Business

This panel provides an overview of some key issues, sectors and trends in real estate from a global and cross-border perspective by examining the status of asset class and related global/regional market conditions, issues confronting stakeholders and the legal tools they are using to manage and reposition assets, and predictions for the balance of 2025. Considerations for U.S. investors in non-U.S.-based real estate projects, as well as the perspectives of certain foreign investors or lenders to U.S. real estate-based projects, also is discussed.

Join members of ABI’s 2012-13 National Ethics Task Force as they update their 2013 Final Report on bankruptcy ethics best practices with this lively panel discussion on current hot topics, including required (and recommended) estate professional disclosures, independent directors, access to justice and artificial intelligence.

Hosted by the Asset Sales CommitteePost-confirmation fiduciaries (trustees, plan administrators and wind-down officers) typically have discrete residual assets that need to be monetized. This webinar will discuss monetizing life insurance policies, partnership interests, judgments, litigation, and other known or unknown remnant assets.

The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA) was implemented on Oct. 17, 2005. This panel of experts will provide their perspectives on the impacts of the law on consumer and business bankruptcies in the 20 years since the law went into effect. John Penn of Perkins Coie (Dallas), who served as ABI's president when BAPCPA became law, will be joined by two former bankruptcy judges who were on the bench at the time of the law's implementation to discuss the developments brought about by BAPCPA, and to share their views on potential bankruptcy law reforms moving forward.

This webinar will focus on several hot topics pertaining mediation and ADR, such as the duty of disclosures for mediators and other neutrals, recent issues that have arisen regarding the scope of mediation confidentiality, and the pros and cons of having judicial mediators vs. private mediators.

Sponsored by SC&H CapitalJoin us for the second session of a three-part webinar series, hosted by ABI Capital Partner SC&H Capital. This second session will discuss private credit loan refinancing, including considerations for borrowers and new lenders. With a focus on the use of private credit and traditional and alternative financing vehicles, industry leaders will discuss how the strategies for and structures of merger-and-acquisition transactions have changed, and what is expected in the current, future and volatile markets. The third session, taking place in November, will address how officers and directors must focus on complex issues and elevated responsibilities in the context of these types of transactions. Attendees will gain valuable insights — from investment bankers, attorneys and financial advisors who are on the front lines of these kinds of transactions — that will inform them now and in the future.