Asset Sales

For nearly 100 years, we have not experienced a shock to the economy where large numbers of industries exhibited disastrous declines in revenues resulting from a pandemic. Frankly, none of us were equipped with readily available valuation frameworks to handle such shocking changes in cash-flow projections, discount rates, the ‘appropriate’ use of comparable companies and the relevant transactions to be used in the M&A comparable method.

Set in the game show format of “Jeopardy,” this interactive ethics session will test the knowledge of the audience, provide valuable ethics information, and encourage networking among the participants. The panelists will cover ethical and evidentiary issues that have arisen in bankruptcy cases within the Tenth Circuit and elsewhere.

Domestic asset-protection trusts are now available in 20 states. This panel will introduce the concept of domestic asset-protection trusts and discuss their treatment in and out of bankruptcy.

How has Fulton changed practice related to the extent and impact of the automatic stay? The Supreme Court may have made debtors’ recovery of repossessed vehicles less "Fast and Furious," but does the "Repo Man" now have all of the leverage? Fasten your seatbelts for a discussion of Fulton’s potential impact on debtors, creditors, and all types of proceedings and collateral — cars and beyond.

This panel will delve into issues involving digital accounts, cryptocurrency and NFTs, including how to getsecured and perfected, how to liquidate, and bankruptcy-specific considerations. The panelists also willdiscuss UCC Article 12 and its impact on the digital-asset world for secured parties, and help practitionersbetter understand the considerations and issues they should be spotting when advising their constituents ondealing with digital assets.