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Episode 9: Restructuring Challenges in a Pandemic World
From remote hearings to changes in bankruptcy laws, companies that went through restructuring during the COVID-19 pandemic have had some challenges. In episode nine of...
Episode 8: Introducing O’Melveny’s Dallas-Based Bankruptcy & Restructuring Partners
In a special episode of The Cramdown podcast, host Daniel Shamah introduces us to partners Lou Strubeck, Greg Wilkes, and Scott Drake who recently joined the firm to e...
Episode 7: Lessons Learned from Recent Restructurings by a Non-Restructuring Professional
Restructuring can be complex even for the most experienced professionals. In recent years, many lenders who are not traditional “distressed investors” found themselves...
Episode 6: 24-Hour Chapter 11s: The Ins and Outs
In recent years, numerous companies have filed for and emerged from chapter 11 in less than 24 hours, seemingly setting a new record for “shortest ever bankruptcy” eac...
Episode 5: Potential Changes to the Bankruptcy Code
Together, the COVID crisis and a new Congress sparked fresh discussion around amending the Bankruptcy Code. In episode 5 of The Cramdown, O’Melveny Restructuring partn...
Episode 4: Lender On Lender Priming
A growing number of non-pro rata and priming transactions in the financial markets are pitting corporate lenders against each other. In episode 4 of The Cramdown, O’M...
Episode 3: Understanding Brazilian Bankruptcy Law—Opportunities, Innovations, and Impact
Brazil’s recently reformed bankruptcy law embraces more modern principles of corporate restructurings. Antonio Affonso Mac Dowell Leite de Castro and Marcos Leite de C...
Episode 2: Financial Distress in Higher Education
O’Melveny partners Maria DiConza and Denise Raytis join host Nancy Mitchell to assess how colleges and universities are responding to a range of financial pressures ca...
Episode 1: The Commercial Real Estate Market—Ground Zero of the 2020 Pandemic Recession
O’Melveny partners Michael Hamilton and Steve Warren discuss landlord-tenant issues in light of the global pandemic, their impact on lease agreements, and how bankrupt...