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Business Restructuring Review Vol. 24, No. 4 | July–August 2025

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The Ad Hoc Group of Senior Secured Noteholders and DIP Lenders (the “Ad Hoc Group”) obtained a unanimous judgment in their favor in an appeal following Sanchez Energy Company’s long-running, hard-fought bankruptcy case. Once...more

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Secured Lenders Win Victory in Sanchez Bankruptcy

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The Ad Hoc Group of Senior Secured Noteholders and DIP Lenders (the "Ad Hoc Group") obtained a unanimous judgment in their favor in an appeal following Sanchez Energy Company's long-running, hard-fought bankruptcy case. Once...more

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Redressing the Balance of Power in Restructuring Plans Petrofac in the Court of Appeal

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The Court of Appeal has reversed the sanction of the Petrofac group’s restructuring plans and allowed the appeal of two dissenting unsecured creditors.Re Petrofac Limited and Petrofac International (UAE) LLC [2025] EWCA Civ...more

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Bankruptcy Court Refuses to Enforce Pre-Petition Waiver of the Automatic Stay

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A recent decision by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Illinois underscores that creditors must exercise caution in relying on pre-petition waivers of the automatic stay in collection actions. ...more

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Who Is the Claims Agent and What Type of Information Can I Obtain on Their Website? - Creditor’s Rights Toolkit

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Troutman Pepper's Creditor’s Rights Toolkit is a series that provides practical insights to help creditors confront the challenges of commercial bankruptcy. A claims agent is a third party retained by the debtor to take on...more

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Release Me From My Bands Or Else My Project Fails Third Party Releases in Schemes

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Third-Party Releases are common in English law schemes of arrangement and restructuring plans, and US courts have so far indulged that approach in granting recognition. If Prospero’s plea to the audience at the...more

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Bankruptcy 101: Claims: Types and Priorities

Bankruptcy Basics for New and Non-Bankruptcy Attorneys - This entry is part of Nelson Mullins’s ongoing “Bankruptcy Basics” blog series that is intended to address foundational aspects of bankruptcy for new and...more

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Bankruptcy Schedules: Schedule D

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Continuing on with our series on Bankruptcy Schedules, today we’ll look at Schedule D, which is used to list all of the secured debts that you owe as of the date that you filed for bankruptcy.  Secured debts are those that...more

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Fifth Circuit Holds that Section 363(m)’s “Good Faith Purchaser” Protection Applies to Secured Creditor that Used “Economic...

On April 17, 2023, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, in Matter of RE Palm Springs II, L.L.C., 2023 WL 2966520 (5th Cir. April 17, 2023), held that a senior lender who uses economic leverage and asserts its legal rights to...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

And Another Lender Blocking Provision Bites the Dust, Texas Bankruptcy Court Rules

One feature commonly seen in commercial lending transactions is a waiver of the borrower’s authority to file for bankruptcy without the consent of the lender. While such “blocking” provisions are generally upheld where the...more

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Bad ‘Timing’: Southern District of New York Bankruptcy Court Adopts Time Approach to Limiting Landlord Lease Damages, but Other...

When enacting the Bankruptcy Code, Congress sought to strike a balance amid the confluence of different — and often competing — interests held by debtors, secured creditors and various unsecured creditor constituencies...more

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Getting Paid in Bankruptcy – Part II, Goods and Services

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In this series, we look at how various payment rights are treated in bankruptcy. A summary like this could not possibly address every right that might arise in any given bankruptcy case. We have omitted several of the...more

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Oversecured Creditor's Right to Contractual Default-Rate Interest Allowed Under State Law

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It is generally well understood that an "oversecured" creditor is entitled to interest and, to the extent provided for under a loan agreement, related fees and charges as part of its secured claim in a bankruptcy case....more

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The Same, Only Better: Eighth Circuit Affirms Peabody Chapter 11 Plan Backstopped Rights Offering Despite Alleged Disparate...

On August 9, 2019, in a unanimous decision (written by a former bankruptcy judge), the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the confirmation of the Peabody Energy Chapter 11 plan (“Plan”) with a prominent backstopped...more

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