The In-Court Report with Cat Corey — The latest on backstop fees in rights offerings and DIP financings

In the inaugural episode of The In-Court Report with Cat Corey, distressed legal analyst Cat Corey brings in Vince Buccola, professor of law at the University of Chicago Law School and Lara Sheikh, bankruptcy legal analyst at 9fin, to discuss the latest trends relating to backstop fees in rights offerings and DIP financings, along with the impact of the recent ConvergeOne decision.

The episode also discusses a recent paper authored by Professor Buccola, along with Adi Marcovich Gross and Matthew McBrady, that analyzes the returns to equity rights offering backstop commitments.

Find all our coverage on issues relating to backstop fees at 9fin.com.

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Chase Collum

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