As New Fortress Energy, which is headquartered in New York, is seeking to restructure more than $5 billion in debt in the U.K., bankruptcy experts are watching whether the costs of Chapter 11 and the U.S. Supreme Court's decision barring nonconsensual third-party releases are driving debtors to file elsewhere.
A farming operation sought Chapter 15 recognition of its Canadian insolvency, a software company entered Chapter 11 with plans to sell its business to a lender, and a kitchen design firm began a Chapter 7 liquidation.
Small-business issues, artificial intelligence and economic concerns were among the range of topics discussed by lawyers, judges and other bankruptcy professionals at the American Bankruptcy Institute's annual spring meeting in Washington last week.