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It is virtually a given in all but the smallest Chapter 11 bankruptcies that financial advisers and/or investment bankers will be retained to assist in the representation of the debtor or any official committee. Bankruptcy attorneys rely on the expertise and assistance of these other professionals in addressing virtually every issue that arises in a case, including debtor-in-possession financing, assumption and rejection of executory contracts and leases, formulation and confirmation of a plan of reorganization or liquidation, and selling some or substantially all of the debtor’s assets under section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code. Indeed, bankruptcy attorneys will provide legal advice to their clients based, at least in part, on the information and opinions obtained from other court-appointed non-attorney professionals. Consequently, a successful Chapter 11 representation requires a close working relationship between the client’s attorneys and non-attorney professionals, and the latter are generally kept fully abreast of the attorney’s strategies on behalf of their common client.
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Litigation Finance Offers Significant Benefits for Restructuring Matters
By Jeffery Lula
In today’s volatile economic climate, companies need to be more creative to find ways to mitigate risk. Litigation finance is one of those out-of-the-box solutions that can provide benefits.
Key Win Likely for Commercial Shopping Center Lessor In Second Circuit
By Michael L. Cook
The Second Circuit, on remand from the U.S. Supreme Court, further remanded to the district court the key issue of whether the Chapter 11 debtor gave “adequate assurance of future performance of” a commercial real property shopping center lease “as required by [Bankruptcy Code] §365(b)(3)(A),” after the debtor’s assignment of its lease.
By Lawrence J. Kotler and Ryan Spengler
While this case does not fully open the courthouse doors to cannabis-related businesses and seemingly grants the bankruptcy courts a great deal of discretion when ruling on similar cases in the future, cannabis-related businesses may now have a roadmap to pursue reorganization.
By Francis J. Lawall and Brenden S. Dahrouge
In upholding the bankruptcy court’s determination that the payment of insurance proceeds could be such a transfer, the Fifth Circuit underscored the complex interplay between state law, bankruptcy law and the rights of creditors in bankruptcy proceedings.
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