Claims Trading in bankruptcy cases has advanced and grown in sophistication swiftly in recent history. Companies and their advisors should be prepared before wading into these waters. How will a claim be treated once transferred? What steps should a company acquiring a claim take to ensure the claim is paid? How should a claim be valued? What kind of documentation will be needed to properly transfer the claim? If a dispute arises regarding the claim, how should the acquiring company defend itself? For 2022, do the financial programs initiated under the CARES Act impact claims trading, and if so, how? This webinar focuses on understanding these issues and addressing best practices for advanced reorganization practitioners and advisors working on the cutting edge of bankruptcy transactions.
Part of the webinar series: BANKRUPTCY TRANSACTIONS - 301: ADVICE FOR THE ADVANCED PRACTITIONER 2022
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ddie Lampert bought Kmart out of bankruptcy. W.L. Ross made a fortune many times over buying steel and other companies out of bankruptcy. Hedge funds and other distressed debt traders buy and sell millions of dollars of distressed securities and bankruptcy claims every day. A number of private equity funds focus exclusively on buying distressed businesses, fixing, and selling them. And fortunes are made when real estate crashes by those who have the dry powder to swoop in and buy when others are forced to sell. This webinar explains how to loan to, or purchase the debt of, a company in order to acquire it (a strategy commonly called “loan to own”); how to learn about opportunities involving distressed companies; and tips and best practices for participating in bankruptcy, Article 9, and other sales of distressed businesses (including the concept of serving as the “stalking horse).
Part of the webinar series: RESTRUCTURING, INSOLVENCY & TROUBLED COMPANIES 2021
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Eddie Lampert bought Kmart out of bankruptcy. W.L. Ross made a fortune many times over buying steel and other companies out of bankruptcy. Hedge funds and other distressed debt traders buy and sell millions of dollars of distressed securities and bankruptcy claims every day. A number of private equity funds focus exclusively on buying distressed businesses, fixing, and selling them. And fortunes are made real estate crashes by those who have the dry powder to swoop in and buy when others are forced to sell. This webinar explains how to loan to, or purchase the debt of, a company in order to acquire it (a strategy commonly called “loan to own”); how to learn about opportunities involving distressed companies; and tips and best practices for participating in bankruptcy, Article 9, and other sales of distressed businesses (including the concept of serving as the “stalking horse).
To view the accompanying webinar, go to: https://www.financialpoise.com/financial-poise-webinars/opportunity-amidst-crisis-2019/
ddie Lampert bought Kmart out of bankruptcy. W.L. Ross made a fortune many times over buying steel and other companies out of bankruptcy. Hedge funds and other distressed debt traders buy and sell millions of dollars of distressed securities and bankruptcy claims every day. A number of private equity funds focus exclusively on buying distressed businesses, fixing, and selling them. And fortunes are made when real estate crashes by those who have the dry powder to swoop in and buy when others are forced to sell. This webinar explains how to loan to, or purchase the debt of, a company in order to acquire it (a strategy commonly called “loan to own”); how to learn about opportunities involving distressed companies; and tips and best practices for participating in bankruptcy, Article 9, and other sales of distressed businesses (including the concept of serving as the “stalking horse).
Part of the webinar series: RESTRUCTURING, INSOLVENCY & TROUBLED COMPANIES 2021
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Eddie Lampert bought Kmart out of bankruptcy. W.L. Ross made a fortune many times over buying steel and other companies out of bankruptcy. Hedge funds and other distressed debt traders buy and sell millions of dollars of distressed securities and bankruptcy claims every day. A number of private equity funds focus exclusively on buying distressed businesses, fixing, and selling them. And fortunes are made real estate crashes by those who have the dry powder to swoop in and buy when others are forced to sell. This webinar explains how to loan to, or purchase the debt of, a company in order to acquire it (a strategy commonly called “loan to own”); how to learn about opportunities involving distressed companies; and tips and best practices for participating in bankruptcy, Article 9, and other sales of distressed businesses (including the concept of serving as the “stalking horse).
To view the accompanying webinar, go to: https://www.financialpoise.com/financial-poise-webinars/opportunity-amidst-crisis-2019/
This presentation expalins the nuances of acquiring distressed debt secured by real estate or mezzanine debt secured by the ownership interests in an entity owning real property, including the process of foreclosure, intercreditor issues, and other key points.
Bankruptcy Claims Trading (Series: Bankruptcy Transactions: Advice for the Ad...Financial Poise
Claims Trading in bankruptcy cases has advanced and grown in sophistication swiftly in recent history. Companies and their advisors should be prepared before wading into these waters. How will a claim be treated once transferred? What steps should a company acquiring a claim take to ensure the claim is paid? How should a claim be valued? What kind of documentation will be needed to properly transfer the claim? If a dispute arises regarding the claim, how should the acquiring company defend itself? This webinar focuses on understanding these issues and addressing best practices for advanced reorganization practitioners and advisors working on the cutting edge of bankruptcy transactions.
To listen to this webinar on-demand, go to: https://www.financialpoise.com/financial-poise-webinars/bankruptcy-claims-trading-2020/
To listen to this webinar on-demand, go to: https://www.financialpoise.com/financial-poise-webinars/bankruptcy-claims-trading-2020/
Claims Trading in bankruptcy cases has advanced and grown in sophistication swiftly in recent history. Companies and their advisors should be prepared before wading into these waters. How will a claim be treated once transferred? What steps should a company acquiring a claim take to ensure the claim is paid? How should a claim be valued? What kind of documentation will be needed to properly transfer the claim? If a dispute arises regarding the claim, how should the acquiring company defend itself? For 2021, do the financial programs initiated under the CARES Act impact claims trading, and if so, how? This webinar focuses on understanding these issues and addressing best practices for advanced reorganization practitioners and advisors working on the cutting edge of bankruptcy transactions.
To view the accompanying webinar, go to: https://www.financialpoise.com/financial-poise-webinars/bankruptcy-claims-trading-2021/
This presentation expalins the nuances of acquiring distressed debt secured by real estate or mezzanine debt secured by the ownership interests in an entity owning real property, including the process of foreclosure, intercreditor issues, and other key points.
Bankruptcy Claims Trading (Series: Bankruptcy Transactions: Advice for the Ad...Financial Poise
Claims Trading in bankruptcy cases has advanced and grown in sophistication swiftly in recent history. Companies and their advisors should be prepared before wading into these waters. How will a claim be treated once transferred? What steps should a company acquiring a claim take to ensure the claim is paid? How should a claim be valued? What kind of documentation will be needed to properly transfer the claim? If a dispute arises regarding the claim, how should the acquiring company defend itself? This webinar focuses on understanding these issues and addressing best practices for advanced reorganization practitioners and advisors working on the cutting edge of bankruptcy transactions.
