Trends in Large Corporate Bankruptcy and Financial Distress

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This report examines trends in Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings starting in January 2005. Unless specified otherwise, the bankruptcies analyzed in this report involve public and private companies with over $100 million in assets at the time of bankruptcy filing.

Authors

  • New York

Allie Schwartz

Vice President

  • Washington

Matt Osborn

Principal

  • Los Angeles

Nicholas D. Yavorsky

Vice President

  • New York

Diego Vega San Martin

Manager

Corporate Bankruptcy and Financial Distress

Midyear 2023 Update

The increase in large corporate bankruptcies in the first half of 2023 marked a reversal from a gradual decline in filings since the start of 2021.

Corporate Bankruptcy and Financial Distress

Midyear 2022 Update

Following the spike in large corporate bankruptcy filings triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, filings in 2021 and the first half of 2022 fell to levels below historical averages.

Corporate Bankruptcy and Financial Distress

Midyear 2021 Update

The COVID-19 pandemic set off an increase in corporate bankruptcy filings not seen since the financial crisis.

Corporate Bankruptcy and Financial Distress

2005-Q3-2020

The economic disruptions that the COVID-19 pandemic has sparked worldwide have triggered a wave of large corporate bankruptcy filings in 2020.

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