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When a Company Goes Into Administration or Liquidation Who Gets Paid First?

Hudson Weir

Once a firm enters administration, it must pay every creditor group entirely, save for ‘prescribed part’ secured creditors, before funds are distributed to the subsequent creditor. This company property can be anything from equipment and constructions to apparatus, vehicles, and intellectual property.

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Unsecured And Secured Loans: What If A Company Can’t Repay?

Hudson Weir

To reduce the lender’s risk exposure, a secured business loan provides them with collateral – a company asset. Company assets could include anything from equipment and constructions to vehicles and intellectual property. In contrast, an unsecured loan provided by a lender does not involve a company asset’s usage as collateral.

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The Rights of a Prepetition Lien Holder Against Postpetition Proceeds from a Sale of Real Property

ABI

John’s University School of Law American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review Staff An unpaid secured lender with a prepetition mortgage does not have a right to receive payment of proceeds from a postpetition sale of real property. In 2017, Allegiance Bank loaned Burts Construction, Inc. Gabriel Eckstein St. the “Debtor”) $1.5

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As Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filings Surge, Here’s What Creditors Need to Know to Protect and Enforce Their Rights

Fraser

Such relief may include a request to pay some unsecured creditors (such as employees or “critical vendors”) ahead of others. It is important for creditors and their advisors to carefully review “first day” motions in order to know how their rights may be affected, and take action as appropriate. Plan Confirmation Issues.