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Why you should participate on creditors' committees.(selected topic)

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| September 01, 2007 | Bodoff, Joseph | COPYRIGHT 2007 National Association of Credit Management. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Creditors' committees occupy a position at the heart of the Chapter 11 process and play a critical role in what occurs in most Chapter 11 cases. An effective creditors' committee can often have a positive effect on the treatment that creditors receive in a Chapter 11 case. Conversely, an ineffective committee or no committee could leave creditors at a significant disadvantage in the case.

To understand the importance of a creditors' committee, it is helpful to review briefly how a Chapter 11 case typically works and the committee's role in that process. Boiled down to its essence, a Chapter 11 reorganization is nothing more than an exercise in negotiating a ...

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