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This panel will address current trends in private credit restructurings, including the types of companies and industries that are most affected. The panelists also will explain the role of private equity and hedge funds in private credit restructurings, as well as the potential impact on stakeholders, and will analyze the legal and regulatory landscape for private credit restructurings, and the challenges associated with navigating this landscape.

This panel will consider ethical issues in real estate bankruptcies involving candor to the court as to out-of-court happenings, considerations for debtor’s counsel and advisors in parsing entity vs. guarantor, and other insider issues.

This panel will explore how artificial intelligence (AI) is evolving, where it is likely headed, and how AI may aid in various aspects of legal practice both now and in the future. The panelists will focus on the uses and potential uses of AI in consumer cases, bankruptcy sales, creditor claims, research, first-day motions and legal arguments, among others, and briefly review ethical concerns surrounding the use of AI.

This panel will present a lively debate addressing current trends in DIP financing. Who are (and are not) DIP lenders these days? What opportunities and challenges arising from the amortization of Main Street lending programs should practitioners be aware of? How is DIP financing being used to buttress liability-management transactions? How big should a DIP loan be, and what issues arise in corporate governance when a company seeks a DIP? When do DIP protections go too far?

This panel will explore an as-yet-untested question: Can a domestic debtor use the law of another country to effect the restructuring of all or some of its debt, then commence a chapter 15 case and bind U.S. creditors to the terms of that foreign restructuring? Some think that this scenario is inevitable. The panelists will discuss how U.S. and foreign insolvency laws may be utilized by U.S. debtors, and the potential incentives, benefits and risks associated with this type of restructuring.

This session will focus on various aspects of bringing and litigating multi-count causes of action springing from fraud, and how to uncover hidden assets in the context of fraud-based avoidance actions.

Forever Chemicals: PFAS chemicals have been dubbed “forever chemcials” because they are extrermely presistent, lasting thousands of years. Many have been linked to long-term health problems, thus generating trillions of dollars in potential liabilities — and bankruptcy filings. Chapter 7 Clawbacks in Fraud Cases: Hear the latest on chapter 7 trustees’ ability to use clawbacks in fraud cases. Distressed Investing Update: Learn about the latest trends in distressed investing — what the latest opportunities are, and what factors should you be paying attention to. The Changing Landscape of Chapter 11: Find out about the newest trends in restructuring and chapter 11 filings, and what new tools parties-in-interest and the courts are turning to in in-court and out-of-court restructurings.

ABI's Strategies and Perspectives webinar series provides insights into strategies used by industry leaders on major complex bankruptcies. This second presentation in ABI's Strategies and Perspectives series will discuss the Boy Scouts of America chapter 11, a case that demonstrates the complexity and confluence of differing stakeholder positions. The panelists will discuss the intricacies of this case, including the goals of the debtor, the large group of plaintiffs and the insurers.

Hosted by ABI's Litigation Committee The panel of judges and scholars, moderated by ABI’s Bill Rochelle, will discuss the Supreme Court’s most recent bankruptcy decisions to identify trends and predict where the Court is going when it comes to bankruptcy law. Topics will include the erosion of the bankruptcy court’s equity power, nondebtor releases and equitable mootness."

This interactive panel examines the myriad ways in which lawyers and other insolvency professionals are leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) in their practices. The panelists consider the ethical implications of using (and not using) the advanced technologies now available to practitioners, and discuss how courts are responding to their use. Attendees also have the opportunity to engage with AI in real time during the session.