In this client update, Aaron Hammer highlights recent decisions by U.S. Bankruptcy Courts to relieve debtors of certain performance obligations due to Coronavirus pandemic.

In the June 2020 edition of the Turnaround Management Association's Journal of Corporate Renewal, John Pidcock, Nathan Delman and John Guzzardo explore the successful turnaround of Red South Beach and related COVID-19 response straegy, led by Aaron Hammer, in an article titled "Global Pandemic is Surprise Edition to Restaurant's Turnaround Menu".

In this client update, Aaron Hammer talks corporate turnaround, workouts and corporate bankruptcies under COVID-19.

In his article "Dank Until Dark: The State of Corporate Insolvency for Cannabis Businesses" published in the Cannabis Industry Journal, Aaron L. Hammer, Esq. discusses the current state of debt restructuring and insolvency alternatives for Cannabis businesses in light of the current federal legislative framework and other obstacles.

In August 2017, the American Bar Association published the third revised version of its widely acclaimed treatise, Reorganizing Failing Businesses, featuring chapters co-authored by Aaron L. Hammer, Esq.

Aaron L. Hammer authors updated chapter on chapter 15 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in West Publishing's leading treatise Strategic Alternatives For and Against Distressed Businesses.

The December 2015 issue of The Newsletter of Corporate Renewal features an article by Aaron L. Hammer, Esq. entitled, "Your Professional Growth — An Ambitious 2015 and a Continued Call to Arms."

The September 2015 issue of The Newsletter of Corporate Renewal features an article by Aaron L. Hammer, Esq. entitled, "Your Professional Growth — Growing with TMA."

In the October 2015 issue of the ABF Journal, Aaron L. Hammer, Esq. discusses the chapter 11 cases of AgFeed USA, LLC and its affiliates before the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware and his role as counsel to the Official Committee of Equity Security Holders which received a substantial distribution in the bankruptcy cases.

The June 2015 issue of The Newsletter of Corporate Renewal features an article by Aaron L. Hammer, Esq. entitled, "Your Professional Growth — Embracing the Challenge."

Aaron L. Hammer, leader of Sugar Felsenthal Grais & Hammer LLP's corporate restructuring practice and president of the Chicago/Midwest Chapter of the Turnaround Management Association, published an article in The Newsletter of Corporate Renewal entitled "2015: A Year of Professional Growth."

In the treatise Chapter 15 Bankruptcy Strategies (Aspatore 2012), Aaron L. Hammer, Esq. publishes a chapter entitled "Redesigning Bankruptcy Strategies to Accomodate U.S. Bankruptcy Code Chapter 15 Revisions", and provides his insider's perspective on understanding the scope and overall goal of Chapter 15 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code as it relates to administration of cross-border insolvencies.

A substantive overview from Aaron L. Hammer and Michael A. Brandess in The American Bankruptcy Institute Journal on the reaction of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York to bankruptcy claims trading during the Enron chapter 11 banrkuptcy proceedings.

In this article published by The Turnaround Management Association's Journal of Corporate Renewal, Aaron L. Hammer discusses the "gifting doctrine" under federal bankruptcy law and its implications for secured and unsecured creditors in chapter 11 cases.

In "Claims Trading: The Wild West of Chapter 11s," published on the cover of the July/August 2010 edition of the American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, Aaron L. Hammer, Esq. provides a substantive overview of recent issues pertaining to bankruptcy claims trading.

Aaron L. Hammer, Esq. contributes to this Financier Worldwide publication, which provides a comprehensive assessment of the vibrant mergers and acquisition market in bankruptcy sales.

In this chapter of Strategic Alternatives for Distressed Busineses (West Publication), titled "Chapter 15 as a Strategic Alternative for Administration of U.S. Assets in Cross-Border Insolvencies", Aaron L. Hammer provides a thorough overview of Chapter 15 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code as an alternative to Chapter 11 or state law receiverships to accomplish a distressed cross-border transaction.

In this handout from the Association of Transportation Law Professionals' 80th Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, Aaron L. Hammer, Esq. provides a broad overview of federal bankruptcy issues for the equipment leasing industry.

Retailers the world over are feeling the effects of the financial crisis.  Unable to access credit, they are taking a much closer look at their balance sheets, hoping that some basic structural changes will allow them to outlast the drought.  In this Financier Worldwide publication, Aaron L. Hammer, Esq. analyzes the impact of the economic downturn on domestic retailers.

Aaron L. Hammer provides a broad overview of federal bankruptcy issues for the equipment leasing industry in this handout provided to participants in a private client workshop.

In this article published by The Newsletter of Corporate Renewal, Aaron L. Hammer, Esq. discusses the Turnaround Management Association Chicago/Midwest Chapter's November 14, 2009 breakfast program which featured leading industry professionals discussing the impact of the economic climate on various industries.

In this article published by The Newsletter of Corporate Renewal, Aaron L. Hammer discusses the Turnaround Management Association Chicago/Midwest Chapter's September 2009 breakfast program wihch included a macroeconomic panel discussion on the current issues affecting the economy, capital markets, politics and corporate restructurings.

In this The Law and Business Review of the Americas journal article, Aaron L. Hammer, Esq. provides a basic understanding of the building blocks of new Chapter 15 to the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in relation to cross-border insolvency administration.

In this leading treatise Cross-Border Debt Restructurings: Innovative Approaches for Creditors, Corporates and Sovereigns (Euromoney 2005), Aaron L. Hammer, Esq. authors chapter entitled "Cross-Border Insolvency and Bankruptcy: Concepts, Conventions and Case Studies".  In this chapter, the author provides his insights on fundamental concepts in cross-border insolvencies, international treaties and conventions governing cross-border insolvency matters and the judicial administration on such matters, with illustrations on some of his successful past representations.

This article by Aaron L. Hammer, Esq., which appeared in The National Insolvency Review, provides a comparative analysis of the doctrine of equitable subordination in U.S. and Canadian jurisprudence is particularly timely to those involved in cross-border financings, as lender seek protection from exposure to liability.

In this article originally published in The United States-Mexico Law Journal, Aaron L. Hammer, Esq. provides insignt on cross-border administration between the United States and Mexico in light of NAFTA.