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ARTICLE · 03 NOVEMBER 2021

October 2021 - Recent Developments In Bankruptcy Law Update

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Trustee may avoid transfer as actual fraudulent transfer only if ultimate decision-maker  has fraudulent intent.

United StatesInsolvency/Bankruptcy/Re-Structuring

1. AUTOMATIC STAY

1.1 Covered Activities

1.2 Effect of Stay

1.3 Remedies

2. AVOIDING POWERS

2.1 Fraudulent Transfers

2.1.a Trustee may avoid transfer as actual fraudulent transfer only if ultimate decision-maker has fraudulent intent. Before entering into a two-step LBO transaction, the debtor formed a special board committee of independent directors, which hired professional advisers. Each step required separate financing. It sought solvency opinions for each step of the transaction. The opinions were based on management projections, but before the issuance of the first opinion, management had concluded the company would not make the projections, yet the opining firm was not advised of this new information. The transaction's first step closed using borrowed money, and major shareholders, who were represented on the board, sold their shares. Before the second step, management revised its projections again. The opining firm, based on management

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