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File Early and Often: Filing and Amending Claims in a Bankruptcy Case
A Primer for Those Holding Bankruptcy Claims Against a Debtor Bankruptcy claims do more than simply determine the amount of money a creditor is owed or can receive as a distribution. Claims also can generate clout. Clout enables a creditor to sit on a creditor committee, have more leverage in negotiations, and claim a higher-priority […]
Dealing With Distress for Fun & Profit – Installment #15 – Protecting Your Bankruptcy Claim
This series was started (click here to read from the beginning) with a broad overview of business bankruptcy but our last few installments have focused on unsecured creditors (click here to read about unsecured creditors) and the priority scheme in bankruptcy (click here for the 30,000-foot view or you can find more specific treatment here, here and here). In this […]
How Much Can I Add to My Claim? (says Lender) How Much Liquidity Will I Have? (says Reorganizing Debtor): On the Payment of Post-Petition Interest
Your company owes substantial loan principal secured by real property that your company is developing into a hotel, condominiums, and a nightclub. Your company defaulted on the construction loan by missing some payments and filed a chapter 11 petition with the strategic goals of making operations more efficient and further developing the real property to […]