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Designed to cover cutting edge legal and financial insolvency and bankruptcy issues that deal with the impact the 2005 Bankruptcy Act has on
plans of reorganization and other contemporary issues faced by professionals and debtors in restructuring companies in today’s economy.
Networking cocktail reception honoring Hon. Judith K. Fitzgerald, Bankruptcy Judge, Western District of Pennsylvania following the educational program. |
8 Hours of CLE Available*
8 Hours of CPE Available*
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Continuing Educations Credits (CLE)
*Application for New York CLE Credit is Pending Approval.
*CLE For other states will be applied for upon request. |
Sponsors Include: |
- CIT Corporate Finance
- Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
- Arent Fox LLP
- Kaye Scholer LLP
- BDO Seidman, LLP
- Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP
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8:45 - 9:00 am Introduction and Opening Remarks
Andrew L. Silfen, Arent Fox LLP, Co-Chair
William K. Lenhart, CIRA, BDO Seidman, LLP, Co-Chair
9:00 - 10:30 am Restructurings Under the 2005 Bankruptcy Amendments - The Cotton Anniversary - A Year in Review
Moderator:
Alan D. Holtz, CIRA, AlixPartners, LLP
Speakers:
Richard G. Mason, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Luc A. Despins, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP
Hon. Kevin J. Carey, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Delaware
Hon. Christopher S. Sontchi, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Delaware
Description:
The panel will discuss the leading decisions and case law issued over the past year from the 2nd and 3rd Circuits. The panel will also explore the impact of the 2005 bankruptcy amendments on Chapter 11 proceedings, the developing body of case law and how lawyers and judges have been dealing with and responding to the amendments over the past twelve months. The panel will discuss cases dealing with and interpreting the amendments including lessons from some of the major cases filed over the last year.
10:30 - 10:45 am Break Sponsored by Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
10:45 - 12:00 pm Plan Valuation Case Law Update
Moderator:
Jack F. Williams, CIRA, BDO Seidman, LLP
Speakers:
Jeffrey R. Manning, Trenwith Group, LLC
Thomas R. Califano, DLA Piper US LLP
Thomas Moers Mayer, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
Dewey Imhoff, FTI Consulting, Inc.
Description:
The Panel will discuss significant court decisions involving plan and enterprise valuation as well as valuation methodologies. The Panel will also discuss practice implications and will attempt to predict what these implications mean for the future.
12:00 - 1:00 pm Post Confirmation Jurisdiction
Moderator:
Martin Bienenstock, Weil Gotshal Manges LLP
Speakers:
Lisa Beckerman, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Anthony Schnelling, Bridge Associates
Hon. Donald H. Steckroth, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of New Jersey
Description:
The panel will discuss issues that effect primarily litigation and liquidating trustees. The topics will include what language is required in a plan of reorganization to effectively preserve avoidance and other causes of action, under what circumstances the Bankruptcy Court will hear post-effective date litigation, what Bankruptcy Court’s view is as to the extent of its jurisdiction post-effective date and other litigation pitfalls in post¬effective date litigation, including in pari delicto and insured versus insured.
1:00 - 2:15 pm Lunch Sponsored by CIT Corporate Finance
Carl E. Steidtmann, Deloitte Research - Keynote Speaker
2:15 - 3:15 pm New E. Discovery Rules and Bankruptcy Litigation
Moderator:
Steven E. Bledsoe, Arent Fox LLP
Speakers:
Stephanie Giammarco, BDO Seidman, LLP
Hunter T. Carter, Arent Fox LLP
David M. Zensky, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld LLP
Hon. Judith K. Fitzgerald, U.S.Bankruptcy Court - Western District of Pennsylvania
Description:
The nature and volume of electronic information generated in the course of today’s business operations and by restructuring professionals increases significantly the opportunities and risks of discovery. The panel will discuss preparing for electronic discovery, laying the ground work for successful electronic discovery, how to conduct effective electronic discovery and implementing special practices to better protect businesses and restructuring professionals. The panel will also discuss the amendments to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure governing electronic discovery and other practice tips including litigation hold letters.
3:15 - 4:15 pm Foreign Debtors, Foreign Proceedings: The Mystery of Chapter 15 Revealed
Moderator:
James L. Patton, Jr., Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP
Speakers:
Larry J. Nyhan, Sidley Austin LLP
George W. Shuster, Jr. - Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
Francis G. Conrad, CIRA - Weiser LLP
Hon. James M. Peck, U.S. Bankruptcy Court - Southern District of New York
Description:
The panel will discuss the impact of Chapter 15 on the restructuring practice, how Chapter 15 has been successfully and unsuccessfully employed since its adoption and the strategic issues Chapter 15 presents to the practitioner. The panel will also discuss the evolution of the case law developing under Chapter 15 and the emerging hot issues.
4:15 - 4:30 pm Break Sponsored by Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP
4:30 - 5:30 pm Developments in Exit, Plan and Restructuring Financings -Access to Capital ¬Non-Traditional Lenders
Moderator:
Deirdre Martini, CIT Corporate Finance
Speaker:
Sharon Manewitz, TIAA-CREF
Michael Henkin, Jefferies & Co., Inc.
Thomas J. Allison, Mesirow Financial Consulting
James McGinley, Wilmington Trust Company
Description:
Non-traditional exit and plan financing has enjoyed explosive growth over the last few years. The panel will discuss the different types and structures of non¬traditional financings, the range of market terms, new and creative types of financing and the risks associated with such financings. The panel will also discuss “covenant lite financing and “toggle notes. The panel will also cover what bond holders want and plan sponsors are prepared to give. The panel will end with a discussion on how to source non-traditional financing.
5:30 - 7:00 pm Cocktail Reception Sponsored by Arent Fox LLP, Kaye Sholer LLP, BDO Seidman, LLP
Honoring Judge Judith K. Fitzgerald
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