Cross-Border Recognition Issues between U.S. and Mexico
Cross-Border Recognition Issues between U.S. and Mexico
The panel will discuss attempts to apply creditor protections and applying the concept manifestly against public policy.
Practical Consideration of an Out-of-Court Restructuring in Mexico
Practical Consideration of an Out-of-Court Restructuring in Mexico
This broad panel, which includes a banker, will discuss how to
effectively restructure a Mexican company. Key areas will be identified,
as well as potential pitfalls.
Advising the Corporate Entity
Financial Advisors Track - Advising the Corporate Entity
This panel will explore the issues and challenges for lawyers and financial advisors arising in connection with advising companies on corporate-governance issues.
How to Create Value for the Estate from Your First Client Meeting until Entry of a Final Decree
Financial Advisors Track - How to Create Value for the Estate from Your First Client Meeting until Entry of a Final Decree
This panel will explore the ways in which financial advisors, investment bankers and chief restructuring officers can add value to a financially distressed company. Topics to be explored will include assessment of management, evaluation of asset quality, analysis of financial reporting, maintaining relationships with other stakeholders, creating operational improvements and other related endeavors.
Complex Bankruptcy Litigation in a Stern World
June 23 marked the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in Stern v. Marshall, in which the court held that a bankruptcy court lacks the constitutional authority to enter final judgment in a state law counterclaim. Since Stern, the growing trend is uncertainty among the courts in whether to interpret this standard narrowly or broadly. This cloud of uncertainty only makes the most complex matters worse when large-sum commercial interests may be at stake, impacting lenders, officers and directors and other stakeholders involved in litigation.
The Role of the Hedge Fund in Corporate Restructurings: White Knight or Villain?
Hedge funds are an integral part of the current-day corporate restructuring world in larger cases. Some argue that their involvement provides added sources of liquidity and is beneficial to the process. Others contend that hedge funds' efforts to game the process and their singular focus on profits, often at the expense of reorganization, has transformed the restructuring process in a negative way. This panel of hedge fund players and restructuring advisors will debate these and other issues.