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Texas Bankruptcy Court Allows Make-Whole Premiums, Post-Petition Interest on Unsecured Claims at Contractual Default Rate

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USA, Texas, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, Title 11 of the US Code
"Time Is On My Side" — When a "Time of the Essence" Closing Date Keeps Rolling Like a Stone for 60 Days

The recent decision of the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York in In re AAGS Holdings LLC, Case No. 19-13029 (SMB) (Bankr. D. Del. Nov. 12, 2019), underscores the ability of debtors — and specifically, for purposes of this Client Alert, parties to real property purchase contracts — to take advantage of the Bankruptcy Code’s 60-day tolling period to get more time to close on a purchase despite a “time of the essence” ("TOE") closing deadline.

USA, New York, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, Escrow, United States bankruptcy court, US District Court for the Southern District of New York
Fifth Circuit Disallows Make-Whole Payment in Bankruptcy

On Jan. 19, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated a bankruptcy court decision awarding Ultra Petroleum Corp. noteholders $201 million in make-whole payments and $186 million in post-petition interest. Under the note agreement, upon a bankruptcy filing, the issuer is obligated for a make-whole amount equal to the discounted value of the remaining scheduled payments (including principal and interest that would be due after prepayment) less the principal amount of the notes.

USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, Bankruptcy, Fifth Circuit