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In Case of Fire, File a Claim

In a recent decision enforcing the discharge injunction under Section 1107(d)(1)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code, the Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania blocked a creditor from asserting a claim against the debtor after confirmation of the plan. The case of In re Trustees of Conneaut Lake Park, Inc.), No. 14-11277, 2018 Bankr. LEXIS 1447 (JAD) (Bankr. W.D. Pa.

USA, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, Debtor, Unjust enrichment
Who should hold the bag for employment liabilities when the portfolio company goes “belly-up”? The private equity firm, maybe.

In the world of private equity, vast sums of money are raised by private investors who pool their money into collective funds in order to acquire companies, i.e., a “portfolio company”, with the goal of eventually flipping the portfolio company at a significant profit. Sometimes, however, that bet goes wrong, and the portfolio company is sold at a loss or, worse, liquidated in bankruptcy.

USA, Corporate Finance/M&A, Employment & Labor, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Mintz, Private equity, Angel investor, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act 1988 (USA)