Hudson Weir

APRIL 15, 2021

A debenture is a document representing a loan agreement between a lender and a borrower, granting the lender security over the borrower’s assets. This gives the lender a means of collecting the debt if the borrower cannot pay. A borrower cannot sell assets covered by a fixed charge without the lender’s permission.

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Fraser

JUNE 25, 2020

Such relief may include a request to pay some unsecured creditors (such as employees or “critical vendors”) ahead of others. It is important for creditors and their advisors to carefully review “first day” motions in order to know how their rights may be affected, and take action as appropriate. Plan Confirmation Issues.

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Hudson Weir

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Once a firm enters administration, it must pay every creditor group entirely, save for ‘prescribed part’ secured creditors, before funds are distributed to the subsequent creditor. Secured creditors include leasing companies and banks.

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PBWT

OCTOBER 27, 2021

In many chapter 11 cases, creditors’ committees can play a vital role in maximizing the recoveries of unsecured creditors. But the powers of creditors’ committees are circumscribed by both the Bankruptcy Code and case law. ’" Id. at *4 (citing In re Baltimore , 432 F.3d 3d 96, 100 (2d Cir.

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Hudson Weir

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

In contrast, an unsecured loan provided by a lender does not involve a company asset’s usage as collateral. The amount a business can borrow tends to be lower though, in comparison to a secured loan. Summary: Unsecured and secured loans – what if a company can’t repay?

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PBWT

MARCH 2, 2021

” [1] Critically, the plan leaves all unsecured creditors unimpaired. Potential debtors who face more exigent circumstances – an adverse judgment in litigation, enforcement by secured creditors, or insufficient liquidity, etc. ” (Company press release. February 24, 2021). Available at: [link] ). [2]

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ABI

JANUARY 19, 2024

John’s University School of Law American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review Staff An unpaid secured lender with a prepetition mortgage does not have a right to receive payment of proceeds from a postpetition sale of real property. The loan was secured by a lien on “all assets of the debtor, including all accounts.” [1]

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