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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

Seward & Kissel LLP

Mayday, Mav’s in Trouble and Missing Linq

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Maverick Gaming, which owns 5 Nevada casinos, files for bankruptcy | The Nevada Independent - The Washington-based casino and card-room operator filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the Southern District of Texas on Monday....more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Un tribunal albertain applique l’arrêt Petrowest pour suspendre un arbitrage en faveur d’une procédure de mise sous séquestre

Le 26 mai 2025, la Cour du Banc du Roi de l’Alberta (la « CBRA ») a suspendu un projet d’arbitrage en faveur d’une procédure de mise sous séquestre en cours dans l’affaire Mayfield Investments Ltd (Re). C’était la première...more

Jones Day

Revisiting Singapore's Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency Regime: Cross-Class Cramdown in Schemes of Arrangement

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On March 11, 2025, the Committee to Enhance Singapore's Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency Regime (the "Committee") published a report (the "Report") outlining its recommendations to further enhance and modernize...more

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US Bankruptcy Court Establishes Guidelines for “New Value” Plans of Reorganization in Competing Plan Scenarios

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Introduction - On October 25, 2024, Judge John P. Mastando III of the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York issued a ruling in Eletson Holdings Inc., Case No. 23-10322, pursuant to which he (a) denied...more

Mayer Brown

I Shall (Not) Be Released: With Purdue Pharma Decision, US Supreme Court Remakes Chapter 11 Landscape

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They say every man needs protection, they say that every man must fall. For over 40 years, “the bankruptcy community has recognized the resolution of mass tort claims as a widely accepted core function of bankruptcy courts,”...more

Mintz - Bankruptcy & Restructuring Viewpoints

FTX: Forcing The Examiner Mandate in the Third Circuit

It is a rare occasion that one can be assured with certainty that, if they file a motion with a bankruptcy court, it will be granted. But, in the Third Circuit, that is exactly what will happen if a creditor or other party in...more

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Second Circuit Adopts "Transfer-by-Transfer" Approach to Bankruptcy Code's Safe Harbor for Securities Contracts Payments

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The scope of the Bankruptcy Code's "safe harbor" shielding certain securities, commodity, or forward-contract payments from avoidance as fraudulent transfers has long been a magnet for controversy, particularly after the U.S....more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Debtor Corp’s S Election: “Property” in Bankruptcy?

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Uncertain Future- The Congressional Budget Office (“CBO”) recently released some data for the federal government’s 2023 fiscal year. According to the CBO, the federal budget deficit for the year was $1.7 trillion, or...more

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Pocket Full of Crypto-Volatility: Stakeholders in Bankrupt Crypto Firms Must be Flexible, Agile & Educated

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Valuation is a key element in bankruptcies. Generally, a higher valuation of a bankrupt firm means larger creditor recoveries, and a higher valuation of pre-petition collateral means a smaller “adequate protection” package...more

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BTI v. Sequana - What’s new for directors in the zone of insolvency?

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In BTI 2014 LLC v. Sequana SA and Others [2022] UKSC 25 (“Sequana”), the Supreme Court confirmed the existence of a duty owed at common law by company directors to consider the interests of its creditors, and also provided...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Declines Review Ending Shareholder Fraudulent Transfer Litigation in Tribune

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After more than a decade, litigation resulting from the failed leveraged buyout (LBO) of media giant Tribune Company has finally drawn to a close. On Feb. 22, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review the latest...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Skadden's 2020 Insights

Despite political and economic uncertainties, markets and deal activity were resilient in 2019, and strong fundamentals remain in place heading into 2020. Companies continue to face a challenging litigation and enforcement...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

A Look at 2019 Court Decisions That May Shape Restructuring Issues in the Year Ahead

A series of decisions over the past year — on issues such as make-whole premiums, intercreditor agreements, backstops for rights offerings and nonconsensual third-party releases — will likely have a significant impact in 2020...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Second Circuit Recognizes ‘Customer’ Safe Harbor in Tribune LBO Litigation

As we had anticipated in our prior client alerts, the “customer” safe harbor defense to constructive fraudulent conveyance claims challenging securities transactions — which was flagged by the U.S. Supreme Court in Merit...more

Mintz - Bankruptcy & Restructuring Viewpoints

Are Bankruptcy Blocking Provisions in Corporate Governance Documents Enforceable?

It has long been the law that creditors are rarely entitled to contractually prohibit a debtor from filing for bankruptcy, whether such restriction is contained in the debt instruments or in the corporate governance...more

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Corporate Governance: Bankruptcy Petition Filing Authorization

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Corporate governance battles spill into bankruptcy courts and at times serve as the genesis for bankruptcy petition filings. For example, recently the Fifth Circuit in In re Franchise Services of North America Inc. addressed...more

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The Fifth Circuit Considers Enforceability Of Blocking “Golden Share” Provisions

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Bankruptcy remote structures have become common in recent years to attempt to prevent a borrower from filing for Chapter 11. One such structure is commonly referred to as a “golden share.”...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Bankruptcy Remoteness Going to a Court of Appeals--Fifth Circuit Issues Speedy, Focused Affirmance of the Dismissal of the...

Our February 22 post (with updates on March 19, April 17 and April 25) reported on a bankruptcy court decision dismissing a voluntary corporate Chapter 11 petition that had not been approved by a preferred stockholder of the...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Bankruptcy Remoteness Going to a Court of Appeals (Progress Report No. 3)

Our February 22 post reported that the Franchise Services of North America, Inc. decision of Bankruptcy Judge Edward Ellington of the Southern District of Mississippi dismissing a Chapter 11 petition because a shareholder had...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Bankruptcy Remoteness Going to a Court of Appeals (Progress Report No. 2)

Our February 22 post reported that the Franchise Services of North America, Inc. decision of Bankruptcy Judge Edward Ellington of the Southern District of Mississippi dismissing a Chapter 11 petition because a shareholder had...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

“Golden Share” Equity Holder Can Bar Bankruptcy Filing

The Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of Mississippi (the “Court”), in In re Franchise Services of North America, Inc., Case No. 1702316EE (Bankr. S.D. Miss. Dec. 18, 2017), upheld the blocking power held by a...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Revoking S Corp. Status: A Fraudulent Conveyance?

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Worlds Collide? I like to tell my partners that there are Codes (upper case “C”), and there are codes (lower case “c”). The former include the Ten Commandments, the Code of Hammurabi, the Code of Justinian, and the...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Debtor’s Subchapter S Status Isn’t Property of the Estate

This post examines an interesting intersection between bankruptcy and tax laws: if a corporation terminates its Subchapter S status pre-bankruptcy, can a bankruptcy trustee bring fraudulent transfer claims against the...more

Jones Day

Focus on Health Care Provider Bankruptcies

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The next few years are expected to see a significant increase in the volume of bankruptcy cases filed by health care providers. Thus far in 2017, the number of bankruptcies in health care-related sectors, including hospitals,...more

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