To listen to this webinar on-demand, go to: https://www.financialpoise.com/financial-poise-webinars/bankruptcy-claims-trading-2020/
To listen to this webinar on-demand, go to: https://www.financialpoise.com/financial-poise-webinars/bankruptcy-claims-trading-2020/
Claims Trading in bankruptcy cases has advanced and grown in sophistication swiftly in recent history. Companies and their advisors should be prepared before wading into these waters. How will a claim be treated once transferred? What steps should a company acquiring a claim take to ensure the claim is paid? How should a claim be valued? What kind of documentation will be needed to properly transfer the claim? If a dispute arises regarding the claim, how should the acquiring company defend itself? For 2021, do the financial programs initiated under the CARES Act impact claims trading, and if so, how? This webinar focuses on understanding these issues and addressing best practices for advanced reorganization practitioners and advisors working on the cutting edge of bankruptcy transactions.
To view the accompanying webinar, go to: https://www.financialpoise.com/financial-poise-webinars/bankruptcy-claims-trading-2021/
Negotiating and Drafting Cash Collateral/DIP Financing OrdersFinancial Poise
Every company needs access to cash to fund its operations. Companies in bankruptcy are no different. But how should a company planning to enter bankruptcy approach this issue if all of its cash is tied up by a secured lender? What will a bankruptcy judge say when the company asks her permission to use cash on terms presented by its lender? How should lenders, debtors, and creditors approach negotiations over the terms of a cash collateral order or debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing agreement? For 2022, professionals must also understand the impact that the economic programs enacted under the CARES Act may have on the use of cash by a commercial debtor during its case. This webinar focuses on answering these questions for advanced business reorganization practitioners and advisors from the perspective of all parties to a negotiation, as well as addressing best practices in drafting, negotiating, and presenting cash collateral and DIP financing orders in complex reorganization proceedings.
Part of the webinar series: BANKRUPTCY TRANSACTIONS - 301: ADVICE FOR THE ADVANCED PRACTITIONER 2022
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Show me the money! Debtors in Chapter 11 cases cannot survive without money to continue operations, pay vendors and professionals, and work to restructure debt and/or sell assets. Where do those necessary funds come from? There are really only two sources – cash the debtor has or can generate (in either case, generally the collateral of the secured lender) or new money coming into the estate in the form of a post-petition debtor-in-possession (DIP) loan. What the debtor is permitted or not permitted to do can seal the fate of a case from the outset. This webinar sheds light on the intricacies involved in DIP financing.
Part of the webinar series: THE NUTS & BOLTS OF BANKRUPTCY LAW 2022
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Negotiating and Drafting Cash Collateral/DIP Financing Orders (Series: Bankru...Financial Poise
Every company needs access to cash to fund its operations. Companies in bankruptcy are no different. But how should a company planning to enter bankruptcy approach this issue if all of its cash is tied up by a secured lender? What will a bankruptcy judge say when the company asks her permission to use cash on terms presented by its lender? How should lenders, debtors, and creditors approach negotiations over the terms of a cash collateral order or debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing agreement? For 2021, professionals must also understand the impact that the economic programs enacted under the CARES Act may have on the use of cash by a commercial debtor during its case. This webinar focuses on answering these questions for advanced business reorganization practitioners and advisors from the perspective of all parties to a negotiation, as well as addressing best practices in drafting, negotiating, and presenting cash collateral and DIP financing orders in complex reorganization proceedings.
To view the accompanying webinar, go to: https://www.financialpoise.com/financial-poise-webinars/negotiating-and-drafting-cash-collateral-dip-financing-orders-2021/
Every company needs access to cash to fund its operations. Companies in bankruptcy are no different. But how should a company planning to enter bankruptcy approach this issue if all of its cash is tied up by a secured lender? What will a bankruptcy judge say when the company asks her permission to use cash on terms presented by its lender? How should lenders, debtors, and creditors approach negotiations over the terms of a cash collateral order or debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing agreement? This webinar focuses on answering these questions for advanced business reorganization practitioners and advisors from the perspective of all parties to a negotiation, as well as addressing best practices in drafting, negotiating, and presenting cash collateral and DIP financing orders in complex reorganization proceedings.
To listen to this webinar on-demand, go to: https://www.financialpoise.com/financial-poise-webinars/negotiating-and-drafting-cash-collateral-dip-financing-orders-2020/
Business Borrowing Basics 2020 - Dealing With DefaultsFinancial Poise
Some borrowers default. One type of default is a payment default- the loan is not paid when due or a particular payment is missed. The other type of default is a covenant default. This webinar explains both, and discusses what happens when one happens.
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Help, My Business is in Trouble! (Series: Restructuring, Insolvency & Trouble...Financial Poise
When a business becomes financially troubled, the business owner often experiences denial, paralysis, or both. Lenders commonly lose confidence and then trust in the business, as communications tend to break down, deadlines are missed, and promises are broken. Small business owners commonly have issued personal guarantees, so business failure can often lead to personal financial stress. The good news is the business and business owner usually has some options, and even some leverage. This webinar explains what a business owner should- and should not- consider and do when dealing with financial trouble. Specific topics include discussion of bankruptcy (Chapters 7 and 11); assignments for the benefit of creditors; and friendly foreclosures. This webinar provides the business owner and her advisors with an overview of various restructuring and liquidation methods, a framework for how to decide between them, and practical tips for traversing the difficult environment that is financial distress.
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Sometimes It Begins When A Client, Tenant, Or Customer Starts To Slow-Pay, With The Result That Your Accounts Receivable Start To Accrue Gradually. Other Times The Issue Presents Itself More Suddenly. Either Way, You Find Your Company Owed A Great Deal Of Money That Looks Like It May Not Be Collected Because Your Client/Tenant/Customer Has Filed Bankruptcy, Has Commenced An Assignment For The Benefit Of Creditors, Has Been Put Into Receivership, Or Is Otherwise Just Plain Insolvent. What Do You Do? What Should You Not Do? The Topics Discussed In This Webinar Include The Pros And Cons Of Putting A Counterparty Into Involuntary Bankruptcy; When And How You May Be Able To Pursue Third Parties (Like Guarantors, Directors, Or Officers) For The Amount Owed; Risks Related To Preference Attack; Pros And Cons Of Sitting On A “Creditors’ Committee” In A Chapter 11; How To Negotiate For “Critical Vendor” Protection In Chapter 11; And Practical Guidance For Continuing To Provide Goods Or Services To An Insolvent Counterparty.
