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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

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Seventh Circuit Finds Section 546(c) Creates Federal Priority Rule for Disputes Between Reclaiming Sellers and Secured Lenders

In Whirlpool Corp. v. Wells Fargo Bank (In re hhgregg Inc.), Case No. 18-3363 (7th Cir. Feb. 11, 2020), the Seventh Circuit held that a trade creditor’s later-in-time reclamation claim was subordinate to lenders’ pre-petition...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

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

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Fifth Circuit Holds That Creditor Lacks Constitutional Standing to Appeal

The Fifth Circuit in Nustar Energy Services, Inc. v. M/V Cosco Auckland, Case No. 17-20246 (5th Cir. Jan. 14, 2019), recently held that a subcontractor creditor lacked constitutional standing to appeal a lower court’s ruling...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Skadden's 2019 Insights: Second Circuit Adopts Secured Creditor Cramdown Standard Based on Market Efficiency

In 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held in In re MPM Silicones, LLC that the appropriate interest rate for replacement notes issued to secured creditors under a “cramdown” Chapter 11 plan must be a...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Second Circuit Clarifies Interest Rate Applicable in Chapter 11 "Cramdowns"

On October 20, 2017, in In re MPM Silicones, LLC ("Momentive"), Nos. 15-1682, 15-1771, 15-1824, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, considering the Supreme Court's opinion in Till v. SCS Credit Corp., 541 U.S. 465 (2004),...more

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Ninth Circuit Reverses Course on Measure of Collateral Value in Cramdown Confirmation of Chapter 11 Plan

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In First Southern Nat’l Bank v. Sunnyslope Hous. LP (In re Sunnyslope Hous. LP), 2017 BL 216965 (9th Cir. June 23, 2017), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held en banc that, in determining whether a chapter 11...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Unauthorized Transfers of Receivership Property: Void, Voidable or Ok?

Question: Unauthorized Transfers of Receivership Property: Void, Voidable or Ok? Answer: In a recent unpublished bankruptcy appellate panel decision (In Re Domum Locis, LLC, 2015 WL 4697747 (9th Cir. BAP 2015)), the BAP...more

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Transformation of Tort Claim into Different Type of Collateral Did Not Give Secured Creditor a Lien

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An October 2011 decision from the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York highlights the importance of correctly taking all of the steps necessary to obtain a security interest in commercial tort...more

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