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INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE RECOVERY FORUM IN
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June 25, 2007, Alexandria,
Va. — The American Bankruptcy Institute
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Annual International Corporate Recovery Forum taking place Sept. 24-25
at the Renaissance Sao Paulo Hotel, Brazil. The local host is IBGT, the
Brazilian turnaround association. The forum, which also includes the
special collaboration of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges
(NCBJ), brings together over 40 of the most distinguished Brazilian and
international experts to discuss issues related to crisis prevention and
corporate recovery and renewal. It is the largest event in Brazil for
organizations and professionals interested in change management,
corporate restructuring, structured finance, business and reorganization
law, risk management and distressed investment.
Program sessions
include:
Judge Boris Kauffmann
(São Paulo Bankruptcy Court of Appeals) will moderate the
“Judicial Role in Complex Reorganization Cases: View from the
Bench” session featuring Judges Louise DeCarl Adler
(S.D.Calif.), Robert D. Drain (S.D.N.Y), Chief Judge Marcia
Cunha Silva Araujo de Carvalho (Rio de Janeiro Bankruptcy
Court–2nd District) and Chief Judge Alexandre Alves
Lazzarini (São Paulo Bankruptcy Court- 1st
District).
The “A View from the U.S.
Bench: Key Structural and Practical Issues of the U.S. Bankruptcy
Code–Critical Success Factors” session moderated by
Bankruptcy Judge Elizabeth S. Stong (E.D.N.Y.) includes
Bankruptcy Judges Thomas B. Bennett (D.Ala.), Charles G.
Case (D.Ariz.), Barbara Houser (N.D.Texas) andJeffrey P.
Hopkins (S.D.Ohio).
Bankruptcy Judge Sidney B.
Brooks (D.Colo.) and Adolfo Rouillon, Insolvency Specialist
and Legal Vice President for The World Bank (Washington, D.C.) will
participate in the “Cooperation, Direct Communication and
Coordination of Cross-Border Cases between United States and Brazilian
Courts” Session.
“A View from
Brazil’s Bench: Key Structural and Practical Issues of
Brazil’s New Corporate Bankruptcy and Recovery Law” will
feature Judge Manoel de Queiroz Pereira Calças (São
Paulo Bankruptcy Court of Appeals) and Chief Judges Carlos Henrique
Abrao (São Paulo Court–42nd District), Luiz Roberto
Ayoub (Rio de Janeiro Bankruptcy Court–1st District), Maria
Lucia Pizzotti Mendes (São Paulo Court–32nd District) and
Carlos Magno Rocha da Silva (Goiania–11th
District).
The moderator for the
“Lenders’ View: Key Concerns, Relevant Aspects, DIP, Cash
Collateral, Prerequisites” session is Dr. Jorge Queiroz,
IBGT Chair, Managing Principal Alliance Partners–Corporate
Transformation and Turnaround CEO, CRO, Creditors’ Representative
(São Paulo). Joining him on the panel are Wagner Albuquerque de
Almeida, Executive Director, Credit Management of ABN AMRO Real Bank
(
de Aguiar, Legal Director of UNIBANCO (
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Paulo
Director of Lazard Frères & Co. LLC (
York
Services at KPMG (
James H.M. Sprayregen, Managing Director at Goldman Sachs &
Co. (New York) and Roberto Luis Troster, Partner at Integral Trust
(São Paulo).
“The Funds: What About
the Required Capital?” session, moderated by
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Business Recovery Services division of PricewaterhouseCoopers (São
Paulo), will be joined by panelists Andre Barbierato, CEO of
Buffalo Investments (São Paulo), Luis Leonardo Cantidiano,
Board Member of the Brazilian Association of Private Equity and Venture
Capital and partner at Motta Fernandes Rocha Advogados (São Paulo),
Cristiana Ferraz, Vice President of Emerging Markets, Fixed
Income Division, at Lehman Brothers (São Paulo), Felix
Hofmann, Managing Director at Morgan Stanley (United Kingdom) and
David Martens, Director at ABN-AMRO Bank (New York).
Lionel Zaclis of
Barretto Ferreira, Kujawski, Brancher e Gonçalves– Sociedade
de Advogados (São Paulo) will moderate the “Financial
Institutions and Hedge Funds in Debt Restructurings–Their Own, as
Well as Their Role in Corporate Reorganizations” session with
panelists Luiz Fernando Valente de Paiva, Partner at Pinheiro
Neto Advogados (São Paulo), Brian E. Greer, Counsel at
Linklaters LLP (New York), Laura Hatfield, Partner at Solomon
Harris (Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands) and Christopher A. Jarvinen
of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP (New York) and
U.S. Representative to the IBGT.
The “International
Perspective: Key Issues” session, moderated by Luis
Laboissiére, Partner at Lefosse Advogados in cooperation with
Linklaters LLP (
feature panelists Brock J. Edgar, Partner and Head of the Latin
American Restructuring Group at PricewaterhouseCoopers (
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Sócio, Motta Fernandes Rocha Advogados (
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“Oversight and
Administration of Restructuring Cases (judicial administrators,
trustees, examiners)” will be moderated by Josefina Fernandez
McEvoy, Partner at K&L Gates LLP (
Angeles
Aguiar (
Paulo
São Paulo Court, Salvatore Lobiondo of Kroll Inc. (New York)
and Bankruptcy Judge Maureen A. Tighe
(C.D.Calif.).
Fabio Rosas,
Partner of Tozzini Freire Teixeira e Silva Advogados (São Paulo)
will moderate “A View from Practitioners: Creditors’
Concerns, including Issues Regarding Creditor Committees, Legal
Advisors, Turnaround Professionals, Financial Advisors, Trustees,
Successor Liabilities, Asset Pooling and More.” Panelists for the
session include Laura Bumachar, Head of Restructuring at Barbosa
Mussnich & Aragão Advogados (Rio de Janeiro), Felipe Ribeiro
Da Luz Câmara of Tozzini Freire Teixeira e Silva Advogados
(São Paulo), Gilberto Deon Correa, Head of Restructuring at
Veirano Advogados, Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul), Luiz
Eugênio Araújo Müller Filho, Partner at Lobo e Ibeas
Advogados (Rio de Janeiro) and Paulo Penalva Santos, Partner at
Motta Fernandes Rocha Advogados (Rio de Janeiro).
“Fraudulent
Conveyances,” moderated by Martin S. Zohn, Partner at
Proskauer Rose LLP (
include panelists Jeffrey N. Rich, Partner at K&L Gates
(
Russell (C.D.Calif.) and Digital Forensic Accounting Consultant
Jack Seward (
York
Moderator Eduardo
Gomide, Managing Director of Financial Advisory Services at Kroll,
Inc (São Paulo) and panelists Edward E. Davis Jr.,
Partner at Astigarraga Davis LLP (Miami), Antenor Madruga,
Brazil’s former National Secretary of Justice and Director of
Brazil’s Department of Assets Recovery and International
Cooperation (São Paulo) and Andrew Witts, Head of the
Commercial Fraud Group at Lawrence Graham LLP (London) will participate
in the “Corporate/Financial Frauds, Tracing, Freezing and Recovery
of Estate’s Assets—Brazilian and International Perspective:
Case Discussions” session.
The closing speech will be
delivered by Hon. Celso Limongi, President of the Superior Court
of the State of São Paulo. The conference will also feature
luncheon speeches by Rafael Guedes, Managing Director at Fitch Ratings
(
Rudzit, Ph.D. in political science- professor of international
relations at the Superior School of Diplomacy,
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performance by Brazilian pop singer Luciana Mello is featured on
Monday, Sept. 24.
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