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Established methods of determining value include computing the present value of observable cash flows and inferring value from other observable valuations — otherwise known as “relative” valuation or “comparables.”[1] But when observable cash flows or comparable valuations are not available, a third approach is to value optionality. In real estate, options abound, and it is worth thinking about how to analyze optionality in calculating value.

Alexandria, Va. Leading bankruptcy professionals and dealmakers will converge at the VALCON 2025 conference, taking place at the Four Seasons Hotel Las Vegas in Las Vegas May 14-15. Co-sponsored by the American Bankruptcy Institute and the Association of Insolvency & Restructuring Advisors, the conference will provide attendees with advanced discussions and fresh perspectives on timely topics to help them navigate the shifting landscape of valuation in bankruptcy. The keynote speaker for VALCON25 will be Brody Mullins, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and author of The Wolves of K Street: The Secret History of How Big Money Took Over Big Government. The co-chairs of VALCON 2025 are Rachel Ehrlich Albanese of DLA Piper US (New York), David M. Hillman of Proskauer (New York) and Adam B. Keil of Moelis & Company (New York). Attendees can earn up to 10.75 hours of CLE.

Sessions include:

  • Value of Content
  • Tricks of the Trade, or Tricking the Trade?
  • Searching for Mr. Green: Valuing Green Tech
  • Conversation with Judges About Today’s Hottest Topics
  • The Ever-Changing Landscape of Sports Media Properties and Valuation Issues in Chapter 11
  • Hot Topics
  • Litigation Funding
  • Liability-Management Exercises: Sustainable Solutions, or Temporary Fixes?
  • The Reasonableness of Projections that Underpin Any Valuation or Solvency Analysis
  • Valuation Fights

For a program schedule and full list of speakers, please click here.

Members of the press looking to attend the VALCON 2025 conference should contact ABI Public Affairs Officer John Hartgen at 703-894-5935 or jhartgen@abi.org.

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