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Representation: Tri-Union Development Corporation – Chapter 11

Participating Attorneys: Hughes, Patrick L., Jackson, Donald D., Terry, Eric Services: Bankruptcy and Business Restructuring, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Litigation, Unsecured Creditor, Restructuring, Workouts, and Recapitalizations, Energy and Petrochemical Industry, Debtors and Debtors-in-Possession, Energy, Oil and Gas Exploration and Production, Energy Finance Description: Representation of an operating oil and gas exploration debtor company in reorganizing its secured,…

Representation: $1.4+ Billion Loan Restructuring – Spectrum Brands, Inc.

Participating Attorneys: Albergotti, Robert D., Ottmers, W. Abigail, Terry, Eric Services: Bankruptcy and Business Restructuring, Indenture Trustees, Successor Trustees and Secured Creditors, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Litigation February 2009 Description: Represents the administrative agent in connection with the restructuring of the term loans provided to a global multi-product conglomerate company, including the collateralization thereof and the coordination…

If Their Business Judgment Was So Good How Come They’re In Bankruptcy and Other Perplexing Mysteries

Eric Terry, Tom D. Harris, Robin E. Phelan Introduction This paper addresses issues that may arise in connection with the insolvency of corporations and certain other business organizations in the United States of America.  Attorneys and businessmen who are not United States citizens may be aware that the United States has a “dual” system of government: …

Recent Developments in Commercial and Consumer Cases

Eric Terry, Ian T. Peck, Robin E. Phelan 3-22-01 Introduction This article is a compilation of “selected” cases primarily from the period January 1, 1997 through approximately January 1, 2001 and focuses primarily on decisions rendered pursuant to the statutory provisions contained in Chapter 11 of Title 11, United States Code, codified as 11 U.S.C.…