Bankruptcy and Difficult Valuation Issues: Allocation, Intangibles, Contingent Assets
Strategies for Secured Creditors
Recording of a 90-minute CLE video webinar with Q&A
This CLE webinar will guide bankruptcy counsel for lenders through increasingly difficult and dizzying valuation issues in business bankruptcies. The program will discuss how to measure the worth of intangible, contingent, and other hard-to-value assets, issues created by more complex financial structures, and challenges with appraising new types of collateral. The panel will offer insights from jurisdictions that have rulings on many of these issues.
Outline
- Valuation purposes and methodologies
- Key junctions in the case for valuation
- Causes of action and litigation claims
- IP
- Intangible assets, such as goodwill
- Contingent assets and future value
- Industry-specific issues
- Issues with financial experts
Benefits
The panel will discuss these and other vital issues:
- What are best strategies for valuing intangible and contingent interests?
- What do the parties do with NFTs and other similar assets?
- How does the debtor's financial structure affect valuation?
- What should junior lienholders scrutinize?
- What types of experts are needed?
Faculty
Matthew Dundon
Principal
Dundon Advisers
Mr. Dundon founded the firm in 2016. He has been a global credit, litigation and distressed investment leader for over... | Read More
Mr. Dundon founded the firm in 2016. He has been a global credit, litigation and distressed investment leader for over 13 years (research head at Miller Tabak Roberts Securities 2006-2010, and portfolio manager at Pine River Capital and Advent Capital 2010-2016), including dozens of litigation-intensive investments and trading opportunities. Corporate finance lawyer and analyst 1998-2006. University of Chicago JD, University of California at Berkeley BA.
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Daniel Desatnik
Attorney
Proskauer Rose
Mr. Desatnik is an associate in the Business Solutions, Governance, Restructuring & Bankruptcy Group. He earned his... | Read More
Mr. Desatnik is an associate in the Business Solutions, Governance, Restructuring & Bankruptcy Group. He earned his J.D. from Columbia Law School, where he graduated as a James Kent Scholar and Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Mr. Desatnik practice focuses on the representation of debtors, creditors’ committees, equity committees, and creditors in chapter 11 cases and out-of-court restructurings.
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Nataliya Kalava, CVA, ABV, MAFF
Managing Director and Founder
American Valuations
Ms. Kalava is a financial expert with over 12 years of professional experience in the field of finance, including... | Read More
Ms. Kalava is a financial expert with over 12 years of professional experience in the field of finance, including valuation services, public accounting, and financial planning and analysis (FP&A) consulting. She works primarily with private, closely-held companies. Ms. Kalava earned a Master of Science degree in Finance from the University of Tampa and a Bachelor of Science degree in International Business and Management, with minor in Finance. She holds a Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA), Master Analyst in Financial Forensics (MAFF) and Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV) credentials.
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