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Jorge Neri Bonilla has become partner at legal and business counseling firm JNF & Asociados in Los Angeles, where he will work on strategic business consulting and negotiation. Mr. Bonilla, an entrepreneur who speaks English and Spanish, has experience in bankruptcy, restructuring, banking transactions and mergers and acquisitions. He also has experience in energy and petroleum deals.

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As oil and gas explorer Venoco seeks to move forward with its debt restructuring, it must confront the fate of an unusual oil well: one on the grounds of Beverly Hills High School.

On Monday, Pacific Sunwear of California Inc. will look to move a step closer to exiting bankruptcy protection when it asks a judge for approval to send out its reorganization plan to creditors for a vote. The retailer filed its so-called disclosure statement, or plain-language outline of its bankruptcy plan, when it sought chapter 11 protection in April. Unsecured creditors and certain term-loan lenders will be allowed to vote on the plan. Pacific Sunwear has roughly $60 million in unsecured debt, including claims for unpaid rent and leases, court papers show.

What Is India’s New Bankruptcy Code?

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The instructions from Congress for how a struggling student loan borrower can attempt to leave that debt behind in bankruptcy contains one word that can have two meanings.