Law Firm ILN-telligence Podcast | Episode 80: Peter Fousert, PlasBossinade | The Netherlands
What to Do if Your Suppliers Are in Distress - Options Beyond Contract Termination or Default
Commercial Recovery
Cannabis and Bankruptcy Laws
Part 2: Additional Implications for Cryptocurrency Companies in Bankruptcy
Kasey Ingram and Rocco Debitetto on Bankruptcy and Compliance
Ingram and Debitetto on Bankruptcy and Compliance Programs
M&A Strategies for the Acquisition of Insolvent/Financially Distressed Targets
Blakes Continuity Podcast: What to Expect When Insolvency Crosses the Border
THE ACCIDENTAL ENTREPRENEUR PART III
Using Prepackaged Plans to Speed Through Bankruptcy Courts by Veronica Polnick
Restructuring in the Time of COVID-19
Bankruptcy Basics and Recent Developments
Investment Management Update – Exit Strategies
Bill on Bankruptcy: Kodak Plan Bumps the Debt, Craters Stock
One common denominator links nearly all stressed businesses: tight liquidity. After the liquidity hole is identified and sized, the discussion inevitably turns to the question of who will fund the necessary capital to extend...more
In M&A and private equity transactions, buyers and sellers are consistently looking for ways to maximize value, which requires a critical focus on structuring the transaction in a tax-efficient manner. This pursuit of tax...more
Disagreements happen. In the corporate context, one or more shareholders may share a different vision for the company than the other shareholders. Or, there may be acrimony amongst the shareholders for other reasons, as can...more
Our London Financial Restructuring team authored the UK chapter of the 8th Edition of The Legal 500’s “Restructuring & Insolvency Comparative Guide". The guide provides information on the current issues affecting...more
They say every man needs protection, they say that every man must fall. For over 40 years, “the bankruptcy community has recognized the resolution of mass tort claims as a widely accepted core function of bankruptcy courts,”...more
It is a basic principle of the income tax that the gain or loss realized by a taxpayer from the conversion of property into cash, or from the exchange of property for other property that differs materially in kind from the...more
Acreage dedications in midstream oil and gas contracts have been subject to considerable scrutiny and legal debate in recent years. This article provides an overview of the current state of acreage dedications, examining key...more
Davies’ Canadian Mergers & Acquisitions guide draws on our substantial cross-border M&A experience to offer guidance on both the legal framework and practical aspects of Canadian mergers and acquisitions, including critical...more
Another Change- Last week BDO confirmed that it was going to convert from an entity organized as a limited liability partnership under state law to one organized as a corporation. With that, BDO became the latest in a...more
This panel will explore various aspects of cryptocurrency bankruptcies including: - The turmoil with crypto companies - How stakeholders fare in bankruptcy - Legal issues of first impression - What’s on the horizon ...more
The California General Corporation Law permits a corporation to issue shares with no voting rights, provided that at the time one or more classes or series of outstanding shares or debt securities, singly or in the aggregate,...more
Sibling Rivalry- You have probably encountered family-owned corporations in which the founder’s offspring are involved in the business to varying degrees. They may even own some equity, typically having received such equity...more
Following on from its first annual report on the National Security and Investment Act (“NSIA”) in June 2022 ), on 19 July 2022 the UK’s Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (“BEIS”) published its first set of...more
Timing- I had planned to post this piece during the third week of December, a day or so after the exchange between Senator Manchin and the White House sealed the fate of the Build Back Better plan, at least in its current...more
Haste Makes Waste? How many of you are suffering from Build Back Better Fatigue? Seriously, it’s a thing. Sure, the House passed its version of the President’s tax and spending bill on November 19, and the Senate...more
The California General Corporation Law imposes an intricate set of rules with respect to shareholder approval of reorganizations (defined in Section 181). In general, the GCL requires that the principal terms of a...more
Yesterday's post discussed the relevance of the maturity date of a debt security to the definition of a "sale-of-assets" reorganization under California's General Corporation Law. The CGCL recognizes two other types of...more
Yesterday's post concerned a recent ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton concerning whether a plaintiff's purchase of a cryptocurrency was subject to qualification as an "issuer transaction" under the...more
Yes, says the Third Circuit. The Third Circuit recently held that the Bankruptcy Court has the authority to confirm a chapter 11 plan which contains nonconsensual, third-party releases when such releases are integral to the...more
Even with the bill still in Conference, here are some things businesses should follow closely. Both House and Senate Bills call for deemed repatriation of accumulated foreign profits at reduced tax rates. ...more
The merger of or into a mutual corporation would seem to be a great candidate for reorganization treatment. And generally that is true, with one huge exception. Paulsen v. Commissioner, 469 U.S. 131 (1985), ruled that the...more
On December 2, 2016, the Treasury issued Notice 2016-73, describing future regulations that will modify the Killer B regulation issued in 2011; the modifications will stymie newly discovered variations of the Killer B...more
One of the great features of corporations is that liability in the corporation generally does not extend to its shareholders, including tax liability. Like any rule, though, there is almost always an exception. In this...more
This Guide provides non-Canadians with an introduction to the laws and regulations that affect the conduct of business in Canada and, in particular, in the province of Ontario. In some cases, this Guide also identifies issues...more
At the end of last week, the North Carolina General Assembly passed significant legislation affecting the State’s business legal climate. With large bipartisan majorities, the Legislature adopted Senate Bill 853 (SB 853),...more