Minimizing Risks and Maximizing Recovery
Under the Bankruptcy Code
CD of Teleconference with Q&A
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Conducted on Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Now available on CD
Sponsored by the Legal Publishing Group of Strafford Publications
As the economy pushes more businesses into financial trouble, commercial landlords are facing past-due rent payments and vacating tenants in record numbers. Landlords are seeking ways to protect their financial interests, while tenants turn to bankruptcy protection to safeguard their assets.
The Bankruptcy Code offers protections both to commercial landlords and tenants. However, the Code also raises a number of complex legal issues that landlord and tenant counsel must understand and consider in utilizing the Code to their respective benefit.
Developing effective strategies to anticipate and protect against the fallout from tenant bankruptcy is critical for legal advisors to both commercial landlords and their tenants.
Listen as our panel of real estate and bankruptcy attorneys highlights key legal issues that arise when a tenant files for bankruptcy. The program will also offer best practices for commercial landlords and tenants to protect their respective interests and maximize their recovery under the Bankruptcy Code.
The panel included:
Jeanette L. Thomas, Of Counsel, Perkins Coie, Portland, Ore. She has over 14 years of experience in restructuring, insolvency and bankruptcy matters. She has represented landlords in retail bankruptcies nationwide, including K-Mart and Montgomery Ward.
David P. Vallas, Partner, Wildman Harrold, Chicago. He concentrates his practice in the areas of creditors' rights, bankruptcy and general commercial litigation. He represents shopping center owners in connection with their day-to-day business issues.
The panel reviewed these and other key questions:
- What trends are developing in commercial tenant leases directly as a result of the current economic crisis?
- What provisions can landlords and tenants consider in negotiating and drafting leases to protect against potential losses due to tenant bankruptcy?
- What rights do the 2005 Bankruptcy Code amendments give commercial landlords and tenants?
- What are the best and most cost-effective practices for a commercial landlord to pursue when a tenant files for bankruptcy protection?
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