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Petrofac Restructuring Plans Overturned: When Considering Restructuring Surplus’ Allocation, Sharing is Caring

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In a much-anticipated judgment (Saipem SPA & Ors v Petrofac Limited & Anor [2025] EWCA Civ 821), the English Court of Appeal overturned the High Court’s sanction of Petrofac’s restructuring plans (the Plans). Petrofac was...more

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Client Alert: Bankruptcy Meets State Court: Lessons from a $4M Escrow Dispute - June 30, 2025

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When bankruptcy courts and state courts vie for authority in complex financial disputes, the outcome can reshape recoveries for creditors, investors, and businesses. This tension was front and center in Silverman v....more

DLA Piper

Delaware Bankruptcy Court Clarifies Broad Scope of Fraudulent Transfer Claims

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The US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware recently reaffirmed but limited the holding of In re DSI Renal Holdings, LLC, which held that under Third Circuit law, neither debtors nor trustees could bring fraudulent...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

Watching the Watchers, Celebrity Status, and Harvester of Sorrow

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Weight Watchers files bankruptcy after growth in GLP-1 drugs | Bloomberg via Yahoo! Finance - Having rebranded as WW International in 2018 and acquired Sequence, a telehealth company, in 2023, the 62-year-old health and...more

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23andMe’s Court-Supervised Restructuring: Navigating Turbulent Financial Waters

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On March 23, 2025, 23andMe, a pioneer in the field of genetic testing and consumer healthcare, announced it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. The objective...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Holding Water: Thames Water Restructuring Plan Sanctioned

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The English court has sanctioned the group’s interim financing plan, but the opposing creditor group’s appeal will be heard on an expedited basis. The last 12 months have been turbulent for Thames Water. Following the...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Restructuring Roundup - January 2025

AGG’s Restructuring Roundup newsletter is a monthly update of legal issues and news affecting or related to commercial litigation and bankruptcy. The newsletter is a curation of published articles and news, and contains...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Lenders Beware: The Ponzi Scheme Presumption Can Trap an Unwitting Lender

A recent Ninth Circuit Court decision highlights a risk for lenders caught up in a Ponzi scheme. In its recent EPD Investment decision, the Ninth Circuit reaffirmed that (as a matter of law) upon finding the existence of a...more

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Why Purchasing Commercial Assets in a Bankruptcy Sale May Be a Good Business Strategy

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Businesses generally file for bankruptcy because of financial challenges or operational issues. But, while their distressed business dissolves, there could be an opportunity for another business to acquire it through a...more

Cozen O'Connor

New York AG Secures Record $2 Billion Settlement in Crypto Case

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New York AG Letitia James secured a $2 billion settlement with Genesis Global Capital, LLC, and related entities (collectively, “Genesis”), to resolve allegations that the bankrupt cryptocurrency firms defrauded investors,...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Outlook Still Hazy for Cannabis Companies’ Access to Bankruptcy

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If finalized, the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) recent recommendation to reclassify cannabis from a Schedule I to a Schedule III substance has the potential to open important doors to businesses in the legal...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Conflicting Court Rulings on Subchapter V Eligibility Leave Small Businesses in Limbo

Two recent bankruptcy court decisions reflect a split of authority on subchapter V eligibility. In re Macedon Consulting Inc. finds that all future amounts due under an unexpired lease qualify as “noncontingent and...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

SEC Gets in Line at the Genesis Bankruptcy

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On January 31, 2024, bankrupt Genesis Global Holdco, LLC, on behalf of its subsidiary Genesis Global Capital, LLC1 asked the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York to approve a settlement reached...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Invest in Texas: A Powerful Defense of Limited Liability

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Chris Popov and Mike Heidler, partners at Vinson & Elkins, talk through a major opinion from the Texas Supreme Court, their role in the case, and what it means for investors in Texas companies....more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Despite Discretionary Standard, Courts Still Must Show Their Work

Although in the Ninth Circuit the decision to revisit an order under FRCP 60 is “highly discretionary,” judges still must explicitly grapple with the relevant factors. That was the clear message sent by Judge Haywood Gilliam...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

Not So Silver Lining, Weird Science, F is for Fraud, and Alex Jones Under the Microscope

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Below is our initial take on recent bankruptcy-related developments: Silvergate reported a $1 billion loss for the fourth quarter and said it is unable to meet an extended March 16 deadline for submitting its annual...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Restructuring Roundup - February 2023

AGG’s Restructuring Roundup newsletter is a monthly update of legal issues and news affecting or related to commercial litigation and bankruptcy. The newsletter is a curation of published articles and news, and contains...more

King & Spalding

Fraudulent Transfer Claims Against Investors Survive Motions to Dismiss

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On October 12, 2022, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York denied motions to dismiss fraudulent transfer claims asserted against certain investors in Tops Holding II Corporation. In 2007, a group of...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Crypto Company FTX Files Massive Bankruptcy in Delaware

Another domino has fallen.  Earlier this year, we wrote about the challenges facing the crypto industry that resulted in the bankruptcy filings of Three Arrows Capital, Celsius Network, and Voyager Digital. We noted that...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

All for One? Debt Co-Investors Need ‎Not Behave as Musketeers

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On July 6, 2022, the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware delivered an opinion recognizing the effectiveness of an “uptiering” transaction—whereby a subset of an issuer’s existing noteholders are issued new notes...more

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Utilizing Structured Finance Techniques in Distressed Situations

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Securitization, and structured finance generally, is a critical capital-raising tool for many companies. Utilizing one or more bankruptcy-remote special purpose entities to legally isolate the credit risk of quality,...more

Jones Day

Case Update: Second Circuit Breathes New Life Into Madoff Trustee's Efforts to Recover Ponzi Scheme Payments

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In In re Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, 12 F.4th 171 (2d Cir. 2021), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit revived litigation filed by the trustee administering the assets of defunct investment firm...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

AGG Talks: U.S. Bankruptcy Basics for Foreign Investors

AGG is proud to present the latest installment of our AGG Talks podcast series on U.S. business bankruptcy. In this episode, AGG Bankruptcy partner Sean C. Kulka and Corporate partner Mike E. Burke discuss the basics of the...more

Jones Day

In Brief: U.S. Supreme Court Declines Review of High-Profile Bankruptcy Rulings

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Madoff - In what may be the beginning of the final chapter of more than a decade of litigation involving efforts to recover $41 million of the fictitious profits paid to certain investors in Bernard Madoff's defunct...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Now Is The Time For Investors To Go Shopping

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There is great fear and uncertainty in the market. Retailers and restaurateurs have been reeling from the inability to serve customers. Curbside pickup and home delivery do not compensate. Oil and gas bankruptcies also are...more

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