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| Distressed Opportunity Bulletin |
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Ice Miller launched its Distressed Investment Group ("DIG") to identify and facilitate distressed investment opportunities and assist clients through creative and strategic acquisitions and investments in bankruptcies, in-court restructurings, out-of-court restructurings and other insolvency-related transactions.
DIG is comprised of some of Ice Miller's most experienced and entrepreneurial bankruptcy, corporate restructuring, finance, real estate, mergers and acquisitions, corporate and tax attorneys. Its members have significant experience advising clients on loan-to-own strategies, debt and equity sales and restructurings, recapitalizations, note purchase loans, debtor-in-possession and exit financings, claims trading, distressed real estate acquisitions, section 363 sales, rescue capital deployment, and other insolvency-related and special situations transactions in the context of chapter 11 cases and proceedings, defaulted-loan litigation, workouts, foreclosures, deeds in lieu of foreclosure, Article 9 sales, assignments for the benefit of creditors, and receiverships.
DIG’s members regularly advise investment funds, private and institutional investors, lenders, private equity firms, operators and other interested parties in all aspects of strategic distressed investing and related transactions. Its members frequently serve as bond counsel, issuer's counsel, bank counsel, and underwriter's counsel in a variety of taxable and tax-exempt municipal financings involving hospitals, health systems, senior living providers, single- and multi-family housing projects, airports, 501(c)(3) organizations, state and local governmental issuers and municipal power agencies.
DIG’s members also have significant experience representing private and institutional investors, including private equity real estate funds and REITs, developers and operators in the acquisition, redevelopment and operation of distressed real estate across various asset classes.
To learn more about DIG or any opportunities listed in this Bulletin or, if you have any opportunities you’d like us to share in our next Bulletin, please visit our webpage or contact any of our DIG members.
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Contact a DIG Member
Jay Augustyn
Jason Berne
Chris Bordoni
John Burke
Guillermo Christensen
Phillip Coover
Tyson Crist
Louis DeLucia
Matt Ehinger
Alyson Fiedler
Christina Fugate
Philip Genetos
Jane Herndon
Jeff Hokanson
Brent Huber
Tyler Kalachnik
Thomas Kesoglou
Safet Metjahic
Laurie Miller
David Nie
Amir Ovcina
Thomas Pampush
Eric Singer
Scott Snively
Taryn Stone
Chase Stuart
Jason Torf
Kevin Woodhouse
J.C. Brown
John Cannizzaro
Michael Ott
Chelsea Abramowitz
Jeff Karas
Simone Park
John Acquaviva
Marita Clarke
Kim Stapleton
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Opportunities in
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Please click the chart below to download a full PDF of currently available distressed investment opportunities.
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UPDATED: Bankruptcy Implications of New COVID-19 Legislation
The United States Congress revived the age-old tradition of passing a lame-duck Christmas Tree appropriations bill to fund the government and provide a second wave of much-needed COVID-19 relief legislation. The nearly 5,600-page bill, which President Trump signed into law on December 27, 2020, includes temporary alterations to the Bankruptcy Code to help those affected by the COVID-19 crisis. Among those temporary alterations: |
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DIG hosts relevant and timely webinars on distressed investing. Be on the look out and get your calendars ready!
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What We Can Expect from the Biden Administration on Health Care Policy: A Virtual Discussion with Former Secretary of DHHS Kathleen Sebelius
On February 23, 2021, Ice Miller’s Health Law Group held a virtual discussion with Kathleen Sebelius, Former Secretary of Health and Human Services under President Barack Obama (2009 – 2014). Ice Miller partner, Kevin Woodhouse, facilitated a discussion with Former Secretary Sebelius who provided her unique perspective on what we can expect from the Biden Administration on health care policy, including issues such as:
- Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic
- The future of the Affordable Care Act
- Introduction of a public option
- Actions related to drug pricing
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Strafford Webinar: Successor Liability in Distressed M&A Transactions: Mitigation Strategies
On February 10, 2021, Ice Miller of counsel Michael Ott and Ballard Spahr partner George Singer held a Strafford webinar titled, "Successor Liability in Distressed M&A Transactions: Mitigation Strategies." This 90-minute premium CLE video webinar with interactive Q&A discussed strategies for mitigating the risk of successor liability in distressed M&A transactions. The panel outlined the sources of potential claims and the role of due diligence, indemnification and other contract provisions, insurance and entity structure can have in limiting the buyer's liability post-closing.
Click here to read the article, "Successor Liability Concerns in Distressed Transactions." |
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Rise with Ice Miller & Friends Webinar Series
On January 28, 2021, the third webinar in our series "Rise with Ice Miller & Friends" was held. This ongoing series, moderated by our Franchise Co-Chairs Christina Fugate and Alice Kelly, explores the inspirational road maps that lead entrepreneurs to success and other hot business issues. In this webinar, Christina and Alice talked with Matt Kelly, CEO at JBG SMITH, and Dean Marks, Managing Principal at Sterling Bay, who shared stories about their journeys to success and their passion for the real estate industry. |
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