Part of the webinar series: Restructuring, Insolvency & Troubled Companies 2021
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RESTRUCTURING, INSOLVENCY & TROUBLED COMPANIES 2022: Bad Debtor Owes Me Money!Financial Poise
Sometimes it begins when a client, tenant, or customer starts to slow-pay, with the result that your accounts receivable start to accrue gradually. Other times the issue presents itself more suddenly. Either way, you find your company owed a great deal of money that looks like it may not be collected because your client/tenant/customer has filed bankruptcy, has commenced an assignment for the benefit of creditors, has been put into receivership, or is otherwise just plain insolvent. What do you do? What should you not do? The topics discussed in this webinar include the pros and cons of putting a counterparty into involuntary bankruptcy; when and how you may be able to pursue third parties (like guarantors, directors, or officers) for the amount owed; risks related to preference attack; pros and cons of sitting on a “creditors’ committee” in a Chapter 11; how to negotiate for “critical vendor” protection in Chapter 11; and practical guidance for continuing to provide goods or services to an insolvent counterparty.
Part of the webinar series: RESTRUCTURING, INSOLVENCY & TROUBLED COMPANIES 2022
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Elderly care conference 2017 - Workshop stream A - the legal framework: share...Browne Jacobson LLP
This presentation covers what the difference between a share sale and an asset sale is. Key documents involved in a transaction, due diligence, how to address risks and limitation of liability.
In the event of a bankruptcy, the debtor or trustee may opt to take legal action in order to recover money or property that was transferred by the debtor prior to going bankrupt. These actions, whereby such transfers are effectively reversed, are referred to as “avoidance actions.” In this webinar, the expert panel discusses the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, common avoidance actions, and key considerations when planning for and defending against these actions.
Part of the webinar series: COMPLEX FINANCIAL LITIGATION 2022
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Distressed asset sales both in bankruptcy and out-of-court alter Feb 2015 Polsinelli PC
Given the economic downturn of recent years, professionals' fees and costs have been a driving factor in conducting the acquisition of distressed assets. A majority of these transactions take place pursuant to section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code. However, out-of-court alternatives such as Receiverships, Assignments for the Benefit of Creditors, and Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code have gained momentum to bankruptcy as expeditious and cost-efficient alternatives.
This webinar focuses on the sale of distressed assets under each of these alternatives, including bankruptcy and a special emphasis on the sale or acquisition of distressed health care assets.
Although every deal is different, understanding any purchase/sale agreement will help you understand other purchase sale agreements. Stated another way, most M&A documents include a similar set of sections and use a similar vocabulary. This episode explains specific, common provisions and discusses how buyers and sellers approach these provisions differently, particularly in light of situational differences (e.g. whether the assets being bought and sold are equity of a company or the assets of a company; whether the seller is going to cease to exists or not). Topics covered will include tax issues; corporate governance; closing conditions; representations and warranties; indemnification provisions; earn-outs; restrictive covenants; antitrust; intellectual property; and employment issues.
Part of the webinar series:
M&A BOOT CAMP - 2022
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Creditor\'s Rights and Bankruptcy Issues in Real Estate Lawterigrasmussen
Discusses how creditors should deal with a recently filed case, the automatic stay, leasing, use and sale of assets, and nonbankruptcy remedies available to creditors, including receiverships, foreclosures, creditors\' bill, charging order, and assignments for the benefit of creditors
IP-301 POST-GRANT REVIEW TRIALS 2022 - Things to Consider Before You FileFinancial Poise
This segment will delve into considerations that come into play when filing or responding to post-grant review proceedings. These considerations include issues of real party in interest, timing, and substantive arguments.
Part of the webinar series: IP-301 POST-GRANT REVIEW TRIALS 2022
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This segment will discuss the statutory and procedural background of post-grant review proceedings. It will discuss the types of proceedings available and provide a high-level discussion of how the proceedings are conducted.
Part of the webinar series:
IP-301 POST-GRANT REVIEW TRIALS 2022
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THE NUTS & BOLTS OF BANKRUPTCY LAW 2022: The Nuts & Bolts of a First Day HearingFinancial Poise
Even when a bankruptcy petition is the result of a soft-landing rather than a freefall, filing a chapter 11 petition is a disruptive event. To facilitate the debtor’s entry into chapter 11 with as little disruption as possible, first day motions are filed to ensure that a debtor-in-possession can minimize interruptions and continue operating its business in order to achieve its goals in chapter 11. This webinar provides an overview of the administrative and operational first day motions typically filed by chapter 11 debtors and the process for requesting a first day hearing, providing notice of the hearing, and ensuring that the hearing runs smoothly.
Part of the webinar series: THE NUTS & BOLTS OF BANKRUPTCY LAW 2022
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We’ve all long heard about writing practices to avoid, including run-on sentences, excessive passive voice, and nominalization. This webinar not only discusses how those habits can damage briefs, but also explores a key habit brief-writers should embrace: using strong, precise verbs, which are the engine of a persuasive sentence. Panelists also exchange views about finding the most persuasive voice and tone, as well as the right temperature for rhetoric.
Part of the webinar series: PERSUASIVE BRIEF WRITING 2022
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CYBER SECURITY and DATA PRIVACY 2022: Data Breach Response - Before and After...Financial Poise
You’ve received the dreaded call that your company has just suffered a data breach – what do you do next? Who do you call for help? What notification obligations do you have?
With proper preparation, you can mitigate the damage caused by this unfortunate event and put your business in a position to recover. Your company may have already implemented its information security program and identified the responsible parties, including applicable outside experts, to be contacted in the event of a breach. However, now you must call up your incident response team to investigate the extent of the breach, evaluate the possible damage to your company, and determine whether you must notify your clients, customers, or the public of the breach. This webinar will help prepare you to take action when the worst happens.
Part of the webinar series:
CYBER SECURITY and DATA PRIVACY 2022
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CYBER SECURITY and DATA PRIVACY 2022_How to Build and Implement your Company'...Financial Poise
Data is one of your business’s most valuable assets and requires protection like any other asset. How can you protect your data from unauthorized access or inadvertent disclosure?
An information security program is designed to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of your company’s data and information technology assets. Federal, state, or international law may also require your business to have an information security program in place.
This webinar will provide the basics of how to create and implement an information security program, beginning with identifying your incident response team, putting applicable insurance policies into place, and closing any gaps in the security of your data.
Part of the webinar series:
CYBERSECURITY & DATA PRIVACY 2022
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NEWBIE LITIGATOR SCHOOL - 101 Part 3 2022 - Enforcement: Post-Judgment Procee...Financial Poise
Obtaining a final and enforceable judgment is often just the first phase of the civil litigation process; without effective enforcement and collection, a judgment is merely a piece of paper (or electronic docket entry). This webinar provides an overview of the technical, procedural and strategic considerations necessary to monetize judgments and make litigation worthwhile.
