Business Reorganization

The panelists will discuss the collapse of the Surfside condominium in Miami, and the resulting receivership and other disasters that have forced insolvency professionals to allocate resources, sometimes importing tort concepts.

This panel will focus on issues arising in larger chapter 11 cases, including third-party releases and Plan Support Agreements.

Third-party releases are a hot topic lately, with the recent district court opinions in the chapter 11 cases of Purdue Pharma and Ascena vacating bankruptcy court confirmation orders that approved plans providing for third-party releases. Learn what the laws in various circuits have to say about permissible third-party releases, whether bankruptcy courts are deemed to have subject-matter jurisdiction and statutory authority to approve third-party releases as part of confirmation orders approving plans of reorganization, and what standards are imposed by circuit courts to determine whether a third-party release should be approved.

Bankruptcy filings fell dramatically during this latest recession and pandemic. The practice of law, especially insolvency law, was (temporarily?) upended. This panel will explore how the past might inform future filings.

Bankruptcy Judges Elizabeth Brown and Michael Romero will discuss the year’s widest splits and most controversial opinions with ABI Editor-at-Large Bill Rochelle.

Join ABI Editor-at-Large Bill Rochelle as he hosts a panel of bankruptcy judges to discuss circuit splits on important bankruptcy issues. Back again from the Annual Spring Meeting, this attendee-favorite panel will be presented in a fun game show format, where judges will vote to resolve the issues before they reach the U.S. Supreme Court.

Chapter 11 doesn’t work for every corporate liquidation. This panel of experts will discuss other ways a corporation can be liquidated, including out-of-court liquidations, receiverships, ABCs, the Delaware Dissolution Statute and chapter 7.

Hosted by the Business Reorganization and Real Estate Committees Join this panel of experts as they offer their perspectives on the state of the real estate and real estate-based business economy as we reach the six-month point of the post-COVID-19 recovery period. Armed with the benefit of pent-up demand and states and businesses moving to fully reopen over the summer, plus the start of the lucrative holiday shopping season, these proven real estate restructuring professionals will offer their thoughts on the sectors that have weathered the storm and the factors that will enable some borrowers to restructure, while others will be forced to liquidate. Additionally, the panelists will identify which sectors could see storm clouds on the horizon.

This panel of experts will examine the effective and proper use of asset-protection vehicles for pre-bankruptcy planning.