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02/10/2020

Financial Poise webinar “Representing Asset Purchasers in Bankruptcy” on February 4, 2020 featured SFGH Partner Mark Melickian as moderator and SFGH Partner Christopher Horvay as a panelist

Financial Poise webinar series Bankruptcy Transaction: Advice for the Advanced Practitioner premiered on Tuesday, February 4, 2020 with “Representing Asset Purchasers in Bankruptcy” moderated by SFGH Partner Mark Melickian and featuring as a panelist SFGH Partner Christopher Horvay. The series provides tools for business owners and their advisers to navigate through the landscape of bankruptcy transactions, demystify esoteric concepts, and discuss best practices for advanced professionals working on these matters. 

Last Tuesday’s webinar focused on the unique benefits and challenges for a professional business adviser when representing an asset purchaser in a bankruptcy. Topics of the webinar included the benefits and drawbacks of serving as a “stalking horse,” asset purchaser; drafting and negotiating the terms of an asset purchase agreement and sale order with the bankrupt debtor and other parties involved in the bankruptcy proceedings; strategies for acquiring assets at auction or by alternative means; and seeking bankruptcy court approval of a proposed transaction.

More information about the webinar can be found here.