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

  • Los Angeles

Nicholas D. Yavorsky

Vice President

  • Washington

Matt Osborn

Principal

  • New York

Diego Vega San Martin

Manager

Corporate Bankruptcy and Financial Distress

Midyear 2024 Update

Large corporate bankruptcy filings continued to climb in the latter half of 2023 through the first half of 2024.

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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