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Financial fraud schemes frequently come to light when businesses are in distress, causing restructuring professionals and bankruptcy courts to deal with the fallout. This panel examines how fraud trends can shift with economic cycles and developing technology, including key moments when misconduct begins to surface, particularly around market peaks and downturns. The panelists discuss various schemes — financial statement misstatements, asset-shifting through multi-tiered entities and Ponzi structures — sharing insights on emerging risks, warning signs, and how practitioners can better anticipate and respond.Learning Objectives:Attendees will understand how financial fraud schemes have evolved in recent years and the unique challenges they present in bankruptcy proceedings.Attendees will identify common indicators of fraudulent conduct and assess the tools available to practitioners for investigating suspicious transactions and structures.Attendees will apply lessons learned from recent fraud cases to develop proactive strategies for protecting estates, creditors and other stakeholders from emerging fraud risks.

This panel will provide newer attorneys with a practical overview of first-day motions in chapter 11 cases, covering the essential relief debtors typically seek at the outset of a bankruptcy filing and offering guidance on how to effectively prepare, organize and present these critical early-case pleadings.Learning Objectives:Attendees will identify the key types of first day motions commonly filed in Chapter 11 cases and understand the relief typically sought at the outset of a bankruptcy proceeding.Attendees will evaluate best practices for preparing and organizing first day pleadings to effectively support debtor needs in the early stages of a case.Attendees will assess practical strategies for presenting first day motions in a clear and persuasive manner before the court.

This panel will discuss the key legal frameworks governing foreign evidence collection and judgment enforcement across several jurisdictions, including the U.S., England and the Cayman Islands. The panelists will discuss practical strategies for obtaining and using evidence from cross-border investigations in insolvency proceedings, including cross-border cooperation and recognition mechanisms, as well as discovery tools such as § 1782 and Rule 2004, Norwich Pharmacal orders and officeholder powers.

In recent years, market dynamics have led to the emergence of schemes that are less sophisticated than the fraud cases of the early 2000s, but more pervasive in their reach into the capital markets. This panel will explore today's new wave of fraud cases, and will examine emerging trends, remedies and resolution mechanisms in recent cases in a point/counterpoint format.Learning ObjectivesAttendees will analyze emerging trends in modern fraud cases and how recent market dynamics have contributed to more pervasive fraudulent schemes in the capital markets.Attendees will evaluate how current fraud patterns differ from earlier high-profile cases and what this means for detection, enforcement, and case strategy.Attendees will assess available remedies and resolution mechanisms for addressing contemporary fraud cases through a point-counterpoint examination of recent developments.

This panel explores recent trends in high profile fraud-driven bankruptcies and the impact on the various constituencies involved; provides practical tips and strategies for identifying, addressing and litigating fraud in the bankruptcy context, including the types of claims and potential defenses commonly at issue in fraud cases; and provides practical tips and strategies for identifying, addressing and litigating fraud in the bankruptcy context.Learning Objectives:Attendees will identify recent trends in high-profile fraud-driven bankruptcies and their impact on various constituencies involved in the case.Attendees will recognize common types of fraud claims and potential defenses that arise in the bankruptcy context.Attendees will apply practical strategies for identifying, addressing, and litigating fraud-related issues in bankruptcy proceedings.

Fraud can surface at any stage of a transaction—and its impact can be devastating. This session guides attendees through the key phases where fraud risk emerges, spotting early warning signs during underwriting, recognizing post‑closing concerns that signal deeper issues, and deploying the appropriate remedies when misconduct becomes clear. Panelists will share real‑world examples, investigative approaches, and strategic responses used by lenders, advisors, litigators, and special servicers.Learning Objectives:Attendees will learn to:Identify early warning signs of fraud during underwriting and recognize post-closing red flags that indicate potential misconduct in real estate transactions.Apply investigative approaches and evidentiary standards used by lenders, special servicers and advisors to substantiate fraud claims.Formulate strategic legal remedies and recovery options available to victims of real estate fraud, including litigation strategies and alternative dispute resolution.

This panel will provide an in-depth examination of the statutory frameworks governing fraudulent transactions in both the Cayman Islands and the U.S. Through a comparative lens, the discussion will analyze how different jurisdictions approach avoidance actions and fraudulent-transfer claims. The panelists also will explore recent and influential decisions from the U.S., Cayman and English courts — including Bilta and Air Arabia — to illustrate emerging trends and judicial reasoning in cross-border insolvency matters. The session will conclude with a practical discussion of the strategic considerations, procedural hurdles and real-world challenges insolvency practitioners face when investigating and pursuing fraudulent transaction claims across jurisdictions.

When a distressed business is in “free fall,” the most consequential decisions often occur before a petition is ever filed. This panel examines the high-stakes strategic choices lenders, debtors and fiduciaries face in the critical pre-petition window and how those decisions can shape, or derail, the outcome of a restructuring. The panelists explore such questions as whether a secured lender should sweep operating accounts holding cash collateral, when a debtor should pursue chapter 7, chapter 11 or an assignment for the benefit of creditors, and whether consenting to a receivership may offer a better path. The panelists also address insider claim resolution, preferential or critical vendor payments, employee compensation issues, and the litigation risks that follow pre-filing conduct.Learning Objectives:Attendees will identify critical pre-petition decisions that can significantly affect the outcome of a distressed business restructuring.Attendees will analyze strategic alternatives, including chapter 7, chapter 11, receiverships and assignments for the benefit of creditors.Attendees will evaluate litigation risks and stakeholder consequences arising from pre-filing conduct, cash management decisions and insider transactions.

This panel explores how shifting geopolitical dynamics and energy market shocks are shaping restructuring risk across Latin America. The panelists discuss the broader economic and political forces driving distress in the region and their implications for companies and investors. Attendees gain insight into how these trends may influence future restructuring activity.Learning ObjectivesOutline the key geopolitical and energy market factors currently driving restructuring risk for companies and sovereigns in Latin America.Discuss how currency instability, commodity price volatility, and shifting trade and investment policies affect credit quality and increase the likelihood of financial distress in the region.Develop strategies for anticipating and responding to geopol"