Robert D. Brown

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Robert D. Brown practices in the Business Reorganization Group at the firm.

Publications

“Bankruptcy Claims Sellers Should Consider All Risk Elements,” Bloomberg Law, Aug. 11, 2023

“Serta Simmons Ch. 11 Expands Split On Credit Agreements,” Law360, Aug. 9, 2023

“Financial Titans Engage in Winner-Takes-All Battle: The Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas Upholds Serta’s 2020 Uptiering Transaction,” SRZ Alert, July 5, 2023

“Third Circuit Dismisses J&J Bankruptcy Case for Lack of Good Faith,” SRZ Alert, Feb. 6, 2023

“Cryptocurrency Update: Crypto in Celsius 'Earn' Accounts Are Property of Bankruptcy Estate, Not Customer Assets,” SRZ Alert, Jan. 12, 2023

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Alerts

Flames, Not Smoke: LTL Management LLC’s Second Chapter 11 Filing Dismissed by the Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey for Lack of Imminent and Immediate Financial Distress

August 14, 2023

On July 28, 2023, Judge Michael Kaplan of the Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey issued an opinion granting motions to dismiss LTL Management LLC’s second chapter 11 case, finding that it was filed in bad faith due to a lack of imminent...

Publications

Bankruptcy Claims Sellers Should Consider All Risk Elements

August 2023

In an article for Bloomberg Law, Schulte partner Doug Mintz, special counsel Neil Begley and associate Robert Brown, with contributions from partner David Karp, discuss various aspects of bankruptcy claims trading, including the three general...

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Financial Titans Engage in Winner-Takes-All Battle: The Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas Upholds Serta’s 2020 Uptiering Transaction

July 5, 2023

“Sophisticated financial titans engaged in a winner-take-all battle. There was a winner and a loser. Such an outcome was not only foreseeable, it is the only correct result. The risk of loss is a check on unrestrained behavior.”On June 6, 2023, the...

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Third Circuit Dismisses J&J Bankruptcy Case for Lack of Good Faith

February 6, 2023

“The theme is clear: absent financial distress, there is no reason for Chapter 11 and no valid bankruptcy purpose.”On Jan. 30, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit dismissed the Chapter 11 bankruptcy case of LTL Management LLC, a...

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Cryptocurrency Update: Crypto in Celsius “Earn” Accounts Are Property of Bankruptcy Estate, Not Customer Assets

January 12, 2023

Judge Martin Glenn of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York issued a ruling last week in the Celsius Network bankruptcy case addressing whether customer deposits on a cryptocurrency exchange or platform are property...

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Robert D. Brown

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Highlights (5)

Flames, Not Smoke: LTL Management LLC’s Second Chapter 11 Filing Dismissed by the Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey for Lack of Imminent and Immediate Financial Distress

Bankruptcy Claims Sellers Should Consider All Risk Elements

Financial Titans Engage in Winner-Takes-All Battle: The Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas Upholds Serta’s 2020 Uptiering Transaction

Third Circuit Dismisses J&J Bankruptcy Case for Lack of Good Faith

Cryptocurrency Update: Crypto in Celsius “Earn” Accounts Are Property of Bankruptcy Estate, Not Customer Assets