Beard Audio Conferences

Bankruptcy Trustee Suits

How to Handle and Benefit from the Coming Deluge

Location: Your office or conference room (no need to travel!)

Date : Audio CD Available

Time(s):

  -   Eastern Time
  -   Central Time
  -   Mountain Time
  -   Pacific Time
  -   GMT

Hosted By : Beard Group Law and Business Publishers and The Troubled Company Reporter

This conference will include:

Bankruptcy trustees are seeking billions of dollars in damages against third parties perceived culpable in the demise of a bankruptcy company.
- How do you defend a client in such a suit? What if your law firm is the target?
- How do you prosecute such suits on behalf of a trustee? How do you get this business as a lawyer?

Bankruptcy trustee suits have replaced shareholder class actions in the nightmares of CEOs, directors, and even law firm managing partners.

Most suits are brought for the benefit of creditors, the biggest of which are usually banks and investment funds. With todays financial market turmoil, you can expect more and more creditors to be aggressive in recouping losses.

As an attorney, you are likely to be approached by a client to defend against such suits. Its even possible your firm could be a target. On the flip side, prosecuting such suits for a bankruptcy trustee can be rewarding business.

To learn how get these cases and prosecute and defend them, invest in this Audio CD (recorded late January 2009), where noted restructuring experts Hugh Ray and Jeff Spiers update you on the latest developments and lead you step-by-step through the evolution of a bankruptcy trustee suit. They use real-world case studies such as Bank of New England, Enron, and others to illustrate key prosecution and defense strategies and dynamics and spotlight crucial court decisions. You learn:

Why the risks of bankruptcy trustee suits are greater than ever
Legal foundations behind the suits
Differences between trustee suits and shareholder claims
The structure and management of bankruptcy litigation trusts, including how they are funded
How bankruptcy trustees select counsel to prosecute suits and retention arrangements
Special powers available to bankruptcy trustees
Special evidentiary issues
Potential remedies and damages available to plaintiffs
Current and recent cases what you can learn from the mistakes of others
Major uncertainties still to be resolved by the courts
Proven defense strategies in spite of the weakening of the in pari delicto defense
Real-world risk management strategies you should apply now to protect your clients and your firm

Speaker(s):

	Hugh M. Ray Andrews Kurth LLP
Hugh M. Ray is a partner with Andrews Kurth LLP, where he heads the firms national bankruptcy practice. He represents trustees, debtors, secured and unsecured creditors, lenders and bondholders in many of the foremost Chapter 11 proceedings in the nation. He has testified several times before Congress concerning proposed amendments to the Bankruptcy Code and is a previous chair of the ABA Business Law Sections Business Bankruptcy Committee. Hugh was named the #1 bankruptcy attorney in Texas by the Texas Lawyer Go to Guide in 2002, and is the author of the book Bankruptcy Investing, published by the Beard Group.
	Jeffrey E. Spiers Andrews Kurth LLP
Jeffrey E. Spiers is a partner with Andrews Kurth, where his experience includes workouts and commercial bankruptcy proceedings for a wide variety of lending and borrowing clients. Major cases in which he has actively participated include the Hunt brothers trust estate and individual bankruptcy cases, Continental Airlines, Zale Corporation, and Columbia Transmission Corp. More recently, Jeff has served as committee counsel in the bankruptcy cases of Philip Services Corp. and as special counsel to the debtors in the Enron bankruptcy cases. He was selected as one of the Outstanding Young Bankruptcy Lawyers 2001 by the Turnarounds and Workouts newsletter and has been selected by his peers as a Texas Super Lawyer in Texas.

Bankruptcy Trustee Suits


Conference Audio CD + Written Materials	US$	195.00	add to cart

We are proud to have the support of the following sponsors:

Add this audio conference to your shopping cart . Or View your shopping cart .

Prefer to register by phone? Call +1 (240) 629-3300 to register with your credit card.