Delaware State Approved Sessions

This panel will present views from the perspectives of management, debtor’s counsel and creditors' committee’s counsel on hot-button and common issues in public company bankruptcies. These large and interesting cases are not filed every day, but their frequency has been on the rise because of the role of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs). The panelists will discuss the nuances of what makes public company bankruptcies different.

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

This panel will discuss pre-bankruptcy planning in the wake of In re LTL Management. What must you do? What may you do? What are the limits?

Hosted by ABI's Real Estate Committee Commercial real estate continues to be the sector to watch for restructuring professionals, as decreasing property values and increasing interest rates will be colliding with $1.5 trillion of debt maturities over the next four years. This informative program will provide a clear and comprehensive understanding of where the market stands and may be going as we head into the last four months of the year. Where are we in the current economic cycle? How have higher interest rates impacted the commercial real estate market this year, and what will the ramifications be next year? What can asset-class-level fundamentals tell us about commercial real estate trends in 2024? Xander Snyder, senior commercial real estate economist at First American Financial Corporation, will be providing his valuable input on the above questions and more. His research focuses on economic trends impacting commercial real estate, such as demographics, fundraising, investments and commercial lending. He also monitors, analyzes and reports on economic data and surveys related to commercial real estate, and develops models and forecasts to better understand the forces that influence commercial real estate markets."

This panel will explore the latest, most pressing issues being battled out in crypto bankruptcies, including creditor sealing, forfeiture and regulatory issues, and will discuss future prospects and potential issues on the horizon for crypto bankruptcies.

This panel will discuss features of mass tort cases — including stays of actions and discovery against nondebtors, releases for nondebtors, the role of future claims representatives, and insurance neutrality — and the effects of recent case law.