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The A.H. Robins Bankruptcy, Jeb Gerth, Ed Meade, Ryan Russell
The A.H. Robins Bankruptcy, Jeb Gerth, Ed Meade, Ryan Russell
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The Past, Present And Future Of Debtor-In-Possession Financing, David A. Skeel Jr.
The Past, Present And Future Of Debtor-In-Possession Financing, David A. Skeel Jr.
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Chapter 11's distinctive post-petition financing rules trace their ancestry back to the origins of large scale corporate reorganization in America in the nineteenth century. In this sense, post-petition financing has always been with us. But in the past decade, the role of the financers has changed. After a century in the shadows, post-petition lenders have stepped onto center stage. The DIP loan agreement has become the single most important governance lever in many large Chapter 11 cases. Why have these formerly bashful financers suddenly started hogging the spotlight? I argue in this article that the generous terms offered to DIP …