Category Archives for Bankruptcy

Primer: Basic Issues in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Cases

June 17, 2009
/ Bankruptcy

If you want to get up to speed on corportate bankruptcy-related issues, check out Basic Bankruptcy Issues: A Primer for In-House Counsel, which was written by Carmen Lonstein, Esq. of Baker &

Beware of shadow bankruptcy

June 15, 2009
/ Bankruptcy

Financial actors such as hedge funds increasingly influence large Chapter 11 cases, such as Chrysler’s and GM’s. With Chrysler LLC’s sale to Fiat SpA past the U.S. Supreme Court, and

Canadian Lawyers on North America’s Biggest Bankruptcies

June 6, 2009
/ Bankruptcy Canada

Like their U.S. counterparts, insolvency and restructuring lawyers at Canada’s largest firms have been working around the clock since the winter to keep up with the avalanche of major bankruptcy

And so, with Chrysler’s 24-page Chapter 11 filing in U.S. bankruptcy court in Manhattan, another large document review (reviews??) loom in the future. Along with Jones Day, New York bankruptcy boutique

Learning bankruptcy law for freelance and solo work

April 20, 2009
/ Bankruptcy Contract Attorney Primers

Many Posse List members who want to go solo or freelance have asked us about bankruptcy practice. There are a good many of you who have worked on some of the major bankruptcy document reviews in the

Bankruptcy-related M&A has “only just begun”

April 14, 2009
/ Bankruptcy Europe Mergers/Competition/Investigations

Bankruptcy-related mergers and acquisitions have hit their highest level globally since August 2004, and are set to keep rising as more companies are forced into distressed sales, according to Thomson

Contract attorney bankruptcy review work slows a bit as liquidation increases

January 28, 2009
/ Bankruptcy
/ 1 COMMENT

Restructuring under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection process can sometimes take years. The large ones generate significant document reviews. But as reported in the legal press and on various bankruptcy

Cleary Gottlieb Takes On Nortel and Apex Bankruptcy Filings

January 16, 2009
/ Bankruptcy

From: The American Lawyer, January 15, 2009 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton picked picked up two major bankruptcy assignments on Wednesday when the firm was formally retained by Toronto-based

O’Melveny Bankruptcy Co-Chair Leaves for Dechert

January 13, 2009
/ Bankruptcy

From: The American Lawyer, January 13, 2009 Michael Sage, the co-head of restructuring at O’Melveny & Myers, joined Dechert on Monday. Sage, who joined O’Melveny in 2007, has represented

Banks May Lose $51 Million in Heller Bankruptcy Dispute

January 6, 2009
/ Bankruptcy

From: The Recorder, January 6, 2009 A “clerical error” could cost Bank of America and Citibank $51 million if Heller Ehrman has its way in bankruptcy court. Bank of America, acting for itself

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