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Restructuring Department Bulletin - August 2025
23andMe Closes Sale to TTAM Research Institute Following Eighth Circuit’s Denial of Motion to Stay On July 14, 2025, 23andMe Holding Co., a leading human genetics and biotechnology company, successfully closed the sale of substantially all of its assets to TTAM Research Institute for $305 million. TTAM is a not-for-profit medical research organization founded by Anne Wojcicki, 23andMe’s co-founder and former CEO.
Independent Directors Properly Exculpated as Debtors’ Disinterested Fiduciaries Under Chapter 11 Plan, Southern District of Texas Bankruptcy Court Rules
On March 3, 2025, Judge Marvin Isgur of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas (the “Bankruptcy Court”) held in In re Instant Brands Acquisition Holdings Inc., et al., Case No. 23-90716 (“Instant Brands”) that the Debtors’ chapter 11 plan (the “Plan”) properly exculpated the Debtors’ independent directors for conduct performed within the scope of their duties during the administration of the chapter 11 cases, absent gross negligence or willful misconduct.[1] The...
Part I, Private Credit Market Trends: From Originations to Bank Partnerships and Insurance
2025 Private Credit Market Outlook: A Tripartite Series Private credit is a rapidly expanding sector that has grown nearly tenfold, reaching at least $1.5 trillion in 2024. In our 2025 Private Credit Market Outlook: A Tripartite Series, we discuss key topics regarding this rapidly transforming asset class.
Restructuring Department Bulletin - March 2025
In the March 2025 edition of the Restructuring Department Bulletin, we highlight recent decisions and developments impacting the restructuring arena and share the latest news on the Paul, Weiss Restructuring Department.
Three’s a Crowd? The Thames Water Restructuring Plan(s)
In one of the most high-profile and hotly-watched cases in the London restructuring market, on 18 February 2025, the English High Court approved the restructuring plan proposed by Thames Water. The Court gave permission to appeal the Court’s order to a group of challenging junior creditors, a subordinated creditor and Liberal Democrat MP Charlie Maynard, with the Court of Appeal due to sit from 11 to 13 March 2025.
Third Circuit Rules on Allowance of Make-Whole Fees and Post-Petition Interest in Solvent-Debtor Cases in In re The Hertz Corp.
On September 10, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued its opinion in Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. The Hertz Corp. (In re The Hertz Corp.), Case No. 23-1169, 2024 WL 4132132 (3d Cir. Sept. 10, 2024), regarding payment of make-whole fees and post-petition interest in solvent-debtor cases.
Restructuring Department Bulletin - September 2024
Supreme Court Reaffirms Fraudulent Transfer Actions Are “Suits at Common Law” That Must Be Heard by a Jury In Sec. & Exch. Comm’n v. Jarkesy, 144 S. Ct. 2117 (2024), the Supreme Court held that the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) adjudication of securities fraud claims before an administrative law judge rather than an Article III court with a jury violates the Seventh Amendment.
Restructuring Department Bulletin - June 2024
Alice Eaton and Sean Mitchell Discuss Paul, Weiss’s Restructuring Practice in Vault Q&A Alice and Sean describe the breadth of Paul, Weiss’s Restructuring practice and what sets the practice apart in a Q&A in the 2024 edition of “Practice Perspectives: Vault’s Guide to Legal Practice Areas.” Elizabeth McColm and Sean Mitchell Publish “USA” Chapter in ICLG – Restructuring & Insolvency 2024 In the latest ICLG – Restructuring & Insolvency Laws & Regulations, Elizabeth and Sean discuss common...
Restructuring Department Bulletin - May 2024
Alice Eaton Featured at Wharton’s PE and Venture Capital Conference Restructuring partner Alice Eaton spoke on the panel “Adjusting to a New Era: Redefining Value Creation in Uncertain Times,” as part of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania’s 2024 Private Equity and Venture Capital Conference on March 29. The panel covered the use of innovative financing instruments and structures for investments in distressed assets.
Restructuring Department Bulletin - December 2023
Election of Joe Graham to Partner Joe Graham was elected partner in the New York office. This year, Joe played a leading role in the chapter 11 cases of Avaya, Benefytt and Diamond Sports. He regularly advises on out-of-court restructurings, bankruptcy litigation and distressed investments. Joe earned his J.D., magna cum laude, and his B.A. from the University of Notre Dame.
Restructuring Department Bulletin - November 2023
In the November 2023 edition of the Restructuring Department Bulletin, we highlight recent decisions and developments impacting the restructuring arena and share the latest news on the Paul, Weiss Restructuring Department. » read the bulletin In the November 2023 edition of the Restructuring Department Bulletin, we highlight recent decisions and developments impacting the restructuring arena and share the latest news on the Paul, Weiss Restructuring Department.
Restructuring Department Bulletin - October 2023
In the October 2023 edition of the Restructuring Department Bulletin, we highlight recent decisions and developments impacting the restructuring arena and share the latest news on the Paul, Weiss Restructuring Department. » read the bulletin In the October 2023 edition of the Restructuring Department Bulletin, we highlight recent decisions and developments impacting the restructuring arena and share the latest news on the Paul, Weiss Restructuring Department.
No Chapter 15 Recognition Absent Qualifying “Foreign Proceeding”
On December 5, 2022, in In re Global Cord Blood Corp., 2022 WL 17478530 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. Dec.
Restructuring Department Bulletin - August 2022
USA August 15 2022 In the latest issue of the Restructuring Department Bulletin, we highlight recent decisions impacting the restructuring arena, including an order in the Southern District of New York finding that U.S. bankruptcy courts overseeing Chapter 15 cases may recognize and enforce foreign court-sanctioned restructurings that discharge New York Law-governed debt; a Fifth Circuit holding that a debtor may reject regulated energy contracts in spite of FERC regulatory disapproval; and a...
Tenth Circuit Deepens Circuit Split over Constitutionality of Fee Increases for United States Trustee Program
On October 5, 2021, the Tenth Circuit joined the Second Circuit in concluding statutory fee increases that applied only to debtors filing for bankruptcy in judicial districts administered by the United States Trustee Program (the “US Trustee” or the “UST Program”) violated the U.S. Constitution’s requirement for “uniform” bankruptcy laws.[1] This ruling exacerbates a burgeoning circuit split, as both the Fourth and the Fifth Circuits had previously rejected similar constitutional...
Investment fund activity in US debt restructurings
In summary This article examines the role private equity and hedge funds have come to play in US debt restructurings and the variety of investment strategies they deploy in distressed situations, including in connection with pre-negotiated and pre-packaged Chapter 11 cases and out-of-court restructurings.
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