Mass Confusion: Win, Lose or Draw, What's Next After the Supreme Court Rules?
This panel will analyze important bankruptcy matters that are pending before the Supreme Court, particularly Kaiser Gypsum and Purdue Pharma.
Recent Trends in Liability Management: Structuring and Jurisprudence
This panel will review recent trends in liability-management transactions, and will include a discussion of Judge Isgur’s recent decision in WesCo, which addressed the effects of “uptier” transactions.
D&O Litigation and Coverage Issues in Bankruptcy: Voidable Clauses, Who Owns Policy Proceeds, and Who Can Assert Claims
This panel will discuss cutting-edge controversies and developments regarding the business-judgment rule, standing to bring claims, gatekeeper provisions, and D&O insurance policies, proceeds and ownership.
Restructuring Abroad vs. Plenary Chapter 11
This session will discuss the benefits and drawbacks of restructuring under chapter 11 as opposed to under a foreign restructuring scheme. The panelists include a restructuring lawyer who is familiar with the popular European restructuring schemes.
Recent Confirmation Issues
This panel will review recent confirmation and related issues, including tools being deployed in the confirmation process (such as the use of conditional disclosure statements, toggle plans and lock-ups/RSAs), equitable mootness in confirmation appeals, and the latest on releases and exculpation.
Recent Developments in DIP Financing
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.
S&P: The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) Chapter 11: The Intersection of Mass Torts and Bankruptcy
ABI's Strategies and Perspectives webinar series provides insights into strategies used by industry leaders on major complex bankruptcies. This second presentation in ABI's Strategies and Perspectives series will discuss the Boy Scouts of America chapter 11, a case that demonstrates the complexity and confluence of differing stakeholder positions. The panelists will discuss the intricacies of this case, including the goals of the debtor, the large group of plaintiffs and the insurers.
Recapitalization: What Works, What Doesn’t, and Why
This panel will discuss capital providers, sources of funds, life of structures, what happens with defaults (CLO, CMBS, Bank), and what makes for a successful recap without a par transaction/payoff.