As COVID-19 related economic disruptions place unprecedented stress on cash flows, the risk of insolvency is a new and growing concern for many businesses. Against the backdrop of a decades-long growth in corporate debt, boards of directors are making decisions that have the potential for pitting the interests of creditors against the interests of equity shareholders.
USA, Delaware, Insolvency & Restructuring, Troutman Pepper, Shareholder, Fiduciary, Directors' duties, Coronavirus, Insolvency Act 1986 (UK)
Executive Summary
On December 27, 2018, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware issued an opinion in In re La Paloma Generating Co., Case No. 16-12700 (Bankr. D. Del. Dec. 27, 2018) [Docket No. 1274], that should raise substantial concerns for junior secured creditors.
In particular, the La Paloma opinion determined that:
USA, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, United States bankruptcy court