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Distressed companies open the liability toolbox to avoid full-blown bankruptcies

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Delaware Bankruptcy Court Holds Retention of Liquidation Consultant Not Subject to 11 U.S.C § 327(a)

In a recent decision, Heritage Home Group LLC, et al., Case No. 18-11736-KG, 2018 WL 4684802 (Bankr. D. Del. Sept. 27, 2018), Judge Kevin Gross, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Delaware, held that a consultant tasked with liquidating the debtors’ assets under a store closing and asset disposition agreement (“Disposition Agreement”) is not a professional, and consequently, not required to be retained under Section 327(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.

USA, Delaware, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Cole Schotz PC, Liquidation
Treatment of senior unsecured debt in European leveraged finance transactions: Court of Appeal confirms no duty to unsecured third party creditors on enforcement

In our recent note “Treatment of senior unsecured debt in European leveraged finance transactions: the need for an intercreditor agreement”, which can be viewed here, we addressed the increase in flexibility in European financings to incur senior unsecured debt and the risk that the lack of any agreed intercreditor arrangement may impair senior secured lenders’ ability to realise recoveries from a European Credit

United Kingdom, Aviation, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, White & Case, Unsecured debt, Court of Appeal of England & Wales
School specialty, Inc., files bankruptcy in Delaware seeking to sell substantially all of its assets

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USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Fox Rothschild LLP, Bankruptcy, Debtor
Furniture retailer, Carl's Patio, files for bankruptcy in Delaware

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USA, Delaware, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Fox Rothschild LLP, Bankruptcy, Retail
Penson Worldwide files for bankruptcy in Delaware

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USA, Delaware, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Fox Rothschild LLP, Bankruptcy, Liquidation, United States bankruptcy court, US District Court for District of Delaware
Preference complaints filed in RG Steel bankruptcy

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USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Fox Rothschild LLP, Bankruptcy, United States bankruptcy court
Bankruptcy trustee in ultimate electronics files more preference actions

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USA, Delaware, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Fox Rothschild LLP, Bankruptcy, Title 11 of the US Code
Overseas Shipholding Group files for bankruptcy in Delaware

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USA, Delaware, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Shipping & Transport, Fox Rothschild LLP, Bankruptcy, Liquefied natural gas, United States bankruptcy court
First Place Bank Holding Co. files for bankruptcy in Delaware

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USA, Delaware, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Fox Rothschild LLP, Bankruptcy, Holding company, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (USA), United States bankruptcy court