ABIs Third International Insolvency Symposium Features Automotive and Hedge Fund Industry Experts with a German Perspective

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ABI’S THIRD
INTERNATIONAL INSOLVENCY SYMPOSIUM FEATURES AUTOMOTIVE AND HEDGE FUND
INDUSTRY EXPERTS WITH A GERMAN PERSPECTIVE

July 17, 2006, Alexandria,
Va. — The American Bankruptcy Institute will hold its
Third Annual International Insolvency Symposium on Oct. 26, 2007, at The

Adlon Hotel in
w:st='on'>Berlin. Top presenters from both sides

of the Atlantic will handle various
international insolvency topics. The keynote speaker is current INSOL
President Robert O. Sanderson of KPMG LLP (
w:st='on'>Toronto). The
Symposium chair is ABI Board
Member Ian G. Williams of Geldards LLP (
w:st='on'>Nottingham,

w:st='on'>U.K.).

Timely topics for the panel
sessions include:

The “Germany Calling:
Tips for German Practitioners” session will be moderated by Dr.
Christof Schiller of Wellensiek (
w:st='on'>Heidelberg) and included panelists Dr.
Eberhard Braun of Schulte & Braun GmbH (Achern), James L.
Garrity Jr. of Shearman & Sterling; (New York), Dr. Martin
Prager of Pluta Rechtsanwalts GmbH (Munich) and Deborah D.
Williamson of Cox Smith Matthews Inc. (San Antonio).

Dr. Joachim Englert of
PricewaterhouseCoopers (Frankfurt) will moderate “The Automotive
Industry: The Problems Continue–The German Perspective”
session with panelists Jen Alsleben of Strategic Value Parnters
(Frankfurt), Wilhelm Becker of BMW (Munich), Matthias Gotz of
Kaye Scholer LLP (Frankfurt) and Paul Melville of Grant Thornton LLP
(Southfield, Mich.).

“Financing the Future:
Hedge Funds–the Facts and the Fiction” will be moderated
by  Dr. Lars Westpfahl of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
(Hamburg) and feature panelists Paul Salama-Caro of Silver Point
Capital (London), Hermann Dambach of Oaktree GmbH (Frankfurt) and

Tim van Delden of Avenue Capital (London).

Keith J. Shapiro
of Greenberg Traurig (Chicago) will
moderate the “America Now!” session, looking at current
trends in U.S.
insolvencies and restructurings, with panelists Robert N.
Dangremond of AlixPartners LLC (
w:st='on'>London), Henry S. Miller of Miller Buckfire
& Co. LLC (New York) and Prof.
G. Ray Warner of St. John’s University School of Law and of

Counsel, Greenberg Taurig, LLP (New York).

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ABI’s International
Insolvency Symposium, please visit
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