Ambac Ch 11
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Ambac Financial Group Inc ., the bankrupt holding company for a failed bond insurer, won a four- month extension of its time to reorganize after a judge called disputes in the case “ugly” and ordered mediation of a tax dispute between Ambac and the U.S. U.S.
Ambac Financial Group, once the nation's second-largest bond insurer before suffering huge losses during the subprime mortgage crisis, could file for bankruptcy before year-end after skipping a $2.8 million bond interest payment. Reuters reports that if Ambac cannot reach an agreement on a prepackaged bankruptcy filing soon, the company will seek Chapter 11 protection sometime this year without the support of its creditors.
Desperate times call for desperate measures, so in the next few years lenders are likely to see more threats by debtors, bankruptcy trustees or competing creditors to subordinate their claims.
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Traders are looking to trigger $1.56 billion in credit-default swap protection on Ambac Financial Group Inc. after the holding company for the bond insurer filed for bankruptcy.
Anthony Princi is a partner in the Bankruptcy and Restructuring practice. His practice is concentrated in debt capital markets and restructuring, and he has extensive experience in representing corporate debtors and secured and unsecured creditors' committees in cross-border bankruptcy proceedings and out-of-court restructurings. Mr.
Ambac shares hit an all-time intraday high of $96.10 on May 18th, 2007
The holding company case is In re Ambac Financial Group Inc., 10-15973, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York (Manhattan). by eric.wiechert Nov 11
The holding company case is In re Ambac Financial Group Inc., 10-15973, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York (Manhattan). by eric.wiechert Nov 11