Claims Trading

The Law and Economics of Investing in Bankruptcy in the United States

By Jared A. Ellias (University of California Hastings College of the Law) When commentators describe American bankruptcy law as …

By Jay Rao (University of California, Berkeley, School of Law) This Article examines the application of equitable subordination …

By David Griffiths and Leonard Yoo (Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP). During a negotiation over a sale of claims, when parties …

By George P. Angelich and Annie Y. Stoops (Arent Fox). The Ninth Circuit affirmed the creditor’s ability to block “cramdown” by …

By Jared A. Ellias (University of California, Hastings) Over the past twenty years, a robust secondary market has emerged in the …

By Samuel Antill and Steven R. Grenadier (Stanford Graduate School of Business) In this work, we develop and solve a …

Does claims trading impede chapter 11 reorganizations? And, if so, would disclosure of additional information about traded claims …

By Rick Antonoff, Mark Pesso, Timothy Bennett and Leah Edelboim, Clifford Chance US LLP Recent decisions on claims trading in …

By Victoria Ivashina, Ben Iverson, and David C. Smith The role that active investors play in Chapter 11 reorganization is hotly …

Author: Nelly Almeida, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP On January 10, 2014, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of …