Contact: John Hartgen
703-739-0800
ABI’S FIFTH ANNUAL CARIBBEAN
INSOLVENCY SYMPOSIUM EXAMINES FINANCING FOR DISTRESSED COMPANIES AND
OTHER CROSS-BORDER INSOLVENCY ISSUES
November 6, 2008,
Alexandria, Va.— The American Bankruptcy
Institute (ABI) will hold the fifth Caribbean Insolvency Symposium at
the Westin Casuarina in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, Feb. 5-7, 2009.
The program features a faculty of outstanding practitioners, scholars
and nine bankruptcy judges. The program chair for the Symposium
is
size='3'>Patricia A. Redmond of Stearns,
Weaver, Miller, Weissler, Alhadeff & Sitterson, PA (Miami). Judicial
co-chairs are Bankruptcy Judges Gerardo Carlo
(San Juan, P.R.) and Robert A.
Mark (Miami). Attendees have the opportunity
to earn up to 8.0 CLE credit hours with an expanded program that
includes sessions looking at financing distressed companies and a
“Views from the Bench” discussion comprised of five
bankruptcy judges.
Featured program sessions include:
The “Who Has $$, and What Are They
Buying?” session, moderated by Soneet R.
Kapila of Kapila & Company (Fort
Lauderdale, Fla.), will feature panelists
face='Times New Roman'>Corali
Lopez Castro of Kozyak Tropin Throckmorton
(Miami), Martina E. M. Kopacz of
Grant Thornton (New York), Bankruptcy Judge
face='Times New Roman'>Robert
A. Mark (Miami) and
face='Times New Roman'>Ward
Mooney of Crystal Capital Fund Management
(Boston).
Bankruptcy Judge Judith K.
Fitzgerald (Pittsburgh) will moderate the
“‘101’ on Restructuring Portfolio Companies”
session with panelists Matthew B.
Berk of Morgan Joseph & Co. Inc. (New
York), Stuart M. Brown of Edwards
Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP; (Wilmington, Del.) and
D.
Ross Martin of Ropes & Gray
(Boston).
“U.S. Litigation Reaching Cayman Directors -
What to Do?” will be moderated by Laura
Hatfield of Solomon Harris (Grand Cayman) and
feature panelists
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Lawrence Edwards
size='3'>of STS Capital Partners (Grand Cayman),
face='Times New Roman'>John
Lewis of DMTC Group (Grand
Cayman), Paul Scrivener of Solomon
Harris (Grand Cayman) and Mark J.
Wolfson of Foley and Lardner LLP (Tampa,
Fla.).
Bankruptcy Judge Elizabeth S.
Stong (Brooklyn, N.Y.) will moderate the
“New and Exciting Developments in Chapter 15” session with
panelists
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Judith Elkin
size='3'>of Haynes and Boone, LLP (New York),
face='Times New Roman'>Brian K.
Gart of Berger Singerman, PA (Ft. Lauderdale,
Fla.), Christopher A. Jarvinen of
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP (New York)
and Sheryl E. Seigel of Lang
Michener LLP (Toronto).
The “View from the Benches” session will
be moderated by Steven Leslie of Stichter,
Riedel, Blain & Prosser, PA (Tampa, Fla.) and feature Bankruptcy
Judges A. Jay Cristol
size='3'>(Miami),
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Paul G. Hyman
size='3'>(West Palm Beach, Fla.), Enrique
Lamoutte (San Juan, P.R.),
face='Times New Roman'>John K.
Olson (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) and
size='3'>Steven Rhodes
size='3'>(Detroit).
Bankruptcy Judge Gerardo Carlo
(San Juan, P.R.) will moderate the “Distressed
Industries in the Caribbean” session with panelists
size='3'>Hugh Dickson of Grant Thornton (Grand
Cayman), Luis Salazar of Greenberg
Traurig, LLP (Miami) and Byron Smyl
of Alvarez & Marsal (Miami).
The “Claims Trading in Aid of Hostile Takeovers
in Bankruptcy or in Defense of a Plan of Reorganization (including Green
Mail)” session, moderated by Dennis J.
Drebsky of Nixon Peabody LLP (New York), will
feature panelists
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Bruce S. Bennett
size='3'>of Hennigan, Bennet & Dorman, LLP (Los
Angeles),
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Brian Bloom of
W.R. Huff Asset Management Co. (Morristown, N.J.) and
size='3'>Jeanne P. Darcey of Edwards Angell
Palmer & Dodge, LLP (Boston).
Moderator
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Patricia A. Redmond
size='3'>of Stearns, Weaver, Miller, Weissler, Alhadeff & Sitterson,
PA (Miami) will be joined by panelists Peter B.
Castle of Husch Blackwell & Sanders
(Memphis, Tenn.),
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Christopher Redmond
size='3'>of Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP (Kansas City,
Kan.), Andrew Bolton of Appleby
(Grand Cayman) and
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Simon Whicker
size='3'>of KPMG LLP (Grand Cayman) for the “Alternatives to
Chapter 15: United States/Caribbean” session.
For more information about the
size='3'>Caribbean Insolvency Symposium, call ABI at (703) 739-0800 or
visit
color='#0000ff' size='3'>http://www.abiworld.org/CIS09
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ABI is the largest multi-disciplinary, nonpartisan
organization dedicated to research and education on matters related to
insolvency. ABI was founded in 1982 to provide Congress and the public
with unbiased analysis of bankruptcy issues. The ABI membership includes
nearly 11,700 attorneys, accountants, bankers, judges, professors,
lenders, turnaround specialists and other bankruptcy professionals,
providing a forum for the exchange of ideas and information. For
additional information on ABI, visit
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conference information, visit
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