S. retail, office, industrial and multifamily sectors. This panel will discuss how valuation resets, capital market conditions and operating challenges are reshaping both equity and debt strategies. Industry leaders will share frontline insights on how owners and lenders are navigating market shifts, executing regionally and by asset class, and identifying opportunities emerging from market dislocation and distress.Learning Objectives:Attendees will learn to:Analyze current valuation methodologies and capital market conditions affecting commercial real estate equity and debt strategies across retail, office, industrial and multifamily sectors.Identify regional and asset-class-specific operational challenges and market dislocations that present restructuring opportunities for owners and lenders.Evaluate emerging distressed investment strategies in response to commercial real estate market shifts and weakening property fundamentals.

Featuring the regional judges of the Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Conference, this session will strive to answer questions you have on current issues.Learning Objectives:Attendees will identify current issues and emerging trends in bankruptcy practice as viewed from the perspective of regional bankruptcy judges.Attendees will gain insight into judicial expectations, procedural preferences, and effective advocacy strategies in bankruptcy court.Attendees will analyze common challenges and questions arising in bankruptcy cases and how courts are addressing them in practice.

In this interactive roundtable, bankruptcy judges will engage in a candid discussion of prominent recent bankruptcy cases and decisions shaping the current insolvency landscape. Drawing on their judicial perspectives, the judges will explore emerging legal trends, notable rulings and practical implications for practitioners while highlighting areas of doctrinal development and unresolved questions.

Join Tim Sloan for an insightful keynote examining the current state of the U.S. commercial real estate market. He will break down the forces shaping today’s environment and highlight emerging trends affecting assets across major sectors. The session will also explore the new opportunities these conditions create for lenders and investors, offering practical perspectives for navigating a rapidly evolving landscape.Learning Objectives:Attendees will learn to:Be able to identify and explain the key economic and market forces currently shaping the U.S. commercial real estate landscape across major asset classes.Gain the ability to evaluate emerging trends in commercial real estate and assess their potential impacts on lenders, investors and market performance.Learn to apply practical strategies for navigating evolving market conditions and recognize new opportunities created by shifts in the commercial real estate environment.

Andrew D. Bishop of Signum Global Advisors examines the evolving global landscape through the lens of the U.S.'s current “America First” policy and its implications for modern economic and political influence. The keynote explores how shifting geopolitical priorities, strategic competition among major powers, and the reemergence of economic nationalism are reshaping global markets and cross-border relationships. Learn how these developments influence financial systems, international investments and the broader restructuring environment to help you navigate an increasingly complex and uncertain world order.Learning Objectives:Attendees will analyze the key drivers behind the shift toward "America First" policies and their impact on global economic and political dynamics.Attendees will evaluate how geopolitical tensions and economic nationalism influence cross-border restructuring, capital flows, and market stability.Attendees will identify emerging risks and opportunities for practitioners arising from changes in the global geopolitical and economic landscape.

We’ve all seen intangible assets on balance sheets — from intellectual property (IP) and franchise agreements to customer lists and goodwill. What do we do with IP, and how do we use it or value it to have a successful reorganization and not just a sale? This session will provide takeaways you can use to inform your next case.Learning Objectives:Define the evolving scope of intellectual property (IP): Participants will be able to identify the major categories of IP and explain how modern business models are expanding what counts as IP, including data, algorithms, customer relationships, and other emerging intangible assets.Analyze why IP matters in restructuring strategy and negotiation: Participants will understand how IP can influence leverage, value and deal dynamics in a reorganization, and evaluate ways to use IP assets or IP gaps to shape plan negotiations, monetization strategies, and outcomes beyond a simple sale.Apply practical approaches to protecting and maximizing IP value in distressed situations: Participants will be able to spot common pitfalls such as overlooked, unprotected or undervalued IP, and apply practical tools and case study strategies to preserve, enhance, or monetize IP to reach a successful restructuring solution.

This panel will explore key bankruptcy litigation issues that are currently the subject of significant interest and debate, including recent challenges arising from liability-management exercises (LMEs) such as minority lender objections, the extent to which LMEs may insulate secured claims from challenge in subsequent bankruptcy cases, and their interplay with DIP financings and roll-ups. The panelists also will discuss venue disputes, recent adequate protection and priming fights, and developments in post-confirmation litigation trusts. In addition, the panelists will address the increasing use of artificial intelligence in bankruptcy litigation and restructuring practice in general, with a focus on how practitioners can leverage AI to enhance their work.Learning ObjectivesAttendees will identify and analyze current bankruptcy litigation issues arising from liability management exercises (LMEs), including minority lender challenges and the implications for lien rights and DIP financing structures.Attendees will evaluate key trends in bankruptcy litigation, including venue disputes, adequate protection and priming contests, and emerging developments in post-confirmation litigation trusts.Attendees will assess the expanding role of artificial intelligence in bankruptcy litigation, including its application to legal analysis, case strategy, and decision-making.

This panel provides an overview of the history of monetization of creative libraries, recent transactions, impact of AI, streaming, and other factors regarding copyright and valuation methodology. Additionally, the panelists provide an introduction into music licensing, specifically who owns each type of copyright and when each type of license is needed; a brief history of selling copyrights, from securitizing (Bowie Bonds) more recent catalog sales, including the recent $1 billion partnership between The Weeknd and Lyric Capital; and a general discussion of how catalog sales are valued.Learning Objectives:Attendees will understand the evolution of music and performance rights monetization, including key historical developments from early copyright structures to securitization and modern catalog sales.Attendees will identify the different types of music copyrights and licenses, including ownership distinctions and when specific licenses are required in practice.Attendees will analyze current valuation methodologies for music catalogs, including the impact of streaming, artificial intelligence, and recent high-profile transactions on pricing and deal structure.

This session will cover adequate protection, non-pro rata roll-ups, equitizing DIPs and more. The panelists will discuss the latest and most crucial DIP-financing issues, the matters most frequently litigated, and their effects on mega-chapter 11 bankruptcy cases.Learning ObjectivesAttendees will understand recent developments in DIP financing, including adequate protection, non-pro rata roll-ups, and equitizing DIP structures.Attendees will examine key issues most frequently litigated in large Chapter 11 cases, including contested DIP terms and structuring disputes.Attendees will analyze emerging trends in DIP financing and their impact on case strategy in mega Chapter 11 proceedings.