Levitin’s Business Bankruptcy: Financial Restructuring and Modern Commercial Markets, Third Edition is a comprehensive textbook on business reorganization law, covering modern financing structures, out-of-court restructuring and Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Business Bankruptcy: Financial Restructuring and Modern Commercial Markets provides students with a contemporary stand-alone business bankruptcy text. Designed to teach financial restructuring law in a realistic twenty-first century commercial context, the book uses problem sets to explore not only Chapter 7 and 11 bankruptcy, but also out-of-court restructuring, modern financial products and transactions, and advanced in-court restructuring topics.

New to the Third Edition:

• Coverage of Subchapter V small business reorganizations
• Expanded coverage of labor and pension issues
• Expanded coverage of sub rosa restructuring plans
• Expanded coverage of restructuring support agreements and rights offerings
• Revised coverage of fraudulent transfers

Professors and students will benefit from:

• Unique coverage of out-of-court restructuring providing students with realistic view of contemporary restructuring practice and shows what Chapter 11 adds to the financial restructuring toolkit.
• Detailed coverage of modern financial products and markets— derivatives, securitization, loan syndications, and claims trading—familiarizing students with the dynamics of the modern restructuring landscape.
• Comprehensive expository text clearly explains the operation of the Bankruptcy Code and the policy issues involved.
• In-depth case-studies contextualizing judicial decisions within larger strategic picture.
• Incorporation of actual deal documents, including a bond indenture, a loan syndication agreement, ISDA Master Agreement, and a restructuring support agreement.
• Modular design enabling optional coverage of advanced topics.