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Contact: Rali
Mileva
(703) 739-0800
rmileva@abiworld.org
Seventh
Annual New York
City Bankruptcy Conference To Be Held May
9
March 16, 2005,
Alexandria, Va. — The American Bankruptcy
Institute’s (ABI) Seventh Annual New York City Bankruptcy
Conference will be held on May 9, at the Millennium Hotel Broadway in
New York. Bringing
together a faculty of S.D.N.Y. and E.D.N.Y. bankruptcy judges and
practitioners from the top national insolvency firms, this day-long
educational forum will appeal to both experienced and new practitioners.
It allows practitioners to earn up to 6.25 hours of CLE/CPE credit,
including 1.25 hours of ethics.
Mitchell E. Drucker of CIT
Business Credit Inc., Robert J. Rosenberg of Latham & Watkins LLP
and Judge Stuart M. Bernstein (S.D.N.Y.) will serve as program
chairs.
Offered again is the
stand-alone primer course “Bankruptcy Fundamentals: Nuts and Bolts
for Young Practitioners,” held on Friday, May 6 preceding the
conference at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. At this special program, an
outstanding faculty of judges, academics and practitioners will explain
the fundamentals of bankruptcy. This program is chaired by Ira L. Herman
of Bryan Cave LLP.
This year’s program
features the annual opening judges’ panel, featuring
five Bankruptcy Judges of the Southern and Eastern Districts of
New York and the United
States Trustee for Region 2. A special luncheon presentation features
Prof. Lynn LoPucki, who will respond to critics of his new book,
Courting Failure: How Competition for Big Cases is Corrupting the
Bankruptcy Courts.
Chair Scott L. Hazan of
Otterbourg, Steindler, Houston & Rosen PC will be joined by
panelists Andrew Kress of Kaye Scholer LLP, Deirdre A. Martini, the U.S.
Trustee for Region 2, and Joseph Samet of Baker &
McKenzie LLP in the discussion How Do You Put an Insolvent Chapter 11
Debtor to Rest? What Are Your Alternatives if You Cannot Confirm a
“Normal”
Plan?
Michael H. Kalb of Sun Capital
Partners Inc., Thomas Moers of Mayer, Kramer Levin Naftalis &
Frankel LLP and Keith J. Shapiro, Greenberg Traurig LLP will serve as
panelists for Developments in Distressed M&A. David M. Powlen
of Mesirow Financial Consulting LLC will moderate the panel.
Alan D. Holtz of Giuliani
Capital Advisors LLC will serve as chair in the discussion Hey,
That’s My Property! He will be joined by Michael E. Foreman of
Proskauer Rose LLP, Marshall Huebner
of Davis, Polk and
Wardwell and Kenneth Pasquale of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan
LLP.
The panel
Valuation in All of Its Guises will be chaired by Martin
James M. Lukenda of Huron Consulting Group. James D. Decker of Houlihan
Lokey Howard & Zukin, Steven J. Reisman of Curtis,
Mallet–Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP and Glenn E. Siegel, Dechert
LLP will serve as panelists.
Co-chairs Alec P. Ostrow
of Stevens & Lee PC and Mark B. Brenner will be joined by panelists
Ira L. Herman of Bryan Cave LLP and Greg M. Zipes of the Office of the
U.S. Trustee, Region 2 for What Is Good Faith in
Bankruptcy?
Corinne Ball of Jones Day,
Robert K. Malone of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP and Sandra A. Riemer
of Phillips Nizer LLP will be panelists in the discussion
Can They Really Do That??? The Enforceability and Protection of NOL
Injunctions and Third Party Releases in Reorganization Plans. Jean
K. FitzSimon of Bridge Associates LLC will moderate.
The panel2nd vs. 3rd Circuit Precedents will be
presented by chair Jay M. Goffman of Skaden Arps, Slate, Meagher and
Flom LLP and panelists Richard M. Cieri of Kirkland &
Ellis LLP and John J. Rapisardi of Weil, Gotshal & Manges
LLP.
Mitchell E. Drucker of
CIT Business Credit Inc. will moderate Pension Liabilities. Phillip D. Anker of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale
and Dorr LLP, Richard F. Hahn of Debevoise & Plimpton and
Jonathan S. Henes of Kirkland & Ellis LLP will join as
panelists.
Avoidance
Actions will be moderated by Brian Trust of Mayer, Brown, Rowe &
Maw LLP. Rick B. Antonoff of Pillsbury Winthrop LLP, Michael Luskin of
Luskin, Stern & Eisler LLP and Gerald A. Shapiro of Buccino &
Associates Inc. will serve as panelists.
Chair Lisa J. Donahue of
AlixPartners LLC will be joined by panelists Neil Augustine of
Rothschild Inc., David I. Pauker of Goldin Associates LLC and Shapleigh
B. Smith of Citigroup in the discussion The Rise of Hedge Funds as
Players in Restructuring.
Sponsors for this
year’s event include: Baker & McKenzie LLP,
Bridge Associates LLC, Bryan Cave LLP, Buccino & Associates Inc.,
CIT Business Credit Inc., Citigroup, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt
& Mosle LLP, Davis, Polk and Wardwell, Debevoise &
Plimpton, Dechert LLP, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, FTI Palladium
Partners, Giuliani Capital Advisors LLC, Goldin Associates LLC,
Greenberg Traurig LLP, Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin, Huron
Consulting Group LLC, Jones Day, JP Morgan Chase & Co., Kaye Scholer
LLP, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Kramer Levin Naftalis &
Frankel LLP, Latham & Watkins, Luskin, Stern & Eisler
LLP, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, Otterbourg, Steindler,
Houston & Rosen PC, Phillips Nizer LLP, Pillsbury Winthrop
LLP, Proskauer Rose LLP, Rothschild Inc., Standard &
Poor’s Corporate Value Consulting, Stevens & Lee PC, Skadden,
Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Stroock & Stroock &
Lavan LLP, Sun Capital Partners Inc., Togut, Segal & Segal, Weil,
Gotshal & Manges LLP and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr
LLP.
To register or to learn more information about the New York City
Bankruptcy Conference, click here.
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ABI is the largest
multi-disciplinary, non-partisan organization dedicated to research and
education on matters related to insolvency. ABI was founded in
1982 to provide Congress and the public with unbiased analysis of
bankruptcy issues. The ABI membership includes more than 10,700
attorneys, accountants, bankers, judges, professors, lenders, turnaround
specialists and other bankruptcy professionals providing a forum for the
exchange of ideas and information. For additional information on
ABI, visit ABI World at http://www.abiworld.org. For
additional conference information, visit
http://www.abiworld.org/events/newevents.html.
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