Bankruptcy & Restructuring News & Analysis

U.S. TelePacific (TPx): A Balance-Sheet Restructuring on a 70-Day Clock

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A managed IT services business enters Chapter 11 to shed roughly $1 billion of funded debt through a pre-negotiated plan, while a sale process runs alongside it

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A Right of First Refusal Meets a Whole-Company Sale

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In Genesis Healthcare, a Texas bankruptcy court overruled a minority partner's effort to invoke a right of first refusal and carve a single 120-bed nursing home out of a Section 363 sale of roughly 175 facilities. The court rejected every argument the partner raised and rested on independent alternative grounds

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The A&P v. McKesson Preference Opinions

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Four memorandum opinions, issued together, show why mechanical payments survive a preference attack and why payments touched by creditor pressure do not

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Project Sunshine: Freedom Forever Pivots From Survival to Sale

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Two months after a decline in solar financing pushed one of the nation's largest residential solar installers into Chapter 11, the debtors have asked the Delaware court to approve a compressed, dual-path sale process. No stalking horse has been selected as of the filing date

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The Seller That Wasn't: Enforcing a Sale Order When the Signature Page Falls Short

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A Delaware bankruptcy court enforces a Section 363 sale after a contract counterparty argued that the debtor holding nearly all of the sold receivables was never a seller at all

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