The Feb. 27 Shopping Center Business webinar “” detailed early warning signs for retailers in distress, as well as decision-making processes and strategies to restructure inside or outside of Chapter 11. What is needed for a successful restructuring? What kind of roles do firms retained in bankruptcy cases play in arranging prep work, navigating competing stakeholder agendas and arranging critical payment dates and short-term liquidity management?
Learn more from this brief one-hour discussion that covers both the headlines and the behind-the-scenes process of restructuring for retailers. to listen to the webinar and learn from industry experts.
Major topics covered:
- Market overview and early warning signs for retail sectors
- Inside a retailer’s restructuring
- Competing agendas
- Critical payment dates
- Short-term liquidity management
- Difficult decisions and stakeholders (including bondholders; term lenders; asset-based lenders; the company board, C-suite and employees; unsecured creditors, which includes vendors and landlords)
- Condensed timeframes and the company’s decision-making process
- Restructuring inside or outside of Chapter 11
- Behind-the-scenes approaches to
- Workstreams
- Priorities and planning
- Settlement negotiations
- Managing information flow to various committees
- Liquidity management reports and advice
- How can retailers successfully transition out of Chapter 11?
Panelists:
- Dana Telsey, Telsey Advisory Group (moderator)
- Christian Tempke, Lazard
- Andrew Graiser, A&G Real Estate Partners
- Jon Goulding, Alvarez & Marsal North America
- Emily Geier, Kirkland & Ellis
Webinar sponsor: This webinar is sponsored by A&G Real Estate Partners, a real estate advisory firm specializing in lease optimization and real estate sales.
about retailers in distress and the process of successful restructuring.
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