Business Reorganization

Corporate Restructurings in Mexico under the Ley de Concurso Mercantil The panel will focus on some of the significant corporate restructurings and leading bankruptcy decisions in Mexico rendered under the Ley de Concurso Mercantil. Holdings and implications from decisions such as Durango, CCM and Vitro will be discussed.

The panel will identify and discuss likely future trends in restructurings in Mexico, as well as projected revisions to the Concurso.

Practical Consideration of an Out-of-Court Restructuring in Mexico This broad panel, which includes a banker, will discuss how to effectively restructure a Mexican company. Key areas will be identified, as well as potential pitfalls.

ABI Labor and Employment Committee Webinar – a panel discussion of recent developments in several large complex bankruptcy cases, including Hostess, Kodak, Nortel and American Airlines.

Discussion of restaurant/franchise business reorganization issues.

Does the absolute priority rule still require absolute priority?; protecting stock transfers from avoidance actions through the use of 11 U.S.C. § 546(e); implications of the Dodd-Frank Act; substantive consolidation; liquidating Chapter 11s: potential conflicts of interest when unsecured creditors’ committee is the liquidating agent; credit-bidding issues.