Monday, September 24

7:00 am

Registration Desk Open

8:00 – 8:30 am

Opening Ceremony

• Hon. Jose Serra
  Governor of São Paulo

Welcome – IBGT-NCBJ-ABI

• Hon. Jeffrey P. Hopkins
  NCBJ President
  U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District
  of Ohio; Cincinnati
• Reginald W. Jackson
  ABI President
  Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
  Columbus, Ohio
• Christopher A. Jarvinen
  Board Member and U.S. Representative
  to the IBGT
  Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton
  & Garrison LLP; New York
• Hon. Boris Kauffmann
  Bankruptcy Court of Appeals Judge
  São Paulo
• Josefina Fernandez McEvoy
  ABI Vice President-International Affairs/ IBGT Chair, International Affairs
  Partner, K&L Gates; Los Angeles
• Dr. Jorge Queiroz
  IBGT Chair, Managing Principal Alliance Partners–Corporate Transformation and Turnaround CEO, CRO, Creditors’ Representative; São Paulo

8:30 – 9:50 am

Judicial Role in Complex Reorganization Cases: View from the Bench

• Hon. Boris Kauffmann, Moderator
  Bankruptcy Court of Appeals Judge
  São Paulo
• Hon. Louise DeCarl Adler
  U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District
  of California; San Diego
• Hon.  Robert D. Drain
  U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District
  of New York; New York
• Hon. Marcia Cunha Silva Araujo de Carvalho
  Chief Judge, Rio de Janeiro Bankruptcy Court–2nd District
• Hon. Alexandre Alves Lazzarini
  Chief Judge, São Paulo Bankruptcy Court–
  1st District

9:50 – 11:10 am

A View from the U.S. Bench: Key Structural and Practical Issues of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code–Critical Success Factors

• Hon. Elizabeth S. Stong, Moderator
  U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District
  of New York; Brooklyn
• Hon. Thomas B. Bennett
  U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Alabama
  Birmingham
• Hon. Charles G. Case
  U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Arizona
  Phoenix
• Hon. Jeffrey P. Hopkins
  U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District
  of Ohio; Cincinnati

11:10 – 12:00 am

Cooperation, Direct Communication
and Coordination of Cross-Border Cases between U.S./Brazilian Courts

• Hon. Sidney B. Brooks
  U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Colorado Denver
• Adolfo Rouillon
  Insolvency Specialist, Legal Vice President
  The World Bank; Washington, D.C.    

12:00– 1:00 pm

IBGT-NCBJ-ABI Luncheon (ticketed event) Speaker–Rafael Guedes, Managing Director Fitch Ratings; São Paulo

Sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers 

1:00 – 2:15 pm

A View from Brazil’s Bench: Key Structural and Practical Issues of Brazil’s New Corporate Bankruptcy and Recovery Law

• Hon. Manoel de Queiroz Pereira Calças Moderator
  Bankruptcy Court of Appeals Judge
  São Paulo
• Hon. Carlos Henrique Abrao
  Chief Judge, São Paulo Court–42nd District
• Hon. Luiz Roberto Ayoub
  Chief Judge, Rio de Janeiro Bankruptcy Court–1st District
• Hon. Maria Lucia Pizzotti Mendes
  Chief Judge, São Paulo Court–32nd District
• Hon. Carlos Magno Rocha da Silva
  Chief Judge, Goiania–11th District

2:15 – 3:45 pm

Lenders’ View: Key Concerns, Relevant Aspects, DIP,
Cash Collateral, Prerequisites

• Dr. Jorge Queiroz, Moderator
  IBGT Chair, Managing Principal Alliance Partners–Corporate Transformation and Turnaround CEO, CRO, Creditors’ Representative; São Paulo
• Wagner Albuquerque de Almeida
  Executive Director, Credit Management
  ABN AMRO Real Bank; São Paulo
• Marcia Maria Freitas de Aguiar
  Legal Director, UNIBANCO; São Paulo
• David S. Kurtz
  Managing Director, Lazard Frères & Co. LLC; New York
• Salvatore Milanese
  Director, Financial Advisory Services, KPMG; São Paulo
• James H.M. Sprayregen
  Managing Director, Goldman Sachs & Co.; New York
• Roberto Luis Troster
  Partner, Integral Trust; São Paulo 

3:45 – 4:00 pm

Networking Coffee Break

4:00 – 5:30 pm

The Funds: What About the Required Capital?

The perspectives and expectations of the investment funds/distressed investment and finance community (PE, M&A). Recent developments; new prospects and opportunities in the distressed market in Brazil; trading of distressed debt in U.S. and Brazil; influential pricing and variables; special situations; legal considerations.

• Antonio Toro, Moderator
  Partner, Business Recovery Services, PricewaterhouseCoopers
  São Paulo
• Luis Leonardo Cantidiano
  Former President of Brazil’s SEC (CVM); Board Member of the Brazilian Association of Private Equity and Venture Capital
  Partner, Motta Fernandes Rocha Advogados; São Paulo
• Cristiana Ferraz
  Vice President of Emerging Markets, Fixed Income Division, Lehman Brothers; São Paulo
• Felix Hofmann
  Managing Director, Morgan Stanley; United Kingdom
• David Martens
  Director, ABN-AMRO Bank; New York

5:30 – 5:50 pm

Presentation of the International IBGT/ABI Award 2007
Honouree: Fabio Barbosa, CEO ABN-AMRO Real Bank, Brazil

7:30–10:30 pm

Conference Dinner with Special Performance by Brazilian Pop Singer Luciana Mello (ticketed event)

Sponsored by UNIBANCO

Luciana Mello is a popular singer and dancer who emerged on the Brazilian pop music scene in 2001 with her first CD and as a participant in the Artistas Reunidas (Reunited Artists) project.  Her style blends soul, samba and even hip hop genres smoothly and effortlessly. Born into a prominent musical family, her newest CD “Nega” was produced by her brother, Jair Olivera, and released in early June.