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Join IWIRC and ABI for a fireside chat with Camille Bent, a partner at BakerHostetler in New York. She will be discussing challenges she’s faced throughout her career; the importance of equity, inclusion and belonging; and the importance of fostering mentorship and inclusivity in your legal practice and business-development efforts.

This panel will delve into myriad emerging issues in bankruptcy cases, specifically ones relating to or likely to affect consumer cases.

This panel will discuss the features that make chapter 11 world-renowned, and will analyze the similar features that have been incorporated into the (often newly enacted) restructuring regimes of foreign countries. The panelists will then examine certain of these regimes to explain why some regimes have used these similar features more successfully than others. Will chapter 11 continue to be the leading restructuring format in the world? Join us and find out!

This panel will delve into the legal and practical issues surrounding subsequent-transfer claims under § 550(a)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, and examine such key issues as the scope of liability for immediate and mediate transferees, the standards courts use to determine who qualifies as a subsequent transferee, and the statutory defenses available to those parties. The discussion will include recent case law developments, practical considerations in pleading and proving such claims, and common pitfalls in litigation.

This panel focuses on the perspectives of large retail landlords and office building spaces, including issues stemming from natural disasters and insurance coverage.

This panel will examine the key differences among chapter 11 in the U.S., U.K. schemes of arrangement, the Spanish Restructuring Plan and Latin American insolvency regimes. The panelists will highlight how these frameworks address cross-border challenges, creditor protections and restructuring strategies.

This panel will provide an update on mass torts and will discuss insurer issues and equitable mootness (Serta), including the exculpation and unequal treatment of creditors under § 1123(a)(4).

This panel will discuss the scope and impact of the Purdue decision on third-party releases, recent standards and approaches bankruptcy courts have used when considering consent, emerging mechanisms for (and alternatives to) third-party releases in chapter 11 plans, and shifts in attitude and strategies in the post-Purdue landscape, including the use of chapter 15 recognition.