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Restructuring Plans: how to plan for an exit

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An earlier version of this article appeared in Estates Gazette. Over the last 18 months we have seen a number of retailer restructuring plans, which have rewritten landlords’ leases and imposed sweeping rent cuts, whilst...more

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Court of Appeal Decides Fate of “Crypto King” $500,000 Deposit

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In 2021, the self-proclaimed “Crypto King,” along with an associate, paid a $500,000 deposit to purchase a commercial real estate property to store their exotic car collection. The “Crypto King,” Aiden Pleterski, had...more

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D.C. Circuit: U.C.C. Article 4A Does Not Govern Judgment Creditors’ Claims to Sanctioned Company’s Funds Held by Intermediary...

On August 16, 2022, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued its ruling in Estate of Jeremy Isadore Levine, et al. v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., No. 21-7036, –F.4th– (D.C. Circuit August 16, 2022), a case...more

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Whoomp! (Where’d It Go?): Disappearing Assets in Bankruptcy

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In a recent post, I discussed three situations in which a debtor in bankruptcy might find itself dispossessed of assets that appeared to be property of the bankruptcy estate. This article expands on that general idea and...more

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Other People’s Property in Bankruptcy

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Nearly sixty years ago, Justice Hugo Black wrote that the Bankruptcy Act of 1898 “simply does not authorize a trustee to distribute other people’s property among a bankrupt’s creditors.” Pearlman v. Reliance Ins. Co., 371...more

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CVAs – retail’s flexible friendship continues

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On 19 September 2019, Norris J handed down judgment in the challenge brought by six landlords against the Debenhams Retail Limited (Debenhams) company voluntary arrangement (CVA) which was approved by 94.71% of Debenham’s...more

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Recent Developments in the Enforceability of Make-Whole Premiums in the Second Circuit

In March 2019, Judge Stuart M. Bernstein of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York ruled that lenders using clear and unambiguous language in their loan agreements may be entitled to prepayment...more

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