RG Steel bankruptcy

Introduction

Earlier this week, RG Steel Sparrows Point, LLC (“RG Steel”), began filing complaints to avoid and recover what it contends are preferential transfers under sections 547 and 548 of the United States Bankruptcy Code.  For those not familiar with this bankruptcy proceeding, RG Steel originally filed chapter 11 petitions for bankruptcy in the Delaware

On May 30, 2012, RG Steel, LLC and various related entities (collectively “RG Steel” or “Debtors”) filed petitions for bankruptcy in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.  According to the Declaration of the company’s CFO (the “Decl.”), RG Steel enters bankruptcy as the fourth largest flat-rolled steel company in the United