Alexandria, Va. — Insights from some of the country’s top insolvency and restructuring experts on issues confronting the profession in 2022 will be addressed at the American Bankruptcy Institute’s (ABI) 2021 Winter Leadership Conference, taking place Dec. 9-11 at the Terranea Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. This year's conference, offering both in-person and virtual attendance options, will feature 24 concurrent sessions addressing a diverse spectrum of key insolvency topics for both business and consumer practitioners. Additionally, the Winter Leadership Conference will host a luncheon to celebrate the fifth class of ABI’s “40 Under 40,” a program that identifies the top 40 industry professionals under age 40.

Sessions at the Winter Leadership Conference include:

• Industry Spotlight & 2022 Economic Outlook: Will Your Next Case Be Feasible?
• Mass Tort Chapter 11 Cases Today: Sexual Abuse, Opioid and Asbestos Cases
• Pre-Bankruptcy Planning and Use of Asset-Protection Vehicles: Domestic Asset-Protection Trusts, Offshore Trusts and More
• Understanding and Enhancing the Business Value of Post-COVID-19 Distressed Businesses
• Riding the Wave: Visiting and Revisiting the Automatic Stay, Discharge Injunction and Sanctions in the Wake of Supreme Court Rulings
• Restructuring and Plan-Support Agreements and Other Trends in Out-of-Court Restructurings
• Cybersecurity and Being Secure in Your Practice: How Confident Are You in Your Competency?
• Real Estate Restructurings in the Aftermath of COVID-19
• Health Care Fraud: Pandemic Impacts and Financial Implications for the Industry
• Innovations in Financing Chapter 11 Cases from the Petition to the Effective Date
• Is the SBRA Here to Stay? Case Law Developments and Political Will
• Intersection of the Bankruptcy Code with Criminal and Civil Forfeiture
• Chapter 11 and the Airline Industry
• Winding Down Companies When Chapter 11 Is Not an Option
• 60 Consumer Tips in 60 Minutes
• Working from Home: Employee Work Issues and Claims in the Post-COVID-19 World
• “Can Someone Please Tell Me What to Do?” How Best to Sell Your Assets
• Circuit and District Court Splits on Important Bankruptcy Issues with Bill Rochelle & Friends
• Cryptocurrency and Blockchain: What Is It? How Does It Apply to Restructurings and Bankruptcy?
• Current Issues Impacting the Bottom Lines of Health Care Restructuring Cases
• Prepping for Success: The Keys to Maximizing the Mediation Process
• Match Wits with the Experts! An Ethics Game Show Featuring the Audience
• Attorney Fee Bifurcation

To review a comprehensive schedule of speakers and optional events, please click here:

http://www.abiwlc.org/. If you are a member of the press and you would like to attend the conference, please contact John Hartgen at 703-894-5935 or [email protected].

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ABI is the largest multi-disciplinary, nonpartisan organization dedicated to research and education on matters related to insolvency. ABI was founded in 1982 to provide Congress and the public with unbiased analysis of bankruptcy issues. The ABI membership includes nearly 10,000 attorneys, accountants, bankers, judges, professors, lenders, turnaround specialists and other bankruptcy professionals, providing a forum for the exchange of ideas and information. For additional information on ABI, visit www.abiworld.org. For additional conference information, visit http://www.abiworld.org/conferences.html.