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This panel will compare and contrast the SPAC craze of 2020-21 to see where we are now and what lies ahead.

This panel will discuss situations in which valuation is particularly challenging based on the type of asset, the absence of market or comparable valuation data, limitations on available information for the valuation, and other constraints. We will cover the valuation of intellectual property assets, financial assets (including royalties and other revenue streams), digital and electronic assets (including virtual currency, software code, social media assets and platforms), and privately held equity interests, among other asset categories in different sectors, such as emerging restructuring sectors like life sciences. We will also discuss valuation contexts (transaction diligence and structuring, financing and M&A transaction consummation, and distressed situations and insolvency proceedings), focusing on both the practical challenges and evidentiary support for valuation determinations in those contexts. We also will provide examples of situations in which challenging valuations have served as keystones to transactional successes.

Metaverse business success can really only happen with significantly more technological adoption, so any valuation of an individual metaverse business is at some level an underwriting of the technological adoption. In what areas may the metaverse be cannibalistic? In what areas may it be accretive to existing platforms/channels? Is the metaverse likely to be principally a business or personal environment, or both? What are the avenues for investment in the metaverse and determining valuation? It has recently been predicted that the metaverse economy could, in the aggregate, “generate up to $5 trillion in impact by 2030 — equivalent to the size of the third-largest economy today, Japan." Much of that impact is seen in e-commerce by far, with other market impacts in virtual learning, advertising and gaming. But how are the various “things” in the metaverse going to be valued? If you don’t know, or don’t know what the metaverse is or encompasses, this panel is for you.

This panel discusses cutting-edge issues involving the use of AI in law practice, and ethical questions and potential pitfalls surrounding its use by lawyers and legal professionals.

This panel delves into everything you ever wanted to know about the intersection of construction law and bankruptcy.

What is a DSO, and what does that bankruptcy provision in every Property Settlement Agreement mean, anyway? What debts are dischargeable, and if it is called “support,” is it truly support? Does the stay need to be modified post-petition in a chapter 13, and what do you do when a current chapter 13 client ends up in divorce court? This panel will address these questions and more, including the differences between chapters 7 and 13, and what actions are stayed.

Join ABI’s executive director for a discussion with experts on (and close to) the Hill as they analyze current, pending and expected legislation addressing key insolvency issues

This session will delve into what is happening at the circuit level regarding jurisdiction and standing, and how both bankruptcy practitioners and judges could be affected — regardless of what types of cases they typically see.

This panel will compare and contrast the roles of chapter 11 trustees, chapter 7 trustees, CROs and independent directors when a case is fraudulent.

This panel focuses on material tax issues that every bankruptcy attorney should know that can impact both estate administration and bankruptcy plans. The panelists highlight issues that should be considered when a company is considering filing for bankruptcy or is in bankruptcy, such as tax attribute planning and preservation, management of COD income in connection with liability management transactions, “significant modification” of debt and how to minimize consequences, the considerations if the debtor is a partnership or a corporation, associated state tax issues, and key tax return compliance implications.