In-house lawyers are invited to join In-House Focus and Ironclad for this Leadership Roundtable Lunch and Learn and earn MCLE! Tobias Keller and Jane Kim of Keller & Benvenutti LLP will discuss a range of issues commonly presented to healthy companies when customers, competitors, and vendors file bankruptcy cases. 

These issues include engaging in competitive behaviors, recovering claims and evaluating ongoing credit exposure, and protecting against common motions and actions taken in bankruptcy. Here are some of the questions that will be answered during the course of the program:

1. In what ways can a competitor’s bankruptcy filing be used to your advantage?
2. What will happen to the IP you’ve licensed when the licensor files for chapter 11?
3. What are the pros and cons to buying assets in bankruptcy?
4. How can you get paid when your customer or licensee files for bankruptcy?

Topics/Agenda
The Good

• Competitive Intelligence
• Competitive Advantage in the Market
• Acquisition Opportunities

The Bad

• Contracts with Debtors
• Continuing Credit Risk
• Post Petition Trade Claims
• Preferences
• Fraudulent Transfers
• Speculative Lawsuits
• Notice & Issues of Due Process

About Tobias Keller

Partner, Keller & Benvenutti LLP Tobias counsels clients in a variety of industries dealing with financial distress, advising on dislocations arising from excessive leverage, uncontrolled litigation, or unanticipated employee or vendor problems, and the governance questions that arise in connection with those challenges. 

About Jane Kim
Partner, Keller & Benvenutti LLP 

Jane provides senior legal advice to corporate clients who are or may become involved in bankruptcy or restructuring situations, including debtors, investors, purchasers, and other creditors. Before joining Keller & Benvenutti in 2014, Jane was an associate with Cleary Gottlieb, where she represented Nortel Networks Inc. as it filed its chapter 11 petition and operated and sold its assets within bankruptcy, as well as the Federal Reserve System in the days leading up to Lehman's chapter 11 filing.