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Bankruptcy & Restructuring

Corporate

Recorded on: Jun. 6, 2012

Taken from the Web Program Pocket MBA Summer 2012 Recorded June, 2012 in San Francisco Solvency, Restructuring and Bankruptcy [00:59:04] State of the capital markets and outlook Analysis of indicators and causes of financial distress - Solvency - Liquidity - Financing An overview of the restructuring process and alternatives - Out-of-court - Chapter 11 reorganization - Impact on constituents (employees, ...

Recorded on: Jun. 6, 2012

ERIC B. SLOAN: All right, welcome back. For our next panel we have three really great speakers. To my immediate right is Doug Lane. Doug is a managing director at GLC Advisors which is a leading independent restructuring advisory firm. And before joining GCL Doug was with UBS's restructuring and leveraged finance group in San Francisco. And Doug is actually back-- this is your second year? DOUG LANE: Second year, yeah. Thank you. ERIC B. SLOAN: ...

From the program: Pocket MBA Fall 2012

Recorded on: Oct. 16, 2012

Taken from the Web Program Pocket MBA Fall 2012 recorded October, 2012 in New York. Lecture Topics  [01:15:34] Solvency, Restructuring and Bankruptcy  [01:15:34] Market overview “Going concern” analysis indicators, including: - Earnings - Liquidity - Financing • Restructuring options and process: - Operational restructuring - Financial restructuring - Exit the business  ...

Recorded on: Oct. 16, 2012

DANA MCFERRAN: Good morning. Just want to welcome everyone back to our New York facility, here all the participants here, and also to all of our participants via webcast, to Day Two of the PLI Pocket MBA program. I hope you all enjoyed the first day's session. I think it was very informative, and I hope that you'll enjoy today's session. I think we have a great host of distinguished faculty members and presenters. And as I said yesterday, please ...

From the program: Nuts and Bolts of Corporate Bankruptcy 2012

Released on: Nov. 20, 2012

Businesses in financial distress are not an unusual sight these days, and as a result, it is essential for attorneys of all levels and in all practice areas to become familiar with the fundamental tenets of bankruptcy law. Whether you are just starting out in your career, thinking about broadening your practice area to include this field, or want to be able to spot the issues when advising your clients, this program will provide you with an essential ...

Recorded on: Nov. 6, 2012

LEWIS KRUGER: Ready to go. Lewis Kruger. Hello and good morning. Those of you in California based, obviously, a lovely and beautiful day and a nice day to be indoors at PLI. I'm going to talk for the next 15 to 20 minutes about the beginning of the process of dealing with a company and contemplating what its future should be and how you ought to think about dealing with it, whether it's an insolvency proceeding in the bankruptcy court or other alternatives. ...

Recorded on: Nov. 6, 2012

HOWARD WEG: Welcome back everyone. This afternoon we're going to delve into more details involving the plan confirmation process. We have Steve Felderstein and Andy DeNatale taking the laboring [INAUDIBLE]. Other people will chime in as we go along, I'm sure. ANDREW DENATALE: OK, so welcome to plan confirmation. Here we are at the confirmation stage. This means that the planned proponent has determined the preferred course to maximize the value of ...

Recorded on: Nov. 6, 2012

HOWARD WEG: So the next three panels are going to take us further into the area of chapter 11. This is a corporate nuts and bolts bankruptcy program. And the ultimate outcome of a corporate reorganization case involves looking closely at who are the players in chapter 11, what does a chapter 11 plan involve, and how does it get confirmed. And that's what we're going to be covering now. Our first speakers are my co-chair, Andrew DeNatale, and Ali ...

Recorded on: Nov. 6, 2012

HOWARD J. WEG: All right. Welcome back, everybody. We're into the home stretch. I saved the best for last, I'd like to think. This particular panel is going to cover the topic of executory contracts and unexpired leases. My co-panelist, Ali Mojdehi, from Cooley Godward in San Diego's office has come up here to participate. And we've sort of divided the various topics that we're going to cover into smaller little bites, so I'll speak, then Ali will ...

