Webcast: Hot Topics in Tax: The Traps and Opportunities of Debt Restructurings

Webcasts  |  November 13, 2025

Join our lawyers for a recorded 30-minute briefing covering several tax practice topics. This is part of a series of quarterly webcasts designed to provide quick insights into emerging issues and practical advice on how to manage common tax problems.

Topics discussed include:

  • Recent market trends and structures used in the debt restructuring market
  • Common traps and opportunities for restructuring distressed real estate as well as private and public debt
  • Common traps and opportunities for private funds and CLO vehicles including new money components
  • Risks relating to the receipt of fees and other forms of consideration

MCLE CREDIT INFORMATION:

This program has been approved for credit in accordance with the requirements of the New York State Continuing Legal Education Board for a maximum of .50 credit hour, of which .50 credit hour may be applied toward the areas of professional practice requirement. This course is approved for transitional/non-transitional credit.

Attorneys seeking New York credit must obtain an Affirmation Form prior to watching the archived version of this webcast. Please contact CLE@gibsondunn.com to request the MCLE form.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP certifies that this activity has been approved for MCLE credit by the State Bar of California in the amount of .50 hour in the General Category.

California attorneys may claim “self-study” credit for viewing the archived version of this webcast. No certificate of attendance is required for California “self-study” credit.

PANELISTS:

Jennifer Sabin is a partner in the New York office of Gibson Dunn. She represents clients in a broad range of domestic and international tax matters, including taxable and tax-free mergers and acquisitions (public and private), capital markets transactions, financings, spin-offs, joint ventures, and restructurings. Her practice also includes formation of, and transactions undertaken by, private equity, hedge funds, and asset managers.

Edward Wei is a partner in the New York office of Gibson Dunn and member of the Tax Practice Group. Edward’s practice focuses on a wide range of U.S. and international tax matters, such as public company spin-offs, mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures (including de-SPAC transactions), private equity, bankruptcy and out-of-court restructurings, debt and equity capital markets (including issuances involving SPAC and UP-C structures), and real estate transactions.

Lorna Wilson is a partner in Gibson Dunn’s Los Angeles office and a member of the firm’s Tax Practice Group. Lorna’s practice focuses on federal income tax matters, including corporate, limited liability company, and partnership tax matters in both the U.S. and international contexts. She has worked on a variety of transactions, including taxable and tax-free mergers, acquisitions, dispositions and reorganizations, joint ventures, investment funds, public and private offerings of stock, debt and derivatives, and financing transactions. Lorna additionally has extensive experience in tax planning for real estate transactions, including advising on investments in real estate by U.S. and non-U.S. investors, including foreign governments, dispositions of real estate, real estate investment trust (REIT) matters and California state and local real estate tax issues, including property and transfer taxes issues.

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