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Debt Restructuring
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PropertyProf Blog
Using Partial Sales to Avoid Foreclosure
By propertyprof
The New York Times shows that in recent months a significant percentage of new real estate deals in Manhattan have involved groups taking partial stakes in buildings instead of buying…
The Contingency
Eleventh Circuit Goes En Banc on Pack of Hedge Funds
May a pack of hedge funds gang up on a borrower to stop pack members from cutting deals with the borrower to lighten its debt burden? Of course they can…
In Solvency
U.S. Capital/Fashion Mall, LLC File Petitions for Bankruptcy in the Southern District of Florida
By Fox Rothschild LLP, Fox Rothschild LLP
Introduction On February 24, 2012, U.S. Capital/Fashion Mall, LLC, and its parent company, U.S. Capital Holdings, LLC (collectively, "U.S. Capital"), filed chapter 11 petitions for bankruptcy in the United States…
Texas Bankruptcy Blog
Converting Your Bankruptcy Case
By Bryan Fears
When a bankruptcy case is filed the individual debtor announces his or her intent to proceed under Chapter 7, 11, or 13 of the federal Bankruptcy Code. Each bankruptcy chapter…
The Contingency
Lenders Can Boycott Debtor’s Offers to Repay at Discount, Eleventh Circuit Holds
Suppose you took out loans to help pay the costs of running your business. You later suffer some setbacks. Bad ones. The market price of the loans, and their value on your lenders'…
Southern California Bankruptcy Law Blog
Personal Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
The popular wisdom says that an individual or a married couple can file for bankruptcy under either chapter 7 to discharge debts without paying them, or chapter 13 to pay…
Bankruptcy Law Insights
NewPage – A Good Old Fashioned Free-Fall Chapter 11 Case
By Ben Feder
Last week’s Chapter 11 filing by NewPage Corporation, a company with assets and liabilities in the billions of dollars, stands as a relative rarity in the current restructuring environment. Running contrary…
The Faculty Lounge
S&P Picks Up The Can
From Standard & Poor's Press Release regarding the French Proposal: LONDON (Standard & Poor's) July 4, 2011: This credit comment looks at the most prominent of the recent proposals, put…
InsureReinsure
Ambac Considers Bankruptcy
Ambac Financial Group Inc., parent of the troubled bond insurer Ambac Assurance Corp., said Monday that it is pursuing the restructuring of its debt with a group of debt holders through a…
The Faculty Lounge
How Would Greece Restructure Now?
A few weeks ago, we asked when Greece would restructure and noted that the emerging consensus seems to be that they will eventually have to do so. The real question…