Friday, October 9, 2009

8:00 a.m.

Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00-10:00 a.m.

Welcome from Programme Chair

Ian G. Williams

Bryan Cave, LLP; London

Address by the ABI President: The Changing Environment for Corporate Restructuring in the U.S.

Robert J. Keach

Bernstein Shur; Portland, Maine, USA

10:00-11:00 a.m.

"America Now!"

A panel of eminent U.S. professionals will discuss current trends in U.S. insolvencies and restructurings, including the advent of taxpayer-funded bankruptcies; explore current legislation; and comment on developments in the financial sector for distressed lending.

David Chijner, Moderator

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson; Paris

Raniero D'Aversa

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP; New York, USA

Hon. Barry Russell

U.S. Bankruptcy Court (C. D. Cal.); Los Angeles, USA

Nicholas D. Tally

Willmington Trust; New York, USA

Ralph S. Tuliano

Mesirow Financial Consulting, LLC; New York

11:00-11:30 a.m.

Morning Networking Break

Sponsored by Wilmington Trust

11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

"Out of Court" Restructurings in Europe

A panel of experts from key jurisdictions will describe the practices and procedures available to assist distressed companies to reorganize and restructure out of court.

Nicholas Theys, Moderator

SJ Berwin; Paris

Luc Marty

Mazars; Paris

Roland Montfort

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius MNP; Paris

Christophe Thevenot

Thevenot & Perdereau; Paris

12:30-2:00 p.m.

"Cross-border Cooperation in Insolvency Cases"

Luncheon with Guest Gordon Stewart, Vice President of INSOL, Allen & Overy LLP; London

2:00-3:00 p.m.

The Wilmington Effect - Competition for Cases

Which country's laws and systems will dominate in the arena of international insolvencies? Where will international businesses locate or migrate their centres of main interests? Experts will debate, promote and interrogate each other in an attempt to reach a consensus.

Steven G. Golick, Moderator

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP; Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Patrick Ehret

Schultze & Braun; Achern, Germany and Strasbourg, France.

Enrica Ghia

StudioLegale Ghia; Milan

Maurice Moses

Ernst & Young; London

Anker Sorensen

Reed Smith; Paris

3:00-4:00 p.m.

Lessons to Be Learned from the International "Blockbuster" Cases

Lehman, Chrysler, GM, Lyondell, Nortel: What lessons can be learned from the major current "credit crunch" cases? What techniques have been deployed, and how relevant are these methods to other, more mainstream cases?

Alan Mason, Moderator

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Paris

Corinne Ball

Jones Day; New York, USA

Chuck Evans

PricewaterhouseCoopers; Paris

Hon. Burton R. Lifland

U.S. Bankruptcy Court (S.D.N.Y.); New York, USA

4:00-4:30 p.m.

Afternoon Networking Break

4:30-5:30 p.m.

Leading and Implementing Financial and Operational Restructurings in Europe

Leading experts in crisis and interim management discuss their experiences from dealing with some of Europe's most complex cases.

Alain Le Berre, Moderator

Huron Consulting Group; Paris

Daniel Cohen

Zalis SAS; Paris

Alberto Núñez-Lagos

Uría Menéndez; Madrid

Kolja Von Bismarck

Linklaters; Berlin

5:30-5:45 p.m.

Chair's Closing Remarks

Ian G. Williams

Bryan Cave, LLP; London

5:45-7:30 p.m.

Cocktails & Canapés

Sponsored by Mesirow Financial

 

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