Are there any ramifications to a company or its directors for entering Chapter 11? It seems like no more than a Get Out Of Jail Free card. Run a company badly, extract as much out of it as you can, then when it all goes wrong, cry “Chapter 11!!”, bin off all those tricky contracts and debt you don’t want, and just start again.
I’m sure there’s more to it than that, but is there any downside?