When a company enters bankruptcy, its assets are often sold to the highest or best bid. Secured lenders — those who have perfected liens on the company's assets — have a unique advantage under Section 363(k) of the Bankruptcy...more
1/15/2025
/ Collateral ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Credit Bids ,
Creditors ,
Debt ,
Debtors ,
Lenders ,
Liens ,
Loans ,
Perfected Security Interest ,
Section 363 ,
Secured Debt
The growth in private credit (lending by institutions other than banks) has been one of the most significant capital market developments of the last decade. It is estimated that the size of the private credit market was...more
8/13/2024
/ Capital Markets ,
Change of Control ,
Debt Market ,
Debt Restructuring ,
Financial Distress ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
Lenders ,
Non-Bank Lenders ,
Private Equity ,
Underwriting
On August 24, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Kirschner unanimously held that notes evidencing syndicated loans do not plausibly qualify as “securities” covered by state and federal securities laws...more
9/11/2023
/ Borrowers ,
Breach of Duty ,
Chapter 11 ,
Commercial Loans ,
Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing ,
Debt Securities ,
Ernst & Young ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Financial Institutions ,
Lenders ,
Multi-Factor Test ,
Rebuttable Presumptions ,
Reves v Ernst & Young ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities Regulation ,
State Law Claims ,
Syndicated Loans ,
Trustees
Lenders seeking to challenge controversial, often punitive, liability management transactions scored a recent win in Boardriders. The transaction at issue, a priming uptier exchange transaction favoring certain...more
A recent U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware opinion, In re TPC Grp. Inc., provided another instance of an uptiering transaction withstanding legal scrutiny and provides further support for the view that courts...more
8/17/2022
/ Appeals ,
Bankruptcy Court ,
Chapter 11 ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Commercial Loans ,
Contract Terms ,
Debt Instruments ,
Legal Opinion ,
Lenders ,
Liens ,
Noteholders ,
Priority Debt ,
Senior Secured Debt ,
Waterfall Provision
In a recent case — In re Optim Energy, LLC — the Delaware Bankruptcy Court denied an individual creditor’s request to pursue the subordination or recharacterization of the claims of secured lenders who were also the debtors’...more