Part of the webinar series: NEWBIE LITIGATOR SCHOOL - 101 Part 3 2022
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NEWBIE LITIGATOR SCHOOL - 101 Part 3 2022 -Appellate Practice- 101 Financial Poise
When is an appeal permitted and when should you take one? What rules and procedures govern appellate practice and how can you best avoid technical and procedural mistakes. How are appellate briefs different from those filed with the trial court and what are some keys to making them successful? And how can you best prepare for appellate oral argument? This webinar explores these questions and more with a panel of experienced appellate litigators.
Part of the webinar series: NEWBIE LITIGATOR SCHOOL - 101 Part 3 2022
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MARKETING TIPS FOR THE NEW (OR OLD!) BUSINESS OWNER 2022: Learn How to Do Con...Financial Poise
There's creating content; then there's creating great content; and then there's creating great content that actually gets seen by the ideal audience. Each of those layers has its own unique challenges. In this webinar episode, we share insights from a variety of highly experienced content creators. Each panelist member provides their own unique spin on how to create great content that gets seen by the intended audience. By the completion of this episode, the audience member will have a clear and actionable plan on how to create outstanding content that meets their unique marketing needs.
Part of the webinar series: MARKETING TIPS FOR THE NEW (OR OLD!) BUSINESS OWNER 2022
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CHAPTER 11 - INDUSTRY FOCUS 2022 - Focus on Oil and Gas Financial Poise
Although issues in oil and gas chapter 11 cases vary from case to case, there are, nonetheless, certain issues that tend to arise in most oil and gas cases. Among them: treatment of oil and gas leases, the payment of royalties, hedging agreements, and valuation. This webinar addresses such issues.
Part of the webinar series: CHAPTER 11 - INDUSTRY FOCUS 2022
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BUSINESS LAW REVIEW- 2022: Selling a Business Financial Poise
A Startup is the Founders’ baby - they dream it, created it and worked tirelessly to make it successful. Deciding it may be time to sell all or part is the easy part - acknowledging and addressing the financial and emotional issues can be challenging.
Negotiating with potential buyers or investors is time intensive, to say the least. Positioning a business for a value maximizing transaction requires planning. What professionals need to be engaged? How do the parties come to a valuation? What is the profile of the likely investor or buyer? These are just some of the questions this webinar addresses.
Part of the webinar series: BUSINESS LAW REVIEW- 2022
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BUSINESS LAW REVIEW- 2022: Immigration Law for Business-101Financial Poise
A basic understanding of immigration law is critical to a vast array of businesses operating in today’s economy. Foreign employees and their sponsoring companies will navigate a complex maze in the attempt to achieve the desired goals of the employee maximizing their ability to provide services and value to the company. One of various determining factors as to which pathway to attempt is whether the goal is an immigrant visa (also known as a “green card”) which may ultimately allow lawful permanent residence in the United States or a non-immigrant visa. The need for foreign labor affects various industries and applies to large segments of skilled, unskilled and semi-skilled workers in jobs ranging from farm to seasonal to high-tech. This webinar explains what businesses need to know in the current environment as well as how political and globalization issues will affect immigration laws going forward.
Part of the webinar series:
BUSINESS LAW REVIEW- 2022
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NEWBIE LITIGATOR SCHOOL - Part I 2022: Working With Experts Financial Poise
Expert witnesses are an integral part of modern commercial litigation. They can be used for everything from calculating damages to explaining software workflows to establishing industry standards. This webinar begins with an exploration of the common types of cases that call for use of expert testimony. From there, we discuss the rules governing experts, including expert disclosures, discovery, and expert depositions. We also discuss the Daubert standard for excluding expert testimony, and discuss how a successful Daubert motion may be brought. This hour will help you figure out when and how to hire your own expert, and will give you some ideas on how to challenge your opponent’s expert when the time comes.
Part of the webinar series:
NEWBIE LITIGATOR SCHOOL - Part I 2022
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Executive compensation continues its movement towards performance pay as the standard. Compensation structures and proxy disclosures are more and more complex. Investors and proxy advisors continue to increase influence on compensation issues. This webinar examines executive compensation, including equity-based compensation plans and executive employment and severance agreements. The importance of disclosure, alignment of risk, and metrics is also examined. Practical guidance on pay-for-performance and supplemental pay definitions is provided. The panelists discuss the effect of the Dodd-Frank Act on executive compensation, including SEC regulations. Exchange rules are compared to applicable federal law. Best practices regarding executive compensation committees and regulatory requirements for those committees are examined. Shareholder advisory groups promulgate executive compensation related advisory policies for their institutional shareholder clients annually and these policies are also discussed. Issues regarding board composition and leadership structure issues are discussed in relation to executive compensation.
Part of the webinar series:
CORPORATE REGULATORY COMPLIANCE BOOT CAMP 2022 - PART 2
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CORPORATE REGULATORY COMPLIANCE BOOT CAMP 2022 - PART 2: Securities Law Comp...Financial Poise
The Securities and Exchange Commission has been entrusted with a significant corporate compliance regulatory function, which has been expanded by seminal legislation in the recent past such as the Sarbanes-Oxley (“SOX”) and Dodd-Frank Acts. This webinar discusses board fiduciary duties and the tension between state corporate law standards and federal law. Board composition, independence, structure and processes (including best practices in regard to committees) are analyzed. Specifically, director independence is discussed as is audit committees and related requirements, regulations and exemptions. NASDAQ and the NYSE also have similar requirements for director independence and those are also discussed. The webinar also covers disclosure matters related to SOX compliance, including timing and content of an issuer's periodic disclosures. Both the legal requirements and best practices related to disclosure procedures and internal controls under SOX are examined. Means of controlling the costs of SOX, especially for smaller public companies, are also discussed, including trends in the industry related to high regulatory compliance costs. Finally, the applicability and best practices for privately held companies and SOX are considered.
Part of the webinar series: CORPORATE REGULATORY COMPLIANCE BOOT CAMP 2022 - PART 2
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The deal is complete, and the parties have finished the hard work. Or have they? Integration planning turns to execution as people, process, and technology are combined once the deal is legally closed. The buyer will need to consider the purchased business or assets from the standpoint of employees, IT, customers, suppliers, and a multitude of other areas. In addition, numerous post-closing legal issues may arise, including purchase price adjustments, breaches of representations and warranties, enforcement of key negative employment-related covenants and restrictive covenants, collection of pre-closing accounts receivable, and true-ups of final financials. This episode guides listeners through the process, timing, and issues which most commonly arise after the closing of deals.
