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PRE-REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS 9/16/05.
After 9/16/05, the registration fee is:
$140.00 Members / $165.00 Non-members
Speaker Profiles
Martin R. Barash.
Mr. Barash is a partner in Klee, Tuchin, Bogdanoff and Stern LLP.
Mr. Barash concentrates his practice on chapter 11 cases, out-of-court
workouts, bankruptcy litigation and appeals, and has represented
debtors, debtors in possession, secured creditors, creditors' committees,
and large creditors in a variety of industries including manufacturing,
retail, real estate, and high technology, including in the chapter
11 cases of All Star Gas, Crescent Jewelers, Dep Corporation, Iridium,
Outsource International, Pacific Gateway Exchange, and Samuels Jewelers.
Eric Beckman. Mr.
Beckman is a Senior Partner in the Ares Private Equity Group and
serves as a member of its Investment Committee. He joined Ares in
April 1998 from Goldman, Sachs & Co. where he specialized in
leveraged loan and high yield bond financings.
Marc A. Bilbao. Mr.
Bilbao is a Managing Director in the Los Angeles office of Giuliani
Capital Advisors LLC. He focuses on representing companies, senior
lenders and creditors in all phases of workouts and restructuring
transactions including the development of turnaround business strategies,
debt and equity restructurings, and M&A transactions. Mr. Bilbao
has had significant experience in various out-of-court related restructurings
including: M&A transactions, debt restructurings, debt for equity
swaps, and partnership negotiations.
Cameron Breitner.
Mr. Breitner joined Centre Partners in 1998. Prior thereto, he worked
in the mergers and acquisitions department at Bowles Hollowell Conner
& Co. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Garden
Fresh Holdings, Inc., BumbleBee Seafoods L.P., Firearms Training
Systems, Inc., Quickie Holding, Inc., and Bravo Sports.
Matthew Grimes. Mr.
Grimes is a Director of Tennenbaum Capital Partners LLC. Prior to
joining TCP, he served as First Vice President at Congress Financial.
As a Business Development Officer at Congress Financial, his responsibilities
included sourcing and structuring middle market transactions and
negotiating loan documents.
Robbin L. Itkin.
Ms. Itkin is a partner in Kirkland's rapidly expanding West Coast
restructuring practice, resident in its Los Angeles office. Ms.
Itkin represents debtors, and creditors’, equity and bondholders’
committees, purchasers and trustees in corporate restructurings
and bankruptcies in a wide variety of industries, including entertainment,
retail, transportation, and hospitality, and advises high profile
individuals and corporations in out-of-court workouts and financial
transactions.
E. Stephen Krawchuk. Mr.
Krawchuk joined Wachovia in 2003 and currently oversees business
development efforts for its Western Region. Prior to joining Wachovia,
he worked with various institutions including Deutsche Bank, NationsBank,
and Foothill Capital. His corporate finance background includes
asset-based finance, leveraged lending, venture finance, bridge
and mezzanine finance.
Joel R. Ohlgren. Mr.
Ohlgren is a partner in the Finance and Bankruptcy Practice Group
in the firm's Los Angeles and Santa Barbara offices. Mr. Ohlgren's
areas of practice are bankruptcy, creditors' rights, complex bankruptcy
litigation, international insolvency issues and commercial law.
He has represented various interests in a wide range of industries,
including agriculture (growers, packers and distributors), building
and construction, real estate, healthcare, petroleum and energy,
shipping companies, hotel and hospitality, retail, wholesale and
manufacturing businesses.
Jeffrey N. Pomerantz.
Mr. Pomerantz's practice includes representing companies in complex
in and out-of-court financial restructurings. Mr. Pomerantz has
particular expertise in retail restructurings. Mr. Pomerantz also
has an active creditors' committee practice. Mr. Pomerantz is an
active member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, serving as co-chair
of its annual Southwest Bankruptcy Program.
Kimberly Reed. Ms.
Reed joined the Los Angeles office of American Capital in April,
2002. Previously, she was responsible for the development, evaluation
and execution of venture capital, growth capital and LBO investments
at Waterview Partners. Ms. Reed is a graduate of Columbia University.
M. Freddie Reiss. Mr.
Reiss is a senior managing director in FTI's Corporate Finance/Restructuring
practice and the national leader of Company-Side and Interim Management
practice. Mr. Reiss has 25 years of experience in strategic planning,
cash management, liquidation analysis, covenant negotiations, forensic
accounting and valuation. He specializes in advising on bankruptcies,
reorganizations and business restructurings and in providing expert
witness testimony for underperforming companies.
Steven Varner. Mr.
Varner is a Managing Director in charge of the Los Angeles office
of Alvarez & Marsal LLC. With over 14 years of restructuring
experience, Steven has advised boards of directors, debtors-in-possession,
investors, lenders and creditor committees in numerous turnaround,
restructuring and reorganization situations. He has provided business,
financial and accounting advice to both debtors and creditors including
formulating and evaluating business plans, turnaround strategies,
capital structures, and plans of reorganization.
Rebecca J. Winthrop. Ms.
Winthrop is a shareholder and one of the founding members of Jenkens
& Gilchrist's Pasadena Office. She has over 20 years experience
counseling and representing asset-based lenders and other financial
institutions in complex Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases. Ms. Winthrop
also advises and represents indenture trustees and bondholders in
workouts and bankruptcies involving high-yield securities, as well
as bankruptcy trustees and unsecured creditors in large Chapter
11 cases.
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1:30 –
2:00 Registration & Networking
2:00 – 3:00 Current
Trends in Capital Markets:
Where We Were, Where We Are, and Where We're Going
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Eric Beckman Ares Management LLC |
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Cameron Breitner Centre Partners Management
LLC |
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Matthew Grimes Tennenbaum Capital Partners
LLC |
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E. Stephen Krawchuk Wachovia Capital |
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Kimberly Reed American Capital Strategies |
Coffee Break
SPONSORED BY GIULIANI CAPITAL ADVISORS
3:15 – 4:15 Early Warning Signs in
a Turnaround: Signs of Distress & When to Act
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Marc A. Bilbao Giuliani Capital
Advisors |
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Robbin L. Itkin Kirkland & Ellis LLP |
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M. Freddie Reiss FTI Consulting, Inc. |
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Steven Varner Alvarez & Marsal LLC |
Coffee Break
SPONSORED BY GIULIANI CAPITAL ADVISORS
4:30 – 5:30 How Lenders Can Use the
Bankruptcy Code to Their Advantage:
Tips, Tricks and Strategies
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Martin R. Barash Klee, Tuchin,
Bogdanoff & Stern LLP |
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Joel R. Ohlgren Sheppard, Mullin, Richter
& Hampton LLP |
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Rebecca J. Winthrop Jenkens & Gilchrist,
LLP |
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Jeffrey N. Pomerantz Pachulski Stang. Ziehl
Young Jones & Weintraub |
5:30 – 7:30 Cocktail Reception
This Symposium Qualifies For Continuing
Education Credit
3.5 hours of CPE Credit Available
3.0 hours of MCLE Credit Available
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