Illinois State Approved Sessions

This panel will discuss the changes and trends in dealing with distressed commercial real estate, including commercial office buildings, high-rise office buildings, medical offices, apartments, nursing homes and shopping centers, among other assets. We also will discuss loan workouts, remedies for distressed loans such as receiverships, foreclosures, deed of trust sales, deeds in lieu of foreclosure, guarantees, abandonment or turnover of assets and bankruptcy, and landlord/tenant issues and their impact on the landlord’s loan. The topics in this interactive discussion apply to and are not unusual for attorneys experienced in real estate finance, loan workouts, receiverships, bankruptcy and lender liability.

This session will focus on artificial intelligence, disclosures, privilege issues and sanctions.

This panel will discuss ways in which practitioners can deal with the assumption/rejection deadline, rent caps, corporate authorities and other lease issues.

This panel will discuss whether avoidance action is property of the estate, a trustee’s right to sell, and derivative standing issues.

Resolved: Opt-out consensual releases are still permissible after Purdue. Resolved: Solvent debtors are required to pay post-petition interest.

This panel will discuss pending and recently decided Supreme Court cases.

This session will cover sub rosa plan issues, third-party releases, developments in examiner appointments, de-SPAC bankruptcies and double-dip financing structures.