Part of the webinar series:
M&A BOOT CAMP - 2022
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Buying, selling, or merging a company typically follows a similar set of steps from deal to deal. The amount of time each step takes varies but the order of the steps is fairly uniform because the steps follow a certain logic: before the parties share meaningful information, they should sign a confidentiality agreement (a/k/a “non-disclosure agreement,” or “NDA”); once a baseline amount of information is known by the would-be buyer, it commonly presents a letter of intent or term sheet to the target or its owner, which serves as an outline for a deal but does not necessarily bind the parties to consummate the transaction; additional due diligence and the negotiation, drafting and signing of definitive documents comes next. The parties then obtain any needed regulatory and/or contractual third party approvals; followed by closing; and finally by post-closing tasks. This webinar will discuss all these steps from a macro perspective so that you can see the forest for the trees, but does not do a deep dive into any single topic. Think of this webinar as a road map or timeline for a typical deal.
Part of the webinar series:
M&A BOOT CAMP - 2022
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CROWDFUNDING 2022 - Crowdfunding from the Investor's PerspectiveFinancial Poise
This webinar focuses on the opportunities that crowdfunding makes available to the investor, and how the investor should go about navigating this new world. We begin with a basic overview of the new regulatory regime, the requirements to invest, and the on-boarding process one should expect. We then dive deeper into the market opportunity, including how to access and select investments, and expectations investors should set for themselves and the projects they select. This is not intended to support any specific deal selection, but instead sheds a light upon the basic selection criteria available, the method to go about investing and what to avoid.
Part of the webinar series: Crowdfunding 2022
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CROWDFUNDING 2022 - Securities Crowdfunding for IntermediariesFinancial Poise
This webinar addresses crowdfunding portals and intermediaries. This episode begins with a basic overview of the various methods of crowdfunding, from donation and rewards based, to intra-state equity, debt, and finally securities based crowdfunding under Titles II, III and IV of the JOBS Act. Once those differences are understood, the webinar focuses on the need for intermediaries, the role that they can and sometimes must play, followed by a discussion on how the market has matured and where we see the market going in the online capital space. This webinar also discusses the risks and future of these intermediaries with the advent of the ICO and token distribution events.
Part of the webinar series: Crowdfunding 2022
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5. Meet the Faculty
MODERATOR:
Mark Melickian - Sugar Felsenthal Grais & Helsinger LLP
PANELISTS:
Timothy Bennett- Fulcrum Capital
Robert E. Richards- Dentons
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6. About This Webinar –
Bankruptcy Claims Trading
Claims Trading in bankruptcy cases has advanced and grown in sophistication swiftly in
recent history. Companies and their advisors should be prepared before wading into these
waters. How will a claim be treated once transferred? What steps should a company acquiring
a claim take to ensure the claim is paid? How should a claim be valued? What kind of
documentation will be needed to properly transfer the claim? If a dispute arises regarding the
claim, how should the acquiring company defend itself? For 2021, do the financial programs
initiated under the CARES Act impact claims trading, and if so, how? This webinar focuses
on understanding these issues and addressing best practices for advanced reorganization
practitioners and advisors working on the cutting edge of bankruptcy transactions.
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7. About This Series – Bankruptcy Transactions:
Advice for the Advanced Practitioner
Corporate transactions are fraught with complicated legal, business, and financial issues. And
transactions in the context of a bankruptcy proceeding often adds a further layer of
complexity. Whether representing an asset purchaser seeking to acquire assets “free and
clear” of liens and encumbrances; trading claims against a bankrupt company; or negotiating
and drafting orders governing the use of a bankruptcy company’s cash, businesses and their
advisors must have a robust understanding of the issues they face. This series provides tools
for business owners and their advisors to navigate through the landscape of bankruptcy
transactions, demystify esoteric concepts, and discuss best practices for advanced
professionals working on these matters.
Each Financial Poise Webinar is delivered in Plain English, understandable to investors, business owners, and
executives without much background in these areas, yet is of primary value to attorneys, accountants, and other
seasoned professionals. Each episode brings you into engaging, sometimes humorous, conversations designed to
entertain as it teaches. Each episode in the series is designed to be viewed independently of the other episodes so that
participants will enhance their knowledge of this area whether they attend one, some, or all episodes.
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8. Episodes in this Series
#1: Representing Asset Purchasers in Bankruptcy
Premiere date: 2/8/22
#2: Bankruptcy Claims Trading
Premiere date: 3/8/22
#3: Negotiating and Drafting Cash Collateral/DIP Financing Orders
Premiere date: 4/5/22
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10. Introduction to / Refresher on Claims in Bankruptcy
• Under the Bankruptcy Code, a "claim" is broadly defined as a "right to payment,"
whether liquidated or unliquidated, fixed or contingent, matured or unmatured,
disputed or undisputed, legal or equitable or secured or unsecured (§ 101(5),
Bankruptcy Code).
• While any "right to payment" against a debtor could be sold, claims that trade are
typically liquidated and undisputed, at least in part – that is, are fixed in amount and
undisputed as to right. For example, claims based on bonds are a common target
in the claims trading market.
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11. Types of Bankruptcy Claims
• Secured claims. Secured claims are obligations of the debtor subject to a perfected
lien on collateral. These claims are not commonly traded, as they generally do not
represent an opportunity for value arbitrage.
• Unsecured Claims. Claims of the type typically held by vendors, suppliers, service
providers, landlords, employees, and others. These claims in bankruptcy are
subject to an order of payment scheme:
✓ priority claims, which must be paid in full as a condition to confirmation of a
plan of reorganization (examples include administrative expenses of the
bankruptcy proceeding, certain employee wage claims and certain prepetition
tax claims);
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12. Types of Bankruptcy Claims
✓ unsecured claims with de facto priority (for example, reclamation claims,
section 503(b)(9) administrative claims and lease assumption cure claims); and
✓ general unsecured claims, which are general unsecured obligations of the
debtor and the last to be paid (other than claims of equity (stockholders)). Also
known as “GUCs”, these claims are the most commonly traded because their
value is subject to uncertainty.
• Counterparty claims. Counterparty claims are claims that result from financial
transactions in which the non-debtor party was "in the money" at the time of the debtor's
bankruptcy (for example, swap termination claims, prime brokerage claims, repurchase
agreement counterparty claims and commodity hedging counterpartclaims).
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13. Who Buys and/or Sells Bankruptcy Claims?
• Buyers and Sellers (players in the market)
✓ Trading divisions of investment banks.
✓ Hedge funds.
✓ Independent broker-dealers.
✓ Other trading vehicles
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15. Reasons to Buy Claims
• Purely Economic - $ Upside (distribution in case > purchase price)
• Strategic/Economic
✓ Acquire equity in the reorganized debtor.
