Investment Banking

This panel explores investors' perspectives on acquiring distressed commercial real estate in today's volatile market. The panelists delve into such key challenges as interest rate fluctuations, limited debt availability, economic uncertainty, oversupply and rising material costs. Gain insights from industry experts actively transacting in the current market, and discover their outlooks on the future of distressed real estate.

Hosted by Financial Advisors and Investment Banking & Unsecured Trade Creditors Committees This panel will discuss the strategic use of valuation evidence throughout the life of a chapter 11 case, from financing and sale process to confirmation and fraudulent conveyance/other litigation.

With the increasing role of private capital (debt and/or equity) in health care businesses, from hospitals to specialty practices, the financial pressures, challenging payor reimbursement rates and regulatory environment have led to a growing number of restructurings and bankruptcies in this sector. This highly experienced panel of bankruptcy attorneys and financial advisors will discuss the critical issues involved in health care insolvency proceedings, including private-equity ownership and use of private capital on restructuring strategies, regulatory and compliance challenges, patient care considerations, and the role of the courts in balancing financial recovery with public health concerns. The discussion also will cover recent case studies, highlighting the lessons learned and best practices for managing these complex cases.

This panel will explore the growth of private credit as an established asset class, as well as trends in private credit restructurings. The panelists will explain the private credit market generally, key differences between direct lending and the broadly syndicated market, and the relationship between private credit and private equity. The panelists also will highlight private credit restructuring trends, including the factors that drive success for an out-of-court restructuring, and will spotlight some tools in the private credit restructuring toolbox.

The panel will discuss legal and practical issues arising out of bank failures. Following a brief overview of precipitating factors in recent bank failures, the panelists will discuss the legal framework for bank liquidations through FDIC receiverships, including their effects on deposit customers and borrowers. While banks are liquidated by the FDIC, related entities, such as bank holding companies, often look to bankruptcy courts to address their issues. The panelists will discuss the issues that arise with bank holding company bankruptcies, including key bankruptcy provisions and their interplay with the FDIC liquidation.