Turnaround Issues

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning have the potential to reshape the landscape of corporate restructurings and valuations by influencing the creation, protection, efficiencies and valuations of various asset classes. While AI presents opportunities for businesses to innovate, grow and protect their assets more effectively, it also brings new challenges and uncertainties that require careful consideration and adaptation. This panel discussion will address how AI might be used in corporate restructuring and valuation, and the potential benefits and risks.

This panel will cover various proceedings alternative to bankruptcy, with a focus on assignments for the benefit of creditors. The panelists will provide an overview of popular bankruptcy alternatives and discuss their practicalities.

Panelists representing the stakeholders in the case (secured creditors, bondholders, trade, equity) will discuss their strategies to increase their constituents’ respective pieces of the pie.

Stakeholders will discuss how fraudulent-transfer issues and their potential resolutions affect their strategies.

The panel will discuss the impact of the amendments to the Cayman Companies Act, which introduce the ability of a company to restructure under the supervision of a company restructuring officer on grounds that the company is or is likely to become unable to pay its debts and intends to present a compromise or arrangement to its creditors (or classes thereof), either pursuant to the Companies Act (2021 Revision) or a foreign law or by way of a consensual restructuring. These provisions will be compared to and contrasted with U.S. chapter 11.