Dan Berman Panelist at Commercial Real Estate: Restructuring & Insolvency Panel at ABA Business Law Spring Meeting 2025

Navigating distressed commercial real estate requires both legal precision and financial expertise — and that intersection was front and center at this year’s ABA Business Law Spring Meeting.

On April 24–26, 2025, legal and financial professionals gathered in New Orleans, Louisiana for the American Bar Association Business Law Spring Meeting — one of the foremost gatherings for business law practitioners across the country. The event brought together attorneys, advisors, and industry leaders to engage on the most pressing legal and financial issues shaping today’s business landscape.

One of the featured sessions was hosted by the Business Bankruptcy Committee’s Chapter 11 Subcommittee, focusing on Commercial Real Estate: Restructuring & Insolvency. The panel was moderated by The Honorable Elizabeth S. Stong, Bankruptcy Judge for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York, and featured panelists Alina Mardesich, Managing Director at Hilco Corporate Finance, and Brian Morgan, Partner at Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP.

Dan Berman, Senior Managing Director at GlassRatner, joined the panel to offer his expertise in CRE restructuring and insolvency advisory, contributing practical insight to a discussion that spanned both legal frameworks and real-world market dynamics.

The session covered critical topics including:

• Availability of Capital
• Macroeconomic Influences on CRE
• Sector-Specific Outlook
• Distressed Real Estate Primer
• Distressed Real Estate Acquisition: Opportunities, Strategies and Pitfalls
• Landlord and Tenant Issues in Bankruptcy

GlassRatner is proud to contribute to these conversations and remains committed to providing trusted advisory expertise at the intersection of real estate, restructuring, and insolvency.