Financial Distress in the Energy Sector: Managing Exposure and Leveraging Opportunities

Locke Lord is pleased to bring this important and timely discussion to Boston. By leveraging the extensive experience our lawyers bring to the table from the energy, restructuring & insolvency and private equity sectors, we will discuss key observations and trends in the current environment. Speakers at the seminar include: Karl Fryzel, Rick Kuebel, Matt McTygue, Bill Swanstrom, and Jonathan Young.

Topics to be discussed include:
• Distressed acquisitions of energy assets, debt and companies
• Fiduciary duties of directors and officers of distressed energy companies
• Enforcement of contractual and collateral rights following default
• Financial risk management
• Key tax considerations applicable to distressed energy assets
• Restructuring/refinancing and recapitalization of distressed entities
• Strategic alternatives
• Current deal trends

For More Information:
Please contact, Lauren Asher Smith.

Materials
Click here for the materials packet from the event

A Q&A Series package on “Financial Distress in the Energy Sector” – pulled from the Boston event on Thursday -- includes the following features from Bill Swanstrom and Matt McTygue, as well as from Karl Fryzel, Co-Chair of Locke Lord’s Tax Department, and Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Insolvency Partners Rick Kuebel and Jonathan Young.

• ‘Seller Capitulation’ Fueling Increase in Sale of Energy Assets by Bill Swanstrom and Matt McTygue
• Tax Planning When Investing in Distressed Assets by Karl Fryzel
• Drop in Commodity Pricing, Liquidity Drives ‘Upstream’ Bankruptcy Filings by Rick Kuebel and Jonathan Young