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Meet The Attorneys Guiding Telefonica Del Peru In Ch. 15
The former national phone company of Peru, advised by lawyers from White & Case LLP, is navigating a Chapter 15 case in Texas to obtain recognition of its Peruvian insolvency proceedings, which the company launched after authorities in its home country imposed a $372 million tax bill.
Animal Welfare Worries, Defaults Led To Dolphin Park Ch. 11
A collection of 15 debtors in the corporate family of attraction operator The Dolphin Company were pushed toward bankruptcy by woes including defaults on secured notes, dysfunctional negotiations with creditors and concerns about animal welfare, the debtors' independent director has revealed.
Catching Up With New Bankruptcy Case Action
Restaurant chain Hooters launched a Chapter 11 case with about $380 million in debt, saying it has reached a deal to shed its company-owned restaurants and trade debt for equity. Gastropub chain Bar Louie filed for bankruptcy, listing nearly $70 million of debt, about five years after its creditors took over the business during a previous bankruptcy. And a sustainability-focused financial services company filed for Chapter 11 less than a month after the firm's founder was arrested and charged with fraud.
Meet The Attorneys Guiding Telefonica Del Peru In Ch. 15
The former national phone company of Peru, advised by lawyers from White & Case LLP, is navigating a Chapter 15 case in Texas to obtain recognition of its Peruvian insolvency proceedings, which the company launched after authorities in its home country imposed a $372 million tax bill.
Animal Welfare Worries, Defaults Led To Dolphin Park Ch. 11
A collection of 15 debtors in the corporate family of attraction operator The Dolphin Company were pushed toward bankruptcy by woes including defaults on secured notes, dysfunctional negotiations with creditors and concerns about animal welfare, the debtors' independent director has revealed.
Catching Up With New Bankruptcy Case Action
Restaurant chain Hooters launched a Chapter 11 case with about $380 million in debt, saying it has reached a deal to shed its company-owned restaurants and trade debt for equity. Gastropub chain Bar Louie filed for bankruptcy, listing nearly $70 million of debt, about five years after its creditors took over the business during a previous bankruptcy. And a sustainability-focused financial services company filed for Chapter 11 less than a month after the firm's founder was arrested and charged with fraud.
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A Texas bankruptcy judge on Tuesday agreed to dismiss the Chapter 11 cases of electric vehicle battery maker Northvolt AB at the company's request, after its parent commenced a bankruptcy case in Sweden.
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The Office of the U.S. Trustee appointed the unsecured creditors committee in high-protein soybean developer Benson Hill Inc.'s Chapter 11 case, composing a three-member group of American Natural Processors In... (more story)
Bankrupt restaurant chain Hooters of America LLC can access $5 million in interim financing from a $40 million debtor-in-possession package from its prepetition lenders as it transitions to a franchise-only mo... (more story)
Sustainability-focused financial services provider Aspiration Partners Inc. on Wednesday secured the Delaware bankruptcy court's interim approval to tap $2.2 million of an $18 million Chapter 11 financing faci... (more story)
California trucking group Kal Freight Inc. is looking to bump out its Chapter 11 plan effective date as it works to return trucks and trailers to lenders, its attorneys told a Texas bankruptcy judge Wednesday.
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