Friday, November 9
8:00-8:45 a.m.
Continental Breakfast and Registration
8:45-9:00 a.m.
Welcome Remarks
Douglas E. Deutsch
Chadbourne & Parke, LLP; New York
Jeffrey Finger
Centerview Partners LLC; New York
Damian S. Schaible
Davis Polk & Wardwell, LLP; New York
9:00-10:00 a.m.
Europe: The Next Frontier in Restructuring?
James Chesterman, Moderator
Latham & Watkins LLP; London
Alan J. Carr
Strategic Value Partners, LLC; Greenwich, Conn.
David Riddell
The Blackstone Group; London
Dennis Ruggere
UBS Securities, LLC; New York
10:00-10:15 a.m.
Refreshment Break
10:15-11:25 a.m.
Practicing in Today's World
Alan D. Holtz, Moderator
AlixPartners LLP; New York
Stephen Goldstein
Evercore Partners; New York
Joseph H. Smolinsky
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP; New York
My Chi To
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP; New York
Sheryl L. Toby
Dykema Gossett PLLC; Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions
Protecting Privilege in a World of Rapid Communications and Shifting Alliances
Luc A. Despins, Moderator
Paul Hastings LLP; New York
Christopher J. Kearns
Capstone Advisory Group, LLC; New York
Michelle Krusko
McKinsey & Company; New York
David M. Zensky
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP; New York
Legacy Liabilities: Dealing with Environmental, Pension, Union and Similar Types of Claims
Brian S. Hermann, Moderator
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP; New York
Benjamin S. Kaminetzky
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP; New York
Suzanne Kelly
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; Washington, D.C.
Robert Yalen
U.S. Attorney’s Office (S.D.N.Y.); New York
12:30-1:45 p.m.
Luncheon: A Roundtable Discussion with Members of the U.S. Task Force on the Auto Industry
Matthew A. Feldman
Former Chief Legal Advisor to the U.S. Task Force on the Auto Industry
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP; New York
Sadiq Malik
U.S. Task Force on the Auto Industry
Oskie Capital LLC; New York
Brian Osias
U.S. Task Force on the Auto Industry
Oskie Capital LLC; New York
Sponsored by Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
1:45-2:55 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions
The Changing Face of Chapter 11
Kenric D. Kattner, Moderator
Haynes and Boone, LLP; Houston
Matthew S. Barr
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP; New York
David M. Dunn
Arrowgrass Capital Partners LP; New York
Michael C. Eisenband
FTI Consulting, Inc.; New York
The End Is in Sight: Pre-Negotiated Plans, Pre-Arranged 363 Sales and Structured Dismissals
Mark D. Collins, Moderator
Richards, Layton & Finger, PA; Wilmington, Del.
Jeffrey Bjork
Sidley Austin LLP; Los Angeles
John Bosacco
Centerview Partners LLC; New York
Daniel B. Kamensky
Paulson & Company Inc.; New York
3:00-4:15 p.m.
Expert Testimony: How to Prepare Your Expert and/or How to Be an Expert
Howard Seife, Moderator
Chadbourne & Parke LLP; New York
William Q. Derrough
Moelis & Company; New York
Hon. Barbara J. Houser
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (N.D. Tex.); Dallas
Barry W. Ridings
Lazard; New York
Bonnie Steingart
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP; New York
4:15-4:30 p.m.
Refreshment Break
4:30-5:30 p.m.
Judges' Roundtable
Hon. Shelley C. Chapman, Moderator
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (S.D.N.Y.); New York
Hon. Kevin Gross
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Del.); Wilmington
Hon. C. Ray Mullins
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (N.D. Ga.); Atlanta
Hon. James M. Peck
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (S.D.N.Y.); New York
Hon. Judith H. Wizmur
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. N.J.); Camden
5:30-6:30 p.m.
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