Special Focus Chapters

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Chapter 15 and the UNCITRAL Model Law: narrowing the US approach to international judicial cooperation?
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Fred S Hodara, partner
Lisa G Beckerman, partner
Brian D Geldert, associate

Management compensation and incentive programmes after bankruptcy reform
Blank Rome LLP
Bonnie Glantz Fatell, partner
Michael B Schaedle, partner

Reflections in plague time: perspectives on the sub-prime crisis
Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP
Ronald S Borod, partner
Steven B Levine, partner
Madeleine ML Tan, partner
Eugene Solomonov, associate

Impact of current credit markets on highly leveraged companies with declining EBITDA
Cadwalader Wickersham& Taft LLP
Deryck A Palmer, partner

The latest news from the Delaware courts: decisions of interest to insolvency and restructuring professionals
Cole Schotz Meisel Forman & Leonard PA
Norman L Pernick, member
Michael F Bonkowski, member
J Kate Stickles, member
Patrick J Reilley, associate

How to raise capital for a financially troubled company
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP
Richard Levin, partner
Robert Trust, senior associate

As the wheel turns: new dynamics in the coming restructuring cycle
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Marshall S Huebner, partner
Benjamin A Tisdell, associate

Purchasing distressed companies: how to use the US bankruptcy system to your advantage
Dechert LLP
Joel H Levitin, partner
Stephen J Gordon, counsel
Richard A Stieglitz Jr, associate

An alternative to bankruptcy: the ABCs of ABCs
DLA Piper
William Choslovsky, partner
Eric Walker, associate

Managing insolvency risk in US pharmaceutical collaborations and development agreements
Foley & Lardner LLP
Victor A Vilaplana, of counsel

Turmoil in the healthcare industry: what about the patients?
Greenberg Traurig LLP
Keith J Shapiro, partner
Nancy A Peterman, partner
David Y Wolnerman, associate

Preferences and fraudulent transfers under the Bankruptcy Code: a primer in pain
Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC
John Ames, member
Chip Bowles, member
Gregory R Schaaf, member

Sub-prime primer: the key legal issues facing creditors, mortgage loan originators and servicers in Chapter 11
Hahn & Hessen LLP
Mark S Indelicato, partner
Mark T Power, partner

Lessor update: what commercial landlords need to understand about bankruptcy
Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin
Jeffrey L Schaffer, director
Gary M Kaplan, director

Reclamation in insolvency proceedings
Jenner & Block
Ronald R Peterson, partner

SIVs, CDOs and structured products in distress: cross-border and other issues for lenders and investors
Kaye Scholer LLP
Madlyn Gleich Primoff, partner
David M Eskew, associate

The debtor’s perspective: an overview of the options available to a company facing distress
Levenfeld Pearlstein LLC
Jonathan P Friedland, partner

Asset securitisation and the effect of insolvency on special purpose vehicles under US bankruptcy law
Mayer Brown LLP
Thomas S Kiriakos, partner
David S Curry, partner

IP licences and bankruptcy
O’Melveny & Myers LLP
Evan Jones, partner
Ana Acevedo, associate

Highly leveraged companies in distress beware: expect your secured creditors to exert more control
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Roger Frankel, partner
Lorraine McGowen, partner

Substantive consolidation of affiliated debtors in bankruptcy: creditors beware!
Richards, Layton & Finger, PA
Daniel J DeFranceschi, director

Restructuring the obligations of a European corporation through a US-style process
Sidley Austin LLP
James F Conlan, co-chairman, corporate reorganisation and bankruptcy group
Larry J Nyhan, co-chairman, corporate reorganisation and bankruptcy group

Commercial loan work-outs from the secured lender’s perspective
Vedder Price PC
Douglas J Lipke, partner

Buying claims against a Chapter 11 debtor
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
Scott K Charles, partner
Amy R Wolf, of counsel
Emil A Kleinhaus, associate

The role and retention of the chief restructuring officer
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Shai Y Waisman, partner
John W Lucas, associate