Friday, October 26, 2007
8:00 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00–9:30 a.m.
Programme Chairman’s Opening
Remarks
Address by ABI’s
President-Elect
John W. Ames, Greenebaum Doll & McDonald
PLLC
Louisville, Ky.
9:30–11:00 a.m.
Germany Calling: Tips for German
Practitioners
An in-depth panel discussion for German
trustees and practitioners who have estates or cases that contain a U.S.
element. This may be in the form of a U.S.-based creditor/debtor, lender
or supplier, a U.S. shareholder/stakeholder, or parent or subsidiary
undertaking. How should you as German professional deal with such
situations? What avenues are open to you? To whom should you turn and
what should you expect?
- Dr. Christof Schiller, Moderator
Wellensiek; Heidelberg
- Dr. Eberhard Braun
Schulte & Braun GmbH; Achern
- James L. Garrity Jr.
Shearman & Sterling; New York
- Dr. Martin Prager
Pluta Rechtsanwalts GmbH; Munich
- Deborah D. Williamson
Cox Smith Matthews Incorporated; San Antonio
11:00–11:30 a.m.
Coffee Break
11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
The Automotive Industry: The Problems Continue–The German
Perspective
Rising fuel prices, endless legacy costs and intense competition have
taken a heavy toll on the industry and its suppliers. This
trans-Atlantic panel provides an outlook of whats next.
- Dr Joachim Englert, Moderator
PricewaterhouseCoopers; Frankfurt
- Jen Alsleben
Strategic Value Partners; Frankfurt
- Wilhelm Becker
BMW; Munich
- Matthias Gotz
KayeScholer (Germany) LLP; Frankfurt
- Paul Melville
Grant Thornton LLP; Southfield, MI
1:00–2:30 p.m.
Lunch
Keynote: Robert O. Sanderson
KPMG LLP, Current INSOL President; Toronto
Sponsored by KPMG LLP
2:30–4:00 p.m.
Financing the Future: Hedge Funds–the Facts and the
Fiction
There remains a certain degree of mystery surrounding the role hedge
funds play in international restructurings. This panel will set out the
backdrop to active hedge fund participation, their motives and
intentions setting out the facts, and deal with some myths.
- Dr Lars Westpfahl, Moderator
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Hamburg
- Paul Salama-Caro
Silver Point Capital; London
- Hermann Dambach
Oaktree GmbH; Frankfurt
- Tim van Delden
Avenue Capital; London
4:00–4:30 p.m.
Afternoon Networking Break
4:30–6:00 p.m.
America Now!
A panel discussion of current trends in U.S. insolvencies and
restructurings, exploring current legislation and cases particularly
surrounding the operation of chapter 15 of the U.S. Code. Comments on
developments in the financial sector for distressed lending and
highlights emerging trends.
- Keith J. Shapiro, Moderator
Greenberg Traurig; Chicago
- Robert N. Dangremond
AlixPartners LLC; London
- Henry S. Miller
Miller Buckfire & Co. LLC; New York
- Prof. G. Ray Warner
St John’s University School of Law; New York
6:00–6:15 p.m.
Chairman’s Closing Remarks
Ian G. Williams
Geldards LLP; Nottingham, U.K.
6:15–8:00 p.m.
Cocktails & Canapés
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