2019 Outlook: Plenty of Restructuring Work Ahead

Expect more business restructurings in 2019—particularly in retail and health care—and more in-and-out bankruptcy cases.

Those are some of the predictions of bankruptcy practitioners and academics interviewed by Bloomberg Law.

What follows is the eight most notable trends they suggest watching in 2019.

More Business Restructuring

Expect a general pick up in distressed and out-of-court restructurings and Chapter 11 filings in 2019, Eli O. Columbus, a partner with Haynes and Boone LLP, Dallas, told Bloomberg Law.

Restructuring work already started increasing this fall due to fluctuating oil prices, rising interest rates, and the impact of tariffs, Columbus said.

Tariffs could ...