2025 Chicago-Harvard-Wharton Insolvency & Restructuring Conference
Agenda
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Thursday, September 11, 2025
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Welcome Drop-In Reception
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- The Quadrangle Club, Library, 1155 E. 57th St., Chicago, IL 60637
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Welcome Drop-In Reception
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Friday, September 12, 2025
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Breakfast & Registration
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University Pre-function, David Rubenstein Forum, 1201 E. 60th St., Chicago, IL 60637
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Welcome
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- University B
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Adam Chilton, Dean, Howard G. Krane Professor of Law, Walter Mander Research Scholar, University of Chicago Law School
Vince Buccola, Professor of Law, University of Chicago Law School
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Papers 1
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- University B
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Mass Tort
Francus: Representing the Mass in Mass-Tort Bankruptcy
Kline: What is Fair in Chapter 11 and Mass Torts? Revisiting Insurance Channeling Injunctions in Mass Tort Cases Post-Purdue Pharma
Simon: Mass Tort Designation
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- 701
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Comparative (General)
Kornejew: Creditor Rights and Credit Cycles
Albertus, Gurrea-Martinez, Hotchkiss & Zheng: The Economic Impact of Insolvency Reforms Around the World
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- 702
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Primary Markets
Chen, Cumming, Zhao & Zhao: Private Equity Sponsors, Law Firm Relationship, and Loan Contracts in Leveraged Buyouts
Vyas: CLO-Bank Relationships: Evidence from Bankruptcy and Restructuring Outcomes of CLO-held Loans
Buccola & Nini: The Apollo Premium
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Break
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University Pre-function
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Papers 2
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- University B
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Venue
Tavera: Forum Shopping After Purdue
Antill & Bellon: The Real Effects of Bankruptcy Forum Shopping
Ware: Reconciling Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law with Enforceable Arbitration Agreements
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- 701
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Comparative (North & South)
Ben-Ishai & Vyas: Corporate Insolvency Proceedings in Canada: The Gap Between Policy Objectives and Case Outcomes
Chippin: Intent in Transactions Avoidance — A need for greater certainty?
Gurrea-Martinez: Insolvency Law in the Global South: Lessons for the Global North
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- 702
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Primary Markets
Li: Complementarity of Bank and Market Debt in Dynamic Debt Structure
Chen: Corporate Bond Refinancing Under Capital Supply Uncertainty
Fang & Nini: Go with the Flow: Debt Structure Changes and Interest Rate
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Lunch
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University A
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Papers 3
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- University B
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Historical Perspective
Stolker: Bankruptcy without Borders
Lubben: American Schemes
Skeel: Debt’s Dominion: A New Epilogue
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- 701
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Non-Corporate Debtors
Dick & Yockey: College Closure Law
Organek: University Failure
Aleszczyk: Short-term debt window-dressing: Evidence from intra-quarter commercial paper borrowings
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- 702
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Away from Bulge Bracket Advisors
Ghio & Thomson: Ignorance Isn't Bliss: Why Directors' Legal Literacy Matters for Corporate Rescue
Adebola: Comprehending and Resolving the Challenges of Insolvency Law in Practice: The Performance Improvement Approach
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Break
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University Pre-function
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Plenary Panel
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- University B
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Out-of-Court Dynamics: What Researchers Should Know
Ebba Gebisa (Latham & Watkins)
Ryan Hamilton (Jefferies)
Chad Husnick (Kirkland & Ellis)
Mike Weitz (Lazard)
Moderator: Jared Ellias
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Break
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University Pre-function
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Papers 4
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- University B
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Liability Management
Altman & Rosenthal: Distressed Exchanges: A Prominent Form of Out-of-Bankruptcy-Court Corporate Restructuring
Miller: Liability Management Exercises Mature
Roe & Rotaru: Liability Management’s Limited Runway
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- 701
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Comparative (India)
Varma & Agarwal: Quantitative Easing 2.0: Leveraging Bankruptcy Law in India for Supporting Viable Firms During Liquidity Crises
Tripathi: Reassessing the role of deposit insurance in bank resolutions
Sethi: From Distress to Decision: Machine Learning-Based Classification of Corporate Liquidation and Restructuring
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- 702
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Bankruptcy Theory
Janger: Equity in Distress: Taking Fairness Seriously in Business Reorganizations
Gouzoules: Chapter 11 and Corporate Crime: How Restructuring Does (and Should) Impact Prosecutorial Decisions
Dick: The Redemptive Logic of Chapter 11
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Reception
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City View Pre-function, Tenth floor
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Conference Dinner
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- City View Room, Tenth floor
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Remarks: Sarah Paterson
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Breakfast & Registration
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Saturday, September 13, 2025
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Breakfast
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University Pre-function
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Papers 5
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- University B
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Commercial Law
Schwarcz & Stewart: Recharacterizing Contracts: The Sale-versus-Loan Problem of Receivables Financing
Maryam: Rehypothecation in Cross-Border Financial Transactions: Navigating the Legal Ambiguities, Systemic Vulnerabilities, and the Imperative for Comprehensive Regulatory Overhaul
Baird: Fraudulent Transfer Law’s Forgotten Foundations
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- 701
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Private Credit & Automation
Jang & Kim: Valuation Discipline in Private Credit
Ellias: Fresh Starts After Bankruptcy
Eidenmüller & Mayer: The Corporate Restructuring Machine: Introducing an Open Platform Approach to Workouts
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- 702
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Bankruptcy Theory
Seymour: Managerial Bankruptcy Judging
Gotberg & Robinson: Bankruptcy Claims
Hampson: Business Bankruptcy’s Negative Spaces: When Courts Dismiss, Abstain, or Transfer
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Break
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University Pre-function
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Plenary Panel
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- University B
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Challenges from the Bench
Philip Bentley (Bankr. S.D.N.Y.)
Craig Goldblatt (Bankr. D. Del.)
Michael Slade (Bankr. N.D. Ill.)
Moderator: Mark Roe
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Break
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University Pre-function
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Papers 6
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- University B
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Chapter 11 at Work
Simkovic: The Two Laws of M&A
Hynes: Bankruptcy Options and Inverted Control
Bentley & Casey: Using § 157(b)(5) to Deal with Mass Torts
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- 701
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Distinctive Stakeholders
Velazquez: Bankrupting Collective Power
Hunt: Priority Treatment for Fraud Claims in Bankruptcy
Bortner: Private Inequity: Business-Law Solutions for Better PE Health Care
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- 702
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Comparative (Europe+)
Ehmke: The Shift Towards Debtor-Friendly Insolvency and Restructuring Regimes: Have We Gone Too Far?
Kratzlmeier: Tax Claims under (European) Bankruptcy Law: Special Treatment or Just Another Creditor?
Pessoa: Shareholders' Loans and the New Money: A Conflict Between Subordination and Restructuring
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Lunch
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- University A
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Farewell: David Skeel
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Breakfast