✓ Strategically invest in the debtor's capital structure.
✓ Acquire undervalued claims sold by motivated sellers who are not able to or
interested in holding post-reorganization equity (for example, smaller
companies that cannot wait until the end of the case to receive their
distributions for cash flow reasons, or who are unwilling to tolerate the risk that
the distribution may be smaller than expected).
✓ Obtain and assert leverage in a bankruptcy case.
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16. Reasons to Sell Claims
• Guaranteed return
• Avoid delayed recovery
• Close out a receivable
• Obtain a tax deduction (if sold for a loss)
• Reduce legal expense
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17. When are Claims Traded?
• All stages of a chapter 11 case
• Pricing will vary during case - impacted by:
✓ Debtor’s sale of significant assets
✓ Resolution of contested litigation.
✓ The filing of a chapter 11 plan of reorganization or liquidation
✓ External economic factors, such as competitor activity, changes in relevant
commodity prices, regulatory activity
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18. How are Claims Traded?
• Process is governed (to some degree) by the Bankruptcy Code and Federal Rules
of Bankruptcy Procedure
• Claim is transferred pursuant to an agreement subject to state contract law - claims
purchase agreement (described on a later slide in more detail)
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19. Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rules -
Relevant Sections
• Bankruptcy Rule 3001(e). Governs transfers of claims both before and after a
proof of claim has been filed against the debtor.
✓ Bankruptcy Rule 3001(e)(1) provides that if a proof of claim has not been filed
before the time of the transfer, then the buyer may file a proof of claim if the
claim has been transferred other than for security (e.g., has not been
transferred as collateral).
✓ Bankruptcy Rule 3001(e)(2) provides that if a claim, other than one based on a
publicly traded note, bond or debenture, has been transferred other than for
security after a proof of claim has been filed, the buyer must file evidence of
the transfer.
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20. Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rules –
Relevant Sections
✓ Bankruptcy Rule 3001(e)(3) applies when the claim is based on a publicly
traded note, bond or debenture that is transferred for security before a proof of
claim has been filed.
✓ Bankruptcy Rule 3001(e)(4) governs claims based on a publicly traded note,
bond or debenture that is transferred for security after a proof of claim has
been filed.
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21. Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rules –
Relevant Sections
• Section 502(d) of Bankruptcy Code (disallowance of claim). Section 502(d) of the
Bankruptcy Code provides for the disallowance of a claim to the extent the holder of the
claim retains property recoverable under the avoidance provisions of the Bankruptcy
Code. That is, if the buyer purchases a claim from a seller that received a preferential
transfer, that claim may be reduced or even disallowed in full. See e.g. In re KB Toys,
Inc., 470 B.R. 331, 342-43 (Bankr. D. Del. 2012) (purchased claims may be disallowed
under Section 502(d) of the Bankruptcy Code due to preferential transfer claims against
seller).
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22. Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rules –
Relevant Sections
There are two lines of cases on the application of Section 502(d) to a traded claim.
1. Cases that hold that a purchased claim is not impaired by the actions of the claim seller.
See e.g. In re Enron Corp., 379 B.R. 425, 443 (S.D.N.Y. 2007) (risk of disallowance under
Sec. 502(d) “is a personal disability of a claimant, not an attribute of the claim”). The
Enron approach applies to sold claims, not necessarily to assigned claims.
2. Cases that hold that the claim itself is tainted by any cloud on allowance of the claim
against the original claimholder. See e.g. In re Firestar Diamond, Inc., 627 B.R. 804
(S.D.N.Y. 2021), following reasoning of In re KB Toys, Inc., 470 B.R. 331, 342-43 (Bankr.
D. Del. 2012), aff’d In re K.B. Toys, 736 F.3d 247 (3d Cir. 2013)
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23. Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rules –
Relevant Sections
• Section 510(c) of the Bankruptcy Code (equitable subordination of claim). Section
510(c) of the Bankruptcy Code provides for the equitable subordination of a claim to the
claims of other claimants if the claimant was found to have engaged in inequitable
conduct (§ 510(c), Bankruptcy Code).
• Bankruptcy Rule 2019. Bankruptcy Rule 2019 requires certain entities that are
members of groups or committees to disclose their identities and nature of their claims
against the debtor. If a claims purchaser joins an ad hoc committee, an official
committee or a group or committee "acting in concert to advance their common
interests," it may be subject to disclose certain information under Rule 2019.
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24. Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rules –
Section 1126(e)
• Section 1126(e) of the Bankruptcy Code. When a chapter 11 plan is proposed
and put out for creditor vote, Section 1126(e) of the Bankruptcy Code provides that an
entity and its claim can be designated for voting purposes – in other words, excluded
from the plan voting process when its vote “was not in good faith.”
✓ What is a vote made that is “not in good faith”? A party that purchases claims
to control a class of claims and leverage the debtor for strategic purposes
beyond maximizing the value of the claims can be held to have acted other
than “in good faith.” However, a party purchasing claims to merely protect its
own claim interests, without more, is acting in good faith even if its vote with
respect to such claims harms the debtor or other creditors.
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25. Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rules –
Key 1126(e) decisions
• 9th Circuit – Designation of claim appropriate only where creditor’s self interest (as
manifested by vote) didn’t constitute malice, blackmail, competitive motive, or attempt to
leverage unfair recovery. See In re Figter, 118 F.3d 635 (9th Cir. 1997).
• In Figter, an oversecured creditor who was to be paid in full purchased various
unsecured claims and voted those claims against the debtor's plan, rendering the plan
unconfirmable. Because the court found that the secured creditor was merely protecting
its existing secured claim, and not seeking an additional strategic advantage, the 9th
Circuit upheld the bankruptcy court’s finding that the secured creditor acted in good faith.
• See also In re Fagerdala USA—Lompoc, Inc., 891 F.3d 848 (2018) (in reversing
bankruptcy court’s designation of creditor’s claims because the creditor’s purchase of
claims and subsequent vote disadvantaged other creditors, the appeals panel held that
creditor’s motivation in purchasing claims is more relevant element than the impact of
the claims purchase on other creditors and must also be considered).
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26. Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rules –
Key 1126(e) decisions (continued)
• 2nd Circuit – DISH, a competitor of debtor that was not a creditor, purchased senior
secured debt for the sole purpose of voting against debtor’s plan with ultimate goal of
obtaining control of certain key assets. See DISH Network Corp. V. DBSD N. America,
Inc. (In re DBSD N. America, Inc.), 634 F.3d 79 (2nd Cir. 2011). Among other things,
DISH admitted on the record that “it bought the First Lien Debt not just to acquire a
‘market piece of paper’ but also to ‘be in a position to take advantage of [its claim] if
things didn’t go well in a restructuring.” The bankruptcy court designated DISH’s vote,
ignored the vote of DISH’s class, and confirmed the plan, a decision that was upheld by
the district court and the 2nd Circuit.
