Corporate Restructuring

Harvard HLS

Prerequisite: None Exam Type: In Class This is a course that covers the (non-bankruptcy) law of financial distress. Historically, companies that fell into financial distress filed for bankruptcy, making bankruptcy law the central body of law regulating distressed firms and the legal maneuvers they can make to try to resolve their distress. That is increasingly not the case: today, the most sophisticated companies often seek to restructure their debt outside of…