Recorded on: Nov. 6, 2012

HOWARD J. WEG: Welcome back everyone. So for the next 75 minutes we're going to discuss ethical considerations in bankruptcy, which as I referenced earlier will qualify for one hour and 15 minutes worth of MCLA credit toward your ethics segment of your MCLA obligations and requirements. We're going to cover two broad areas, generally speaking. We're going to talk about, today, the appointment and employment of professionals and trustees in bankruptcy ...

Recorded on: Nov. 6, 2012

HOWARD WEG: We're getting ready to start. Good morning. And welcome back, everyone. Very often, your first encounter with insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings is when a client calls up you up and said, I got a letter from some bankruptcy lawyer saying if we don't pay back some amount we've been paid for goods we sold six months ago-- three months ago-- some period in the past-- they're going to sue us. And that's what we call avoiding powers. There's ...

Recorded on: Nov. 6, 2012

HOWARD J. WEG: Welcome back everyone. Let's quiet down and get going. The next panel is going to address some more details with respect to the Chapter 11 and the Chapter 11 plan process, which culminates ultimately this afternoon's panel dealing with what the terms of a plan include and how you confirm the plan. But this is the important beginning of the process. We have our two speakers today-- Steve Felderstein and Megan Lewis-- and I turn it over ...

From the program: IP Issues in Business Transactions 2013

Recorded on: Mar. 4, 2013

Taken from the Web Program IP Issues in Business Transactions 2013 recorded February, 2013 in San Francisco. Lecture Topics  [01:00:40] Licensing and Bankruptcy Issues in IP Transactions  [01:00:40] How might a licensee preserve its rights following a licensor’s bankruptcy filing? Implementing structural solution (such as assignment and license back) or source code escrows in the context of a potential licensor bankruptcy ...

From the program: Recent Developments in Distressed Debt, Restructurings and Workouts 2013

Released on: Feb. 8, 2013

The unprecedented scope and continuation of the credit crisis, recession, and a weak recovery requires business people and professionals to react quickly and deal with distressed companies and defaults.  This includes problems in the automotive, financial services, airlines, retail, sports and entertainment and real estate industries.  The program will cover current issues relating to structuring, drafting and enforcing the rights of creditors ...

Recorded on: Mar. 4, 2013

KAREN N. BALLACK: OK, welcome back, everybody, from the break. Our next presentation this morning before our lunch break is on the treatment of IP licenses in bankruptcy. And we have with us today two speakers from O'Melveny & Myers. We're very pleased that they were able to join us this morning. To my right is Stanton Lovenworth. Stanton is counsel in O'Melveny's New York office, and a member of the Health Care and Life Sciences Practice. Stan ...

From the program: Asset Based Financing Strategies 2013

Released on: Mar. 25, 2013

Asset-based financing is a key source of credit for small and medium-size companies and for some larger, publicly traded companies as well. In contrast to equity financing where ownership in the company is diluted, asset-based financing allows companies to use their own assets to generate cash flow. In structuring these loans, lenders and their counsel must consider all senior interests in the collateral, as well as the practical difficulties in ...

Recorded on: Mar. 18, 2013

EDWIN SMITH: It's very important that you do the evaluations. We look at those every year to try to determine who to keep on the panel and who to throw off. I'd now like to introduce, as my colleague on this session, June Basden, from Carruthers & Roth in Greensboro. JUNE BASDEN: And that's Greensboro, North Carolina. EDWIN SMITH: There we go. Right. And so we're here to talk about bankruptcy related issues for asset-based lenders. We're going ...

From the program: Bankruptcy & Reorganizations 2013: Current Developments

Released on: Apr. 26, 2013

The credit markets continue to be volatile and in today’s weak economy, staying abreast of the current developments in restructuring, bankruptcy and reorganizations is essential. This advanced conference assembles a remarkable faculty of bankruptcy judges and leading practitioners who will provide you with a thorough review and analysis of hot topics, developments, and recent decisions in diverse industries. They will cover the ramifications of the ...

Course Handbook from the program Tax Planning for Domestic & Foreign Partnerships, LLCs, Joint Ventures & Other Strategic Alliances 2013, held April, 2013.

Published: May 2013