Contact: John Hartgen
(703) 739-0800
color='#0000ff'>jhartgen@abiworld.org
size='3'>ABI’s POPULAR
w:st='on'>NEW YORK
CITY
TO BE HELD MAY 7
size='3'>February 1, 2007 Alexandria, Va.
size='3'>—The American Bankruptcy Institute's (ABI) ninth annual
New York City Bankruptcy Conference is scheduled for May 7 at the
Millennium Broadway Conference Center/Hudson Theatre in New York City.
The day-long conference brings together a faculty of
w:st='on'>New
York
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Jersey bankruptcy judges
with practitioners from the top national insolvency firms to discuss
timely issues related to bankruptcy. The workshops and plenary sessions
and offer 6.5 hours of CLE credit, including 1.25 hours of ethics
credit.
size='3'>Lisa Donahue of AlixPartners LLC
and Michael
Luskin of Luskin, Stern & Eisler LLP are
the program chairs for the conference. Bankruptcy Judge
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Robert E. Gerber
size='3'>(SDNY,
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>New
York
judicial chair.
“Nuts & Bolts:
Bankruptcy Fundamentals for Young Practitioners,” a separate
program on bankruptcy fundamentals for practitioners new to the
bankruptcy arena, will be offered again this year. The program, chaired
by Ira Herman
of Thompson & Knight LLP (
w:st='on'>New
York
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, located at the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Customs
House in
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>New York
City
Panel discussions at the
conference include:
The
“Confidentiality in Bankruptcy” session will be moderated
by Scott L.
Hazan of Otterbourg, Steindler, Houston &
Rosen, PC (New York) and include panelists David I. Pauker of Goldin
Associates, LLC (
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>New
York
Judge Elizabeth S.
Stong (EDNY, Brooklyn) and
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Andrew M. Troop
size='3'>of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP (Boston).
size='3'>Marc Abrams of Willkie Farr &
Gallagher LLP (New York) will moderate the “Intersection between
Bankruptcy and Securities Law” session, with panelists
Alistaire Bambach
of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (New
York), Bankruptcy Judge
size='3'>Stuart M. Bernstein (SDNY, New
York), Daniel
Kramer of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton &
Garrison LLP (New York) and
size='3'>Jeffrey S. Sabin of Schulte Roth
& Zabel LLP (
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>New
York
Moderator
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Jonathan L. Flaxer
size='3'>of Golenbock, Eiseman, Assor, Bell & Peskoe LLP
(
York
Bankruptcy Judge Raymond
T. Lyons (DNJ, Trenton),
size='3'> Sanford
P. Rosen of Sanford P. Rosen, PC (New York)
and Joseph
Samet of Baker & McKenzie LLP (New York)
for “Getting Even: Who Sues Whom?”
“Intercreditor
Issues in Restructurings of First-Lien/Second-Lien Debt” will be
moderated by My Chi
To of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
(
York
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>William Q. Derrough
size='3'>of Jefferies & Company (
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>New York
size='3'>), Bankruptcy Judge
size='3'>Robert D. Drain (SDNY,
York
Farr & Gallagher LLP (
and Peter S.
Kaufman of Gordian Group, LLC
(
size='3'>).
“Developments in
DIP Lending and Restructuring Finance” will feature
moderator Thomas M.
Canning of JPMorgan Chase (
w:st='on'>New
York
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Kenneth Buckfire
size='3'>of