CIHLER: The Failing Firm Antitrust Defense – How To Navigate Financially Troubled Mergers During a Pandemic

Please join BakerHostetler for a complimentary webinar that will explore the antitrust issues merging firms may face when at least one of the firms is failing, flailing and/or in bankruptcy in the midst of a pandemic.

Topics:

• Special HSR Filing Requirements for Bankruptcy Transactions
• Merger Trials in the Bankruptcy Court
• The Failing Firm Defense
• The Flailing Firm or Weakened Competitor Defense
• Failing and Flailing Firms: The Pandemic Effect
• Drafting Issues in the Purchase and Sale Agreement

Moderator:

• Carl W. Hittinger, BakerHostetler Antitrust and Competition national team leader

Speakers:

• Marc G. Schildkraut, former Assistant Director, Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Competition, and Partner, BakerHostetler Antitrust and Competition team
• Danyll W. Foix, Partner, BakerHostetler Antitrust and Competition team
• Ryan D. Gorsche, Partner, BakerHostetler Mergers and Acquisitions team
• Michael A. VanNiel, Partner, BakerHostetler Bankruptcy and Restructuring team