The recordings below are curated from ABI's catalogue of recorded educational sessions from live conferences and webinars, and are updated regularly. The full catalogue can be viewed at https://cle.abi.org/.

Opportunities and Obstacles Under New(er) Insolvency Rules in Latin America

Date
2015-06-18

The following session took place during Cross-Border Insolvency Program in June 2015. This panel will feature a discussion with leading experts in the field of Latin American restructurings about the recent — and not-so-recent — updates to insolvency statutes throughout the region. While some of these new insolvency regimes remain largely untested, others offer both lessons and open questions about the potential for a true convergence of Latin American restructuring laws to other more established and tested jurisdictions.

Bloomberg Law's Eye on Bankruptcy with Bill Rochelle: Focus on Brazil's Petrobas

Date
2015-06-18

The following session took place during Cross-Border Insolvency Program in June 2015. In the past few months, we have seen once-prominent Brazilian companies face financial distress as a result of governmental mistakes, political unease, global decline in oil and gas prices and the downturn in the local credit markets.

Recent Challenges Faced by Foreign Representatives Seeking Relief Under Chapter 15

Date
2015-06-18

The following session took place during Cross-Border Insolvency Program in June 2015. Foreign representatives have begun using chapter 15 more creatively in seeking a broad array of relief; consequently, parties in the U.S. have increasingly been raising a number of challenges. In 2014, foreign representatives were presented with a number of objections to chapter 15 relief, including objections questioning the proper location of the foreign debtor’s center of main interests and the fairness of proceedings before the foreign court.

Oil and Gas Restructurings: The Coming “Global Boom”?

Date
2015-06-18

The following session took place during Cross-Border Insolvency Program in June 2015. Many companies operating in and around the energy industry have been adversely affected by the recent precipitous drop in the price of oil, a global trend that has exposed vulnerabilities in a number of industry segments and individual companies. The companies, their exposures and the complicated issues raised by their distress span the Americas.

America Now!

Date
2015-10-23

The following session took place during International Insolvency & Restructuring Symposium in October 2015. A panel of eminent professionals will discuss current trends in U.S. insolvencies and restructurings, explore current legislation, comment on developments in the financial sector for distressed lending, and highlight any emerging trends. In a break with tradition, the panel will also look at the interaction between the US and Europe in restructurings. All sessions from this conference can be accessed at https://cle.abi.org/.

Keynote by John Bruton

Date
2015-10-23

The following session took place during International Insolvency & Restructuring Symposium in October 2015. Former Irish Prime Minister, who helped transform the Irish economy into the "Celtic Tiger," when it became, for a period of 12 years, one of the fastest growing economies in the world. All sessions from this conference can be accessed at https://cle.abi.org/.