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Business Restructuring Review Vo. 23 No. 5 - September–October 2024

The Singapore International Commercial Court (the "SICC"), a division of the General Division of the High Court and part of the Supreme Court of Singapore, was established in 2015 as a trusted neutral forum to meet increasing...more

Ohio Bankruptcy Court Adopts "Actual Test" to Determine Whether Certain Unassignable Contracts Can Be Assumed in Bankruptcy

Disagreement regarding the interpretation of section 365(c) of the Bankruptcy Code has led to divergent rulings among the bankruptcy and federal circuit courts regarding whether a bankruptcy trustee or chapter 11 debtor can...more

Business Restructuring Review Vol. 23 No. 4 | July–August 2024

The U.S. Supreme Court handed down three bankruptcy rulings to finish the current Term. The decisions address the validity of nonconsensual third-party releases in chapter 11 plans, the standing of insurance companies to...more

Business Restructuring Review Vol. 23 No. 2 | March–April 2024

Established in 2015 as a trusted neutral forum to meet increasing demand for effective transnational dispute resolution, the Singapore International Commercial Court (the “SICC”) is a division of the General Division of the...more

Third Circuit: Bankruptcy Court Lacks Discretion to Deny Examiner Appointment Motion in Large Chapter 11 Cases

The Bankruptcy Code provides that, in chapter 11 cases where the court does not find "cause" for the appointment of a trustee, the court "shall" appoint an examiner, upon a request from the Office of the U.S. Trustee (the...more

Business Restructuring Review Vol. 23 No. 1 | January-February 2024

One year ago, we wrote that 2022 would be remembered in the corporate bankruptcy world for the “crypto winter” that descended in November 2022 with the spectacular collapse of FTX Trading Ltd., Alameda Research, and...more

Business Restructuring Review November–December 2023 | Vol. 22 No. 6

Health Care Provider Bankruptcy Update: Patient Care Ombudsman Not Necessary In Every Health Care Business Bankruptcy Case - Recent headlines have starkly illuminated the headwinds facing health care providers struggling...more

Cure and Reinstatement of Defaulted Loan Under Chapter 11 Plan Requires Payment of Default-Rate Interest

Section 1124(2) of the Bankruptcy Code gives chapter 11 debtors a valuable tool for use in situations where long-term prepetition debt carries a significantly lower interest rate than the rates available at the time of...more

Texas Bankruptcy Court Blesses Serta Chapter 11 Plan Over Objections of Lenders Excluded from "Position Enhancement Transaction"

On June 6, 2023, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas confirmed the chapter 11 plan of bedding manufacturer Serta Simmons Bedding, LLC and its affiliates (collectively, "Serta"). In confirming Serta's...more

Business Restructuring Review July-August 2023 | Vol. 22 No. 4

There is longstanding controversy concerning the validity of third-party release provisions in non-asbestos trust chapter 11 plans that limit the potential exposure of various nondebtor parties involved in the process of...more

Business Restructuring Review | May–June 2023 | Vol. 22 No. 3

Section 363(m) of the Bankruptcy Code provides that the reversal or modification of an order approving a sale or lease of assets in bankruptcy does not affect the validity of the sale or lease to a good-faith purchaser or...more

Business Restructuring Review March–April 2023 | Vol. 22 No. 2

Chapter 15 Recognition Limited to Foreign Insolvency, Liquidation, or Restructuring Proceedings - In In re Global Cord Blood Corp., 2022 WL 17478530 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. Dec. 5, 2022), the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the...more

Eleventh Circuit Establishes Bright-Line Rule on Additional Disclosure and Re-Solicitation of Votes for Modified Chapter 11 Plan

A chapter 11 plan may be modified after votes have been solicited on the plan, but prior to confirmation, without providing creditors and interest holders with an amended disclosure statement and another opportunity to vote...more

Business Restructuring Review | Vol. 22 No. 1 | January-February 2023

Lawyer Spotlights: Genna Ghaul and Nicholas J. Morin - The Year in Bankruptcy: 2022 - A brief chronicle of the year's notable developments in corporate bankruptcy and restructuring, including business bankruptcy...more

Sears Holding: A Case Study in Valuing Collateral in Chapter 11

Valuation is a critical and indispensable part of the bankruptcy process. How collateral and other estate assets (and even creditor claims) are valued determines a wide range of issues, from a secured creditor's right to...more

Delaware District Court: Using Contract Rights to Strategic Advantage Not Grounds for Equitable Subordination in Bankruptcy

When lenders use an aggressive strategy to deal with a financially troubled borrower that ultimately files for bankruptcy protection, stakeholders in the case, including chapter 11 debtors, trustees, committees, and even...more

Business Restructuring Review Vol. 21, No. 6 | November-December 2022

On October 14, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a long-awaited ruling on whether Ultra Petroleum Corp. (“UPC”) must pay a $201 million make-whole premium to noteholders under its confirmed chapter...more

Business Restructuring Review Vol. 21, No. 5 | September–October 2022

Bankruptcy and appellate courts disagree over the standard that should apply to a request for payment of a break-up fee or expense reimbursement to the losing bidder in a sale of the debtor’s assets outside the ordinary...more

Third Circuit Sets Standard for Appointment of Future Claims Representatives in Asbestos Bankruptcy Cases

Unlike professionals retained in a chapter 11 case by trustees, debtors, or official committees, the Bankruptcy Code provides little guidance regarding the appointment of a representative for "future claimants" in a chapter...more

Business Restructuring Review July–August 2022

On June 6, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a much-awaited decision, Siegel v. Fitzgerald, No. 21-441, __. U.S. __, 2022 WL 1914098 (U.S. June 6, 2022), holding unconstitutional certain aspects of Congress’s 2017 amendment...more

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