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Corporate Summertime blues: corporate finance faces a financial reporting reckoning

This was first published in IFLR on July 21, 2025. Summertime blues: corporate finance faces a financial reporting reckoning Borrowers and lenders can plan ahead of the curve amid financial pressures Summer is just at the half-way point, but financial reporting for many borrowers for second quarter is still around the corner. Given market volatility, […]

Bankruptcy, Corporate, Global Hospitality Group® and Real Estate Views from the Frontlines – the Current State of Debt Financing

Every passing month seems to bring with it a new set of “market making” events that consistently catapults the deal and debt financing economy in a new direction. Nonetheless, there are certain trends that the JMBM attorneys on the “financing frontlines” see repeatedly, and this fall seemed as good a time as any to convey […]

Bankruptcy West Coast Industrial Solutions: Alternatives to Bankruptcy: What Should Business Owners Know?

An article by Ben Young titled “Alternatives to Bankruptcy: What Should Business Owners Know?” was published by West Coast Industrial Solutions on October 9, 2020.

Bankruptcy Can a Plan of Reorganization Separately Classify a Claim That Is Personally Guaranteed?

Recently, we’ve been seeing debtors try to confirm cram down plans of reorganization that are unfavorable to the secured creditor by “gerrymandering” the class of unsecured claims. The typical situation finds the secured creditor holding an undersecured loan. Under Section 506(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, the secured creditor’s claim is automatically bifurcated into a secured […]

Bankruptcy and Global Hospitality Group® Hotel Online: Double Bogie: Bank’s Security Interest in Green Fees Cut Off by Club’s Bankruptcy

Ben Young’s article, “Double Bogie: Bank’s Security Interest in Green Fees Cut Off by Club’s Bankruptcy,” was published by Jim Butler’s Hotel Law Blog, and picked up by Hotel Online and Hospitality Net.

Bankruptcy Double Bogie: Bank’s Security Interest in Green Fees Cut Off by Club’s Bankruptcy

A good workout professional also knows how to help the Bank make loans that are properly structured. Many of the “sad” stories we have recently experienced were the result of a huge decrease in property values, but several arose out of mistakes made in underwriting and structuring loans. Well-run institutions are taking care to be […]

Must an Assignee for the Benefit of Creditors Give Notice to Creditors Before Selling the Assignor’s Assets?

Assignments for the benefit of creditors are a terrific tool to facilitate the liquidation of assets of a failing enterprise. In this article, my partner, Ben Young, explains why a recent opinion from the California Fourth District Court of Appeal missed the point and why ABCs remain a powerful tool available to get the bank […]