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27. Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rules –
Key 1126(e) decisions (continued)
• 9th Circuit – In re Meridian Sunrise Village, LLC, 2014 WL 909219 (March 6, 2014).
Meridian’s loan agreement with traditional lenders included a provision that prohibited the
lenders from selling the loans to more predatory, non-traditional institutions. After default
lenders and in violation of this prohibition, the lenders sold the Meridian loans to a
predatory investment group which expressly pursued a loan to own strategy, prompting
Meridian’s bankruptcy. The bankruptcy court held the predatory investment group to be
ineligible to vote on Meridian’s chapter 11 plan, a ruling that was upheld on appeal.
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28. Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rules –
Section 1126(e) Standards
✓ “Bad faith” under Sec. 1126(e) requires more than a showing that the creditor
engaged in “enlightened self interest.”
✓ Standard is akin to actual fraud.
✓ The burden of proof and persuasion is on the party seeking designation (typically,
the debtor), and the burden is high.
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29. Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rules –
What can a claims purchaser do while remaining within the bounds of good faith?
The Figter decision cited a few things that are not bad faith:
o purchasing claims for blocking confirmation of a plan (if not coupled
with a larger business strategy, as occurred in the DBSD case above);
o voting against the plan of a debtor who has a pending lawsuit against
the creditor;
o choosing to benefit the creditor's interest as a creditor as opposed to
some unrelated interest; and
o purchasing additional claims for the purpose of protecting the creditor's
own preexisting claim.
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30. The Minimum Due Diligence - Things a Buyer
Should Do Prior to Agreeing to Buy a Claim
• Obtain relevant documentation supporting the claim.
• If no proof of claim has been filed prior to the transfer, get copies of all filed
documents relating to the claim, and file a proof of claim as soon as possible to
avoid any issue of a missed bar date.
• If a proof of claim has been filed before the claim transfer, the buyer should file
evidence of the transfer as soon as possible to allow the objection period to run.
Filing evidence of the transfer will also ensure that notices concerning the claim,
such as an objection to the allowance of the claim, and payments on the claim go
directly to the buyer.
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31. The Minimum Due Diligence - Things a Buyer
Should Do Prior to Agreeing to Buy a Claim
• Review the debtor’s statement of financial affairs (docketed in the bankruptcy
case) to:
✓ Confirm whether there is any pending litigation between the debtor and the
claims seller, and
✓ Confirm whether the seller received payments from the debtor during the 90
days before the bankruptcy filing (if the seller received payments, the claim is
at risk of reduction or disallowance under Sec. 502(d) of the Bankruptcy Code).
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32. The Minimum Due Diligence - Things a Buyer
Should Do Prior to Agreeing to Buy a Claim
• Buyer should also obtain a preference risk representation from the seller that it did
not receive payments from the debtor within 90 days before the filing of the
bankruptcy petition.
• If a chapter 11 plan has been filed, review the disclosure statement for information
on the treatment of the class in which the purchased claim will be treated. (Note:
The disclosure statement and/or plan may also include a list of proposed allowed
claims).
• Review the docket for any claims trading orders that may provide additional
restrictions on trading.
• Review the debtor’s monthly filed operating reports which contain current financial
information.
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33. Claims Trading Timeline
• Agreement to basic terms (typically, via email).
• Claims purchase agreement. The parties negotiate the terms of the purchase
agreement (see Claims Trading Agreements).
• Closing. The parties negotiate and execute the purchase agreement. Buyer
transfers funds to the seller.
• Rule 3001(e) notice of transfer. If the claim was traded after a proof of claim was
filed, the buyer pays a $25 filing fee and files evidence of the transfer.
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34. Claims Trading Timeline
• Notice to seller. If the claim was traded after a proof of claim was filed, the court
clerk mails a notice of the transfer to the seller giving the seller 21 days to object to
the sale, unless the seller waived this notice in the claims purchase agreement (see
Bankruptcy Rule 3001(e)(2) and Bankruptcy Rule 3001(e)(4)).
• Proof of claim. Depending on the type of claim, the buyer or the seller can file a
proof of claim, if one has not already been filed (see Bankruptcy Rule 3001(e)(1)
and Bankruptcy Rule 3001(e)(3)).
• Objections. If the claim was traded after a proof of claim was filed, the seller has 21
days to object to the transfer, unless it waived this notice period (see Bankruptcy
Rule 3001(e)(2) and Bankruptcy Rule 3001(e)(4)).
• Administration of the claim. This involves responding to objections to the claim and
participating in any negotiations to settle the claim.
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35. Claims Purchase Agreements
• There is no standard form for a claims purchase agreement. However, following are
some typical terms, provisions, and considerations:
✓ Description and priority of claim
✓ Terms of sale/assignment
✓ Seller’s Covenants and Representations (standard corporate authority provisions)
o The claim is valid and allowed in the full amount stated, and is not subject to
any valid legal or equitable defenses.
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36. Claims Purchase Agreements
• Seller is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of their formation.
• Seller has the full power and authority to enter, deliver and perform their obligations
under the purchase agreement.
• Seller has obtained all corporate and all other approvals required to enter, deliver
and perform their obligations under the purchase agreement.
37. Claims Purchase Agreements
✓ No consents or approvals of any third party or governmental entity are required
to enter, deliver or perform their obligations under the purchase agreement.
✓ The execution, delivery and performance of seller’s obligations will not violate,
conflict with, require consent under or result in any breach or default under
their organizational documents, any applicable law or any of the provisions of
any contract or agreement to which seller is a party.
38. Claims Purchase Agreements
• Buyer’s Covenants and Representations
✓ Buyer’s standard corporate authority representations.
✓ Buyer’s Payment of Purchase Price
o If the claim is allowed or undisputed, buyer pays full purchase price
immediately after the parties execute the claims purchase agreement
or within a specified number of business days after execution.
39. Claims Purchase Agreements
• If the claim is disputed or disputed in part, buyer can hold back a percentage of
payment until that portion of the claim is allowed by the court. The price for the newly
allowed portion of the claim is usually based on the same percentage used to
calculate the initial purchase price. Sellers typically seek to obligate the buyer to
purchase this excess amount, while buyers tend to resist and prefer this to be
optional. A similar situation may arise if the claim is increased.
40. Indemnification of Buyer
✓ For breaches of the seller's representations, warranties or covenants
✓ In the event of attempts to disallow, reduce or subordinate the claim or claim
amount.
✓ If buyer is forced to disgorge any amounts received for the claim.
