Missouri State Approved Sessions

Stunning failures across the crypto ecosystem have caused many to question the future of the industry and ask whether the crypto boom was purely fueled by speculation. Allegations of misfeasance at FTX and the interrelatedness of major industry participants create understandable questions, and business models have been shown to be flawed. This panel discussion will explain industry issues, unique bankruptcy challenges, and what the future of the crypto industry might look like.

This panel will present a discussion of recent nonconsensual DIP financings, and take a look at some novel provisions that are becoming more common in DIP orders. The panelists will explore the current status of priming DIP financings/nonconsensual uses of cash collateral, and recent developments in DIP-financing orders, including limitations on the challenge period, large roll-ups, equity participations and "interim order creep."

ABI Editor-at-Large Bill Rochelle will lead a discussion with regional bankruptcy judges on insolvency's most talked-about current events and controversial opinions.

The debtor’s professional advisory team will describe how the plan of reorganization ultimately comes out after negotiations.

Stakeholders will discuss how fraudulent-transfer issues and their potential resolutions affect their strategies.

Panelists representing the stakeholders in the case (secured creditors, bondholders, trade, equity) will discuss their strategies to increase their constituents’ respective pieces of the pie.

A team of ABI “40 Under 40” honorees, in the role of the debtor’s professional advisory team, will present the debtor’s value-maximizing plan of reorganization.

This panel will examine the recent rise and possible fall of the Texas Two-Step, with a focus on the recent LTL and Aero decisions, as well as a discussion on good faith as a necessary aspect of a chapter 11 filing.

Over the last decade, the “restructuring director” has emerged as a key new player in corporate restructurings. This panel will review the rise of the restructuring director, the role they play in restructurings, and the benefits they bring — along with the controversies they cause.