South Carolina State Approved Sessions

This panel will discuss subchapter V updates, including dischargeability, voting and other issues, and will feature a Showdown at the Supremes discussion on Purdue Pharma, as well as a point/counterpoint talk on merchant cash advances (MCAs) and their related bankruptcy issues.

Two lawyers who regularly handle bankruptcy appeals, along with a district court judge who hears bankruptcy appeals, will lead this panel focused on key bankruptcy appeal topics.

Attendees will work through case problems in small judge-led groups.

Energy Megatrends create volatility in the energy market. In 2024, elections, various regional conflicts, concerns about climate change, and the feasibility and marketability of various forms of energy make the valuation of “energy” a potentially tenuous endeavor. This session provides a how-to guide for five-year business plans, capital-adequacy tests and cash-flow tests across the energy industry, and discusses how to meet the bar for stress-testing under Judge Shannon’s Kravitz v. Sampson Energy decision. Retail- Douglas E. Spelfogel Jonathan P. Goulding Surbhi Gupta Hon. Thomas M. Horan Commercial Real Estate- David Levy Navin Nagrani Specialty Health Care Providers/Pharma- Stuart Neiberg David Light Kelly E. Singer Sidney S. Welch Energy- Lorie R. Beers Kenneth J. Malek Matthew W. Moran

This panel will explore recent developments and trends in DIP financing, including equity-linked DIP facilities, contingent second draws, case controls, an increase in priming fights, and increased chapter 7 conversions due to an increased unwillingness of DIP lenders to bail out chapter 11 debtors.