41. Remedies Upon Disallowance or Impairment of
Claims
• Seller typically assumes the risk of claim disallowance or impairment.
✓ To the extent a claim is disallowed, or disallowed in part, the seller must
repurchase the disallowed claim for the purchase price plus interest, or refund
a portion of the purchase price.
✓ Similarly, if the claim is considered "impaired" under the claims purchase
agreement, seller may have to repurchase claim or be at risk of a refund.
Impairment is a negotiated concept and the scope of impairment is subject to
negotiation – seller wants impairment to be broadly defined, seller wants
impairment to be narrowly (and expressly defined).
42. Remedies Upon Disallowance or Impairment of
Claims
Impairment can be defined as, for example:
o Debtor files a pleading reserving right to object to the claim.
o Debtor files an objection which remains unresolved.
o Debtor or an estate representative files a preference action or other suit
against seller that includes an attempt to disallow the claim purchased by
buyer.
43. Participation of Claims Defense
• Because sellers typically bear the risk of disallowance, sellers typically retain the right
(with perhaps some restrictions) to:
✓ settle or defend the claim directly with the debtor.
✓ limit the buyer's right to settle the claim without its prior written consent. Most
claims purchase agreements provide for the seller to assign to the buyer the
right, but not the obligation, to defend or settle any dispute regarding the claim.
✓ resolve any objections to the claim (for a specific period of time), during which
time the buyer agrees not to pursue any remedies.
44. Consider the Character of Claim and Form of Sale -
State Law Issues
✓ Sale v. Assignment
o Purchase may be preferred to assignment in states where purchase
insulates buyer from claim’s disabilities tied to unrelated claims against the
seller, but assignment does not (e.g., New York - see e.g. In re Enron
Corp., 379 B.R. 425 (S.D.N.Y. 2007)).
o Compare Delaware law, where the form of transfer may not insulate the
buyer from a claim’s disabilities – see e.g. In re KB Toys, Inc., 470 B.R.
331, 342-43 (Bankr. D. Del. 2012) (purchased claims may be disallowed
under Section 502(d) of the Bankruptcy Code due to preferential transfer
claims against seller regardless of form of transfer under agreement
governed by Delaware law).
45. Other Issues in Claims Trading
• Additional Disclosure. Buyer may be required to disclose sensitive information
under Rule 2019 if it joins a group or committee playing a role in the case (see
Bankruptcy Rule 2019).
• Subordination or Disallowance of Claim. A claims purchaser that obtains a blocking
position for a plan of reorganization by virtue of its claims purchases may be
deemed temporary insiders owing fiduciary duties to other members of their class,
and may also have their claims disallowed or subordinated. See In re Washington
Mutual, 461 B.R. 200 (Bankr. D. Del. 2011), vacated in part by No. 08–12229, 2012
WL 1563880 (Bankr. D. Del. Feb. 24, 2012).
46. Other Issues in Claims Trading
• Buyer’s credit risk. The potential insolvency of the buyer creates a credit risk for the
seller if a portion of the purchase price is deferred; or
• Seller’s credit risk. Buyer bears seller’s credit risk if the indemnity is triggered or if
the seller is required to refund the purchase price with interest if the claim is
disallowed.
47. Claims Trading Orders
• In large chapter 11 cases, claims trading order are often entered that are intended to
preserve the debtor’s ability to preserve NOL carryforwards and other tax
advantages that might be lost in the event of excessive amounts of claim trading.
NOLs can be lost by excessive trading that is deemed to trigger a change of control.
Claims trading orders may condition the transfer of large claims on advance notice
and the ability of the debtor and other parties in interest to object to the transfer on
grounds that it will unduly harm the estate through adverse tax or other
consequences. Claims buyers must be aware of these procedural orders in cases
where they have targeted claims for purchase.
49. About The Faculty
Mark Melickian - mmelickian@sfgh.com
Mark Melickian leads Sugar Felsenthal Grais & Helsinger LLP’s restructuring practice. Over the past 20 plus years,
he has worked primarily on business transactional and litigation matters with a focus on chapter 11 commercial
bankruptcy cases and non-bankruptcy distressed situations. His practice includes both debtor- and creditor-side
representations and include financial institutions, indenture trustees, trade creditors, asset purchasers, investors,
commercial real estate interests, corporate officers, and other parties in interest in chapter 11 cases throughout the
country. In addition, a significant focus of his practice is the representation of committees and other estate
fiduciaries in bankruptcy cases – over the past two decades, he has counseled dozens of official and unofficial
bankruptcy committees, liquidating trustees, litigation trustees, and plan administrators charged with pursuing and
liquidating assets for the benefit of estate creditors. Mark has written extensively on bankruptcy and insolvency law
and other topics, having contributed materials on these subjects to American Bankruptcy Institute Journal,
Bankruptcy Strategist, Wiley Bankruptcy Law Update, Ginsberg & Martin on Bankruptcy, Norton Bankruptcy Law
Adviser, the Cornell University Legal Ethics Library, and dozens of professional conferences and seminars. For
several years, he wrote a monthly legal affairs column for Student Lawyer, an America Bar Association publication,
for which he received the Peter Lisagor Award for Exemplary Journalism from the Chicago chapter of the Society of
Professional Journalists. He is a graduate of Colorado State University and Northwestern University School of Law.
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50. About The Faculty
Timothy C. Bennett - tbennett@fulcruminv.com
Timothy C. Bennett joined Fulcrum as general counsel in 2017 after nearly fourteen years of law firm
experience. He also serves as the risk manager for Fulcrum’s investment committee. Before Fulcrum,
Mr. Bennett was senior counsel with Seyfarth Shaw and the leader of that firm’s Global Distressed, Illiquid
and Special Situations Trading group. Prior to that role, he was an associate in the banking and finance
group in the New York office of the global law firm Clifford Chance. Mr. Bennett has broad experience in
corporate, finance and bankruptcy law matters. His law firm practice focused on advising clients in the
development and implementation of trading and investment strategies and negotiating transactions on their
behalf. Mr. Bennett received his JD and MBA (Finance) from Seton Hall University and his BA (History) from
The College of the Holy Cross and is admitted to practice law in New York and Massachusetts. He resides in
Andover, MA, with his wife, three children, and beagle, where he is a coach and vice president of the
Andover Hockey Association and a religious education teacher at St. Augustine’s Church.
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51. About The Faculty
Robert Richards – robert.richards@dentons.com
Bob Richards is chair of Dentons' Global and US Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy
practice groups and practices in the areas of bankruptcy and insolvency-related transactions
and litigation. His practice includes Chapter 11 representations, distressed asset acquisitions,
distressed loan purchases and foreclosure sales, and out of court transactions and transaction
structuring.
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