Jan 2Wynne Transportation Holdings: $32.8M Judgment Ends 46-Day Chapter 11Wynne Transportation's 46-day chapter 11 bankruptcy: $32.8M GETZ judgment, Operation Lone Star contracts, and rapid conversion to chapter 7 liquidation.FreefallEnergy & natural resources
Jan 2VWS Holdco Converts to Chapter 7 After $183M Insider Debt and Failed Landfill SaleVWS Holdco and Shoosmith Bros. filed chapter 11 in Delaware on June 1, 2025, carrying roughly $183 million in insider-held note debt from a closed Virginia municipal solid waste landfill. The case converted to chapter 7 after 60 days when a proposed $5.4 million DIP and sale process both failed.FreefallIndustrials & manufacturing
Jan 2Perceptive Takes Synthego’s CRISPR Assets in $85M Credit BidPerceptive acquired Synthego’s CRISPR assets in an $85M credit bid. The confirmed liquidating plan estimated a 4.4% recovery for general unsecured creditors.Healthcare & life sciences
Jan 2Solid Financial Technologies Liquidates After No Buyers Emerge for $330M BaaS PlatformSolid Financial Technologies, a VC-backed BaaS startup that peaked at a $330M valuation, filed chapter 11 in April 2025 and confirmed a Subchapter V liquidation plan in November 2025. No buyers emerged from the sale process. GUCs face 34.7%–100% recovery; preferred equity may recover up to 72%.Subchapter VFinancial services
Jan 2Royal Interco: $180M Sale Rescues Private-Label Tissue Maker in 69 DaysRoyal Paper filed chapter 11 in Delaware April 2025 with $205M secured debt after a warehouse fire and trade credit collapse. Sofidel's $126M stalking horse attracted competitive bidding; the auction drove the price to $180M+. The 363 sale closed June 16, 2025—69 days after filing.Industrials & manufacturing
Jan 2Gardener's Supply Bankruptcy: $9M Sale Ends 38-Year Employee OwnershipGardener's Supply filed chapter 11 June 20, 2025, after ESOP buyback obligations, a 35% revenue decline to $71.5M, and technology failures. Gardens Alive acquired the assets for $9M; five of six stores remain open. ESOP holders received no distribution under the confirmed liquidating plan.Consumer & retail
Jan 1Valves and Controls US' 524(g) Asbestos Trust Nears Confirmation as Weir Talks FailValves and Controls US, a no-employee Weir entity holding decades of asbestos liability, heads to a July 24, 2026 confirmation of a liquidating chapter 11 plan creating a 524(g) trust. Mediation with Weir and First Reserve produced no settlement, so estate claims against them vest in the trust.PrenegotiatedIndustrials & manufacturing
Jan 1IMG Holdings: 93-Year-Old Fragrance Empire's 78-Day Chapter 11 SprintIMG Holdings filed ch. 11 with $64M debt. Tabu, Love's Baby Soft, English Leather brands sold in 78-day 363 sale.Consumer & retail
Jan 1Yellow Corporation: 99-Year LTL Giant's $2.4B LiquidationYellow Corporation, America's third-largest LTL carrier, filed chapter 11 in August 2023 after a Teamsters strike notice triggered customer departures that shut down the 99-year-old company in days. The $700M CARES Act loan, $2.4B terminal auctions, and $7.4B pension litigation defined the case.Transportation & logistics
Dec 30US Magnesium's Only Domestic Plant Sold to Utah Agency for $30M Over Insider BidUS Magnesium, the only domestic magnesium producer, filed Chapter 11 in Delaware on September 10, 2025 for an insider-led Section 363 sale. Utah's state land agency instead outbid Renco affiliate LiMag, buying the Rowley plant for $30M. A creditor liquidating plan was crammed down June 2026.Energy & natural resources
Oct 30Meyer Burger: Swiss Solar Pioneer's $29M U.S. LiquidationMeyer Burger, the only U.S. producer of heterojunction (HJT) solar technology, filed chapter 11 in Delaware after losing its largest customer and shutting down its Arizona factory. Assets sold to Waaree Solar Americas for $18.5M and DESRI for $10.18M, completing in under 90 days.Industrials & manufacturing
Oct 30Zen JV: CareerBuilder and Monster's 113-Day LiquidationZen JV, the holding company for CareerBuilder and Monster, filed chapter 11 in Delaware on June 24, 2025. Twelve qualified bidders pushed auction proceeds to $68.7M from a $35.5M stalking horse. BOLD Holdings acquired both brands. Plan effective October 14, 2025; secured recovery under 10%.Technology & telecom