The Dodd-Frank Financial Reform Act: A Reader’s Digest Version A couple of prior posts on this blog (here and here) have explored the economic... Share on:
The Shadow of Shadow Banking A recent post over the July 4 holiday weekend offered a "30,000 foot view" of... Share on:
Reflections for a Holiday Weekend: The Great Recession of 2008 Last weekend’s July 4 holiday afforded members of the US business and restructuring community an... Share on:
Examining Examiners What's it worth to learn from prior mistakes or misdeeds? For interested parties in most large Chapter... Share on:
Squeezing the Most Value from Distressed Assets: Is Chapter 11 Always the Best Way? It is perhaps stating the obvious that Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code offers... Share on:
Rule 2019: A Kinder, Gentler, Amendment The Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts has... Share on:
US Recognition of Individual Foreign Bankruptcies: What It (Doesn’t) Take From the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, a recent decision regarding the curious (and well-aged)... Share on:
Making Sense of “Cram-Down” Practitioners and business people who have toiled in and around US-based restructuring work are well-acquainted... Share on:
Bankruptcy and Derivatives: What’s All the Fuss, Anyway? The esoteric world of credit default swaps and other derivative securities often appears far removed... Share on:
Fraudulent Transfers and LBOs – It’s All In the Numbers . . . Or Is It? Leveraged buy-outs (LBO's) are a time-honored means of financing the acquisition of companies. They tend... Share on: