Insights on Financial Restructuring & Bankruptcy

The Second Circuit in Krys v. Farnum Place denied a petition for rehearing or rehearing en banc by Appellee Farnum Place, LLC , a hedge fund that sought to protect its purchase of a $230 million claim against the bankruptcy estate of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC.

Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business has recognized Arent Fox’s Bankruptcy & Financial Restructuring, Intellectual Property, International Arbitration & Dispute Resolution, and International Trade practices in its annual worldwide rankings of top law firms.

Bankruptcy & Financial Restructuring, Intellectual Property, International Arbitration & Dispute Resolution, and International Trade practices recognized.

The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas (Bankruptcy Court) declined to grant comity to a decision of the Mexican labor board thereby refusing to recognize a foreclosure sale of assets belonging to Elcoteq, Inc., a US corporation in US bankruptcy proceedings.

The Supreme Court of the United States declined to review the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Jaffé v. Samsung Electronics Co.[2], leaving undisturbed the Fourth Circuit’s holding.

Arent Fox LLP has appointed partner Andrew I. Silfen to lead its New York office as Managing Partner.

Questions Standing of Indenture Trustees to Pursue Fraudulent Conveyance Claims
 

The Bankruptcy Code definition of “intellectual property” does not explicitly include “trademarks.”

Sixteen Arent Fox LLP practice areas have been recognized in the 2015 “Best Law Firms” rankings.

Around this abundance of litigation developed a significant body of jurisprudence, to which Judge Sean Lane of the Southern District of New York Bankruptcy Court recently added in clarifying the ordinary course of business preference defense.

In recent years, second lien financings have increased in popularity. Senior creditors rely on intercreditor agreements to protect their interests by limiting the rights that junior lien holders would otherwise enjoy as secured creditors through either lien subordination, payment subordination.

This case presents a common scenario and dynamic that a party involved with a distressed bank holding company may have seen in the last several years.

Bankruptcy & Financial Restructuring partner Aram Ordubegian and associate M. Douglas Flahaut represented the full service turn-key fulfillment house.

On April 13, 2014, MPM Silicones, LLC and certain debtor affiliates (the Debtors) filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. The Debtors filed their plan of reorganization (the Plan) about a month later.

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The Third Circuit agreed with the Bankruptcy Courts finding that the proposed releases were not adequately disclosed to the bondholders as required by Bankruptcy Rule 3016(c), and therefore would not be approved.

The crux of the issue the District Court considered was the interplay between sections 363(f) and 365(h) of the Bankruptcy Code.

Legal 500 US has rated 40 Arent Fox LLP attorneys as national leaders in their field.

Chambers USA recognized 31 Arent Fox LLP attorneys as leaders in their field.

Often times indenture trustees seek to sit on creditors committees in furtherance of their fiduciary duties to holders. Obviously, the professional fees and expenses can be paid as a first priority pursuant to a charging lien as provided for under the indenture documents.

Thirty-three Arent Fox attorneys have been ranked at the top of their profession by The Best Lawyers in America.

Arent Fox partner Andrew I. Silfen, head of the firm’s Bankruptcy & Financial Restructuring practice, was honored by the New York Institute of Credit.

Legal 500 US has rated 38 Arent Fox LLP attorneys among the best in the country.