Business

Hosted by the Commercial Fraud and Secured Credit Committees.

This panel will take a fresh look at secured creditor rights and unique
solvency issues in fraud and Ponzi cases. Learn how to avoid being
trumped in federal forfeiture proceedings or paying on bankruptcy
clawback claims by treading in the safe harbor of § 546(e) — and learn
how to navigate the shoals of receivership

The experts on this panel have current and deep experience in restaurant chapter 11 cases. The panelists will discuss and analyze the various and peculiar restructuring issues related to restaurant chapter 11 cases, and forecast whether this industry will continue to incur financial distress.

This panel will explore the myriad issues that arise in chapter 7 and 11 cases when the debtor is the sponsor of an employee retirement benefit plan, including 401(k) plans and pension plans.

This panel will explore the nuts and bolts of bankruptcy appeals, taking into account the needs of one’s clients, examining the do’s and don’ts for an effective appeal, discussing the differences of appealing to the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel versus electing to proceed before the district court, the limits of appellate jurisdiction over interlocutory appeals, and addressing strategies for a successful appeal.

This panel will address the differences between the laws of various Caribbean nations (Nevis, Cayman, Panama) and the U.S. concerning the creation of various legal entities/structures to hold assets, as well as those nations’ laws concerning (1) privacy, (2) taxation, (3) piercing the corporate veil/sham structure and (4) avoidance actions. This session will also consider U.S. courts’ jurisdictional ability to enter and enforce orders affecting such entities and their power to assert jurisdiction over persons who are involved with and professionals who represent such entities.