In re Tougher Industries: LBO Wire Transfers without Financial Intermediary Qualify for Section 546(e) Safe Harbor | Practical Law
The US Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of New York, in Woodard v. PSEG Energy Technology Management Co., LLC (In re Tougher Industries, Inc.), ruled that wire transfers made as payment in a prepetition, guaranteed leveraged buyout without use of a financial intermediary qualified for protection under the section 546(e) safe harbor.