Perspectives on Financial Restructuring & Bankruptcy
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Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business has recognized 32 Arent Fox LLP attorneys as leaders in their field.
Arent Fox LLP is pleased to announce that the firm’s Bankruptcy & Financial Restructuring practice has been retained as counsel to represent the unsecured creditors committees in two separate Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.
In reaching his decision, Judge Gross employed a “forward-thinking” analysis based on the facts existing at the time the trustee acted.
On appeal from a decision in the In re Energy Future Holdings Corp. bankruptcy case, the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently held that contractual make-whole premium provisions are enforceable where the obligation to repay bond debt is accelerated by a bankruptcy filing.
This decision from the Appellate Division reversed a finding that an indenture trustee did not have the relevant standing to pursue fraudulent transfer claims, among other claims.
Twenty Arent Fox LLP practices have been recognized in the 2016 “Best Law Firms” rankings that are published annually by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers.
Bankruptcy Partner George Angelich was recently quoted by Turnarounds & Workouts for an article that focuses on product liability claims and debtors’ protection.
Forty-two Arent Fox LLP attorneys have been rated as leaders in their profession by The Best Lawyers in America 2017.
The 2016 edition of Legal 500 US has rated 46 Arent Fox LLP attorneys as national leaders in their field. In addition, 14 of the firm’s practice areas were ranked among the best in the country.
Given the recent municipal bankruptcies and likelihood of more to come during the next recession, the author draws lessons from recent cases to determine what changes to Chapter 9 would be in the interest of the nation.
On March 24, 2016 the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois affirmed the Circuit Court’s decision that the Illinois law modifying the provisions of Chicago’s pension statute violated the Illinois Constitution.
When the next recession occurs there probably will be other municipalities in severe fiscal distress that opt to file under chapter 9. Now is a good time for capital market participants to focus on changes to chapter 9 that address the lessons from the most recent round of municipal bankruptcies.
Arent Fox LLP is pleased to announce the election of its new partners and counsel, effective January 1, 2016.
Eight Arent Fox attorneys have been named "Best Lawyers" by Washingtonian Magazine in its 2015 guide to the capital area’s “top legal talent” in 21 categories.
Puerto Rico continues to face a fiscal crisis of unprecedented proportion. The island of only 3.5 million people carries a massive debt load of $72 billion and $44 billion of unfunded pension liabilities.
Seventeen Arent Fox LLP practice areas have been recognized in the 2015 “Best Law Firms” rankings that are published annually by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers.
Arent Fox’s Bankruptcy & Financial Restructuring practice was retained as counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Chapter 11 case of Advance Watch Company, Ltd.
Arent Fox’s Bankruptcy & Financial Restructuring practice was retained as counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Chapter 11 case of Forest Park Medical Center at Frisco, LLC.
Thirty-nine Arent Fox LLP attorneys have been rated as leaders in their profession by The Best Lawyers in America 2016.
A recent court ruling is a good reminder to health care providers that bankruptcy may not (as is sometimes suggested) be a safe harbor for providers in danger of being forced out of business by the loss of their Medicare and Medicaid provider agreements.
Two important and very different decisions regarding public pensions were issued by the Supreme Court of Illinois and the Supreme Court of New Jersey. These decisions are significant not only for the workers and taxpayers in these States, but also for the owners and insurers of municipal bonds.
Arent Fox LLP and a team of Bankruptcy & Financial Restructuring attorneys led by New York Managing Partner Andrew I. Silfen were honored at the Turnaround Atlas Awards Gala in Chicago with the prestigious Chapter 11 Restructuring of the Year award.
Arent Fox LLP is proud to announce that, for the third consecutive year, leading global referral guide Legal 500 has named partner David L. Dubrow one of the best lawyers in the country for municipal bankruptcy.
The Supreme Court of the United States unanimously held in Bullard v. Blue Hills Bank, Case No. 14-115, that a bankruptcy court’s order denying confirmation of a debtor’s proposed plan is not a “final” order that can be immediately appealed.