Shutting down a business? Here's how a shut down can affect you personally.

February 23, 2008

Studio Arena production put on hold (File Chapter 11)

Plain talk about business bankruptcy and attorneys.

You don't need to lay off a star worker or remove a critical business role. They will recommend Chapter 11 bankruptcy because you represent a large fee, even when they understand that you have a slim chance of emerging from the legitimate proceeding. You have to weigh this benefit against that fact that if you're an enterprise, a bankrupsy legal defender will cost you at least $50,000. This is a complex program involving a adjudicator, the law court and lawyers. Until your firm starts producing cash on a monthly basis again, you are going to have a funding gap, every turnaround does. This will ensure the enterprise is on-track for the turn around. You have filed Chapter eleven s corporation bankruptcy, and within the 100-day limit you have presented a recovery plan to the court-of-law. You save your company's biggest troubles and refocus on the areas that create you money. When I first talk to someone leading a failing company, he or she tells me that saving the business, saving jobs and repaying the financial institution are the most pressing concerns. You prepare with the help of your legal advisers a reorganization plan that you present to the judge's bench, the people you owe and the shareholders. This will be an advantage to your financier because it makes her or his new advance safer.

You will understand that your turnaround consultant is not working for you, but for the bank, if he or she recommends that you put up more personal security to get the bank to create concessions. These can include unlimited cell phone accounts, conferences to exotic locations, high-priced enterprise cars and high salaries for low paid work. You want a definite date about when they are going to pay the invoice. You must discover if you qualify for Chapter seven or 13 insolvency based on the Income Test or the Means Test.
Buffalo Business First - Daniel Dintino Jr., Studio Arena board chairman, when contacted by Business First, offered no comment. "Our statement says all we are going to say for now," Dintino said. While many downtown leaders feel shutting down the final two shows of the Continue

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Plain talk about business bankruptcy and attorneys.