Publications

• Restructuring Round-up: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
  30 March 2017
  Jasmine Ball
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  Richard F. Hahn
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  M. Natasha Labovitz
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  Craig A. Bruens
• Second Circuit Court of Appeals Lifts Cloud of Uncertainty over Bond Restructurings
  18 January 2017
  Jasmine Ball
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  David A. Brittenham
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  Richard F. Hahn
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  M. Natasha Labovitz
  ,
  Jeffrey E. Ross
  ,
  Shannon Rose Selden
  ,
  Scott B. Selinger
  ,
  Craig A. Bruens
• Expansive Trust Indenture Act Interpretation May Negatively Affect Bond Restructurings
  28 January 2015
  Jasmine Ball
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  David A. Brittenham
  ,
  Paul D. Brusiloff
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  Richard F. Hahn
  ,
  M. Natasha Labovitz
  ,
  George E.B. Maguire
  ,
  Pierre Maugüé
  ,
  Jeffrey E. Ross
  ,
  Shannon Rose Selden
  ,
  Nick S. Kaluk III
• Second Circuit Extends Equitable Mootness Doctrine to Chapter 11 Liquidations
  24 November 2014
  Jasmine Ball
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  Richard F. Hahn
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  M. Natasha Labovitz
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  George E.B. Maguire
  ,
  Shannon Rose Selden
  ,
  Erica S. Weisgerber
• Delaware Court Affirms Refusal to Extend WARN Act Liability to Private Equity Sponsor
  7 October 2014
  Jasmine Ball
  ,
  Richard F. Hahn
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  M. Natasha Labovitz
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  George E.B. Maguire
  ,
  Kevin M. Schmidt
  ,
  Shannon Rose Selden
• Litigating Make–Whole Premiums in Bankruptcy
  15 September 2014
  New York Law Journal
  Richard F. Hahn
  ,
  M. Natasha Labovitz
• The Supreme Court Confirms that Bankruptcy Courts Can Issue Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law in Stern-Type Disputes
  11 June 2014
  Jasmine Ball
  ,
  Richard F. Hahn
  ,
  M. Natasha Labovitz
  ,
  George E.B. Maguire
  ,
  Shannon Rose Selden
• Fifth Circuit Provides a Reminder that Language Providing for a Prepayment Premium Must Be Unambiguous
  May, 2014
  The Banking Law Journal
  Richard F. Hahn
  ,
  Shannon Rose Selden
• Re-awakening American
  May/June 2014
  Airline Economics
• Second Circuit Limits Availability Of Chapter 15
  15 April 2014
  Harvard Law School Bankruptcy Roundtable
  Jasmine Ball
  ,
  Richard F. Hahn
  ,
  M. Natasha Labovitz
  ,
  George E.B. Maguire
  ,
  Shannon Rose Selden
• Distressed Investors Beware: Assignment Restrictions May Not Mean What You Think in Certain Jurisdictions
  8 April 2014
  Richard F. Hahn
  ,
  M. Natasha Labovitz
  ,
  Katherine Ashton
  ,
  Pierre Clermontel
• Newly Affirmed Bankruptcy Court Ruling Outlines Path to Bankruptcy Discharge for Mass Tort Claims
  18 February 2014
  Jasmine Ball
  ,
  Richard F. Hahn
  ,
  M. Natasha Labovitz
  ,
  George E.B. Maguire
  ,
  Maura Kathleen Monaghan
  ,
  Shannon Rose Selden
  ,
  Craig A. Bruens
• Fifth Circuit Provides a Reminder That Language Providing for a Prepayment Premium Must Be Unambiguous
  11 February 2014
  Jasmine Ball
  ,
  Richard F. Hahn
  ,
  M. Natasha Labovitz
  ,
  George E.B. Maguire
  ,
  Shannon Rose Selden
• Second Circuit Limits Availability of Chapter 15
  January 2014
  The American Bar Association International Law Section’s Secured Transactions & Insolvency Committee Newsletter
  Jasmine Ball
  ,
  Richard F. Hahn
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  M. Natasha Labovitz
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  George E.B. Maguire
  ,
  Shannon Rose Selden
• Second Circuit Limits Availability of Chapter 15
  20 December 2013
  Jasmine Ball
  ,
  Richard F. Hahn
  ,
  M. Natasha Labovitz
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  George E.B. Maguire
  ,
  Shannon Rose Selden
• Claim Trading Update: Third Circuit Holds that Section 502(d) Disallowance Runs with the Claim
  26 November 2013
  Jasmine Ball
  ,
  Richard F. Hahn
  ,
  M. Natasha Labovitz
  ,
  George E.B. Maguire
  ,
  Shannon Rose Selden
• Bankruptcy Court Rules OID Generated in Fair Market Value Debt Exchange Should Be Allowed
  21 November 2013
  Jasmine Ball
  ,
  Richard F. Hahn
  ,
  M. Natasha Labovitz
  ,
  George E.B. Maguire
  ,
  Shannon Rose Selden
• Second Circuit Affirms Bankruptcy Court Ruling Authorizing American Airlines to Repay $1.3 Billion Debt without Make-Whole
  16 September 2013
  Jasmine Ball
  ,
  Richard F. Hahn
  ,
  M. Natasha Labovitz
  ,
  George E.B. Maguire
  ,
  Shannon Rose Selden
• Holding the Defensive Line: Delaware Court Rejects Extension of Warn Act Liability to Private Equity Sponsor
  16 May 2013
  M. Natasha Labovitz
  ,
  Jasmine Ball
  ,
  Richard F. Hahn
  ,
  George E.B. Maguire
• Delaware Bankruptcy Court Allows Make-Whole Claim Representing 37% of Loan Balance
  26 April 2013
  Jasmine Ball
  ,
  Richard F. Hahn
  ,
  M. Natasha Labovitz
  ,
  George E.B. Maguire
  ,
  Shannon Rose Selden
• Bankruptcy Court Upholds Post-Petition Plan Support Agreement
  25 February 2013
  Richard F. Hahn
• Bankruptcy Court Authorizes American Airlines to Repay $1.3 Billion Debt without Make-Whole
  29 January 2013
  Richard F. Hahn
  ,
  George E.B. Maguire
  ,
  M. Natasha Labovitz
  ,
  Shannon Rose Selden
  ,
  Jasmine Ball
• Supreme Court Rules on Credit Bidding
  30 May 2012
  Jasmine Ball
  ,
  Steven R. Gross
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  Richard F. Hahn
  ,
  M. Natasha Labovitz
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  George E.B. Maguire
  ,
  Shannon Rose Selden
• Southern District of New York Judge Holds That Bankruptcy Courts Cannot Decide Fraudulent Transfer Actions
  17 May 2012
  Steven R. Gross
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  Richard F. Hahn
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  George E.B. Maguire
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  M. Natasha Labovitz
  ,
  Jasmine Ball
  ,
  Shannon Rose Selden
• Amendment to Bankruptcy Rule 2019 Takes Effect as of December 1, 2011
  1 December 2011
  Richard F. Hahn
  ,
  Steven R. Gross
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  George E.B. Maguire
  ,
  Jasmine Ball
• United States: Grossman v. Lothian Oil: The Fifth Circuit Takes a Fresh Look at Debt Recharacterization
  22 November 2011
  Mondaq
  Jasmine Ball
  ,
  Steven R. Gross
  ,
  Richard F. Hahn
  ,
  M. Natasha Labovitz
  ,
  George E.B. Maguire
• Grossman v. Lothian Oil: The Fifth Circuit Takes a Fresh Look at Debt Recharacterization
  21 September 2011
  Steven R. Gross
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  Richard F. Hahn
  ,
  George E.B. Maguire
  ,
  M. Natasha Labovitz
  ,
  Jasmine Ball
• Single Employer Liability for Investors and Lenders: A WARN-ing from the Delaware Bankruptcy Court
  6 September 2011
  Steven R. Gross
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  Richard F. Hahn
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  Jasmine Ball
  ,
  George E.B. Maguire
• Innkeepers: Standing of CMBS Certificateholders in Bankruptcy
  September 2011
  Pratt's Journal of Bankruptcy Law
  Richard F. Hahn
• Secured Creditors’ Rights to Credit Bid: Back on the Auction Block
  16 August 2011
  Steven R. Gross
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  Richard F. Hahn
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  Jasmine Ball
  ,
  George E.B. Maguire
• Supreme Court Approves Proposed Amendment to Bankruptcy Rule 2019
  29 April 2011
  Richard F. Hahn
  ,
  Steven R. Gross
  ,
  George E.B. Maguire
  ,
  Jasmine Ball
• CMBS Certificateholders Denied Standing in Innkeepers Bankruptcy Implications for Structured Finance Participants?
  13 April 2011
  Steven R. Gross
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  Richard F. Hahn
  ,
  George E.B. Maguire
  ,
  Jasmine Ball
• Tousa, Inc.—For Lenders, an Encouraging Development, but the Saga Continues
  22 February 2011
  Steven R. Gross
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  Richard F. Hahn
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  George E.B. Maguire
  ,
  Jasmine Ball
• Second Circuit Upholds Designation of Votes of Investor Seeking to Acquire Control and Prohibits “Gifting” in Plan of Reorganization
  16 February 2011
  Jasmine Ball
  ,
  Richard F. Hahn
  ,
  Steven R. Gross
  ,
  George E.B. Maguire
• Making Sense of Make-Wholes and No-Calls in Bankruptcy
  15 December 2010
  Steven R. Gross
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  George E.B. Maguire
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  Richard F. Hahn
  ,
  Jasmine Ball
• Advisory Committee Recommends Revised Proposed Amendment to Bankruptcy Rule 2019
  23 June 2010
  Richard F. Hahn
  ,
  Steven R. Gross
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  George E.B. Maguire
  ,
  Jasmine Ball
• Secured Lenders’ Rights to Credit Bid: Indubitably Not
  31 March 2010
  Richard F. Hahn
  ,
  Steven R. Gross
  ,
  George E.B. Maguire
  ,
  Jasmine Ball
• Bankruptcy Court Designates Votes of Investor Seeking to Acquire Control of the Debtor
  1 March 2010
  Richard F. Hahn
  ,
  Steven R. Gross
  ,
  George E.B. Maguire
  ,
  Jasmine Ball
• New Developments Concerning Bankruptcy Rule 2019
  9 February 2010
  Richard F. Hahn
  ,
  Steven R. Gross
  ,
  George E.B. Maguire
  ,
  Jasmine Ball
• One More Decision from the Delaware Bankruptcy Court Concerning Bankruptcy Rule 2019
  27 January 2010
  Richard F. Hahn
  ,
  Steven R. Gross
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  George E.B. Maguire
  ,
  Jasmine Ball
• Delaware Bankruptcy Court Declines to Compel Six Flags Noteholder Group to Disclose the Amounts of Their Claims and Prices Paid for Such Claims
  19 January 2010
  Richard F. Hahn
  ,
  Steven R. Gross
  ,
  George E.B. Maguire
  ,
  Jasmine Ball
• Will Second Lien Lenders Be Quiet Now?
  21 December 2009
  Steven R. Gross
  ,
  Richard F. Hahn
  ,
  George E.B. Maguire
  ,
  Jasmine Ball
• Bankruptcy Court Compels Washington Mutual Noteholder Group to Disclose the Amounts of Their Claims and Prices Paid for Such Claims
  17 December 2009
  Richard F. Hahn
  ,
  Steven R. Gross
  ,
  George E.B. Maguire
  ,
  Jasmine Ball
• Tousa, Inc.—What Is a Lender to Do?
  11 November 2009
  Richard F. Hahn
• When Private Equity Limited Partners Fail
  28 September 2009
  New York Law Journal
  Richard F. Hahn
• The Private Equity Report
  Summer 2009
  Franci J. Blassberg
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  Katherine Ashton
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  Geoffrey P. Burgess
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  Michael Diz
  ,
  Mark P. Goodman
  ,
  Richard F. Hahn
  ,
  Michael P. Harrell
  ,
  Satish M. Kini
  ,
  Paul L. Lee
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
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  Gregory J. Lyons
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  Pierre Maugüé
  ,
  Jeffrey J. Rosen
• Court Denies Motions to Dismiss Bankruptcies of General Growth Special Purpose Entities: Are Bankruptcy-Remote Entities in Fact Bankruptcy-Remote?
  11 September 2009
  Richard F. Hahn
• Second Circuit Opinion in Chrysler Bankruptcy: Good News for Loan-to-Own Investors
  11 August 2009
  Steven R. Gross
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  Richard F. Hahn
  ,
  George E.B. Maguire
• The Duties of Private Equity Directors of Distressed Companies
  Summer 2009
  Directors & Boards Boardroom Briefing
  Richard F. Hahn
  ,
  Jasmine Ball
• The Private Equity Report
  Spring 2009
  Franci J. Blassberg
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  Andrew L. Bab
  ,
  Kenneth J. Berman
  ,
  Gary M. Friedman
  ,
  Richard F. Hahn
  ,
  Peter J. Irwin
  ,
  Marcia L. MacHarg
  ,
  Nicole Levin Mesard
  ,
  Kevin Rinker
  ,
  Matthew D. Saronson
  ,
  Philipp von Holst
• Bankruptcies of General Growth Properties' "Bankruptcy-Remote" Affiliates Test CMBS Structure
  1 June 2009
  Richard F. Hahn
  ,
  Nicole Levin Mesard
• Bankruptcy Court Equitably Subordinates Claims Arising under Secured Credit Agreement
  20 May 2009
  Richard F. Hahn
  ,
  David A. Brittenham
• The Private Equity Report
  Winter 2009
  Franci J. Blassberg
  ,
  Gregory V. Gooding
  ,
  Gary M. Friedman
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  Peter F.G. Schuur
  ,
  Geoffrey Kittredge
  ,
  Kevin Rinker
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Jeffrey P. Cunard
  ,
  Robert F. Quaintance, Jr.
  ,
  Richard F. Hahn
  ,
  Jasmine Ball
• In the Zone
  9-22 March 2009
  The Deal
  Richard F. Hahn
  ,
  Jasmine Ball
• The Private Equity Report
  Fall 2008
  Franci J. Blassberg
  ,
  Gregory V. Gooding
  ,
  Paul L. Lee
  ,
  Peter F.G. Schuur
  ,
  Michael Bolotin
  ,
  Peter A. Furci
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  E. Drew Dutton
  ,
  Andrew L. Bab
  ,
  Dr. Thomas Schürrle
  ,
  Paul R. Berger
  ,
  Paul S. Bird
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Richard F. Hahn
  ,
  Jasmine Ball
• The Private Equity Report
  Winter 2002
  Franci J. Blassberg
  ,
  Robert F. Quaintance, Jr.
  ,
  Woodrow W. Campbell, Jr.
  ,
  Stuart Hammer
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Kenneth J. Berman
  ,
  Richard F. Hahn
  ,
  David F. Hickok
  ,
  Dr. Thomas Schürrle
  ,
  Marcia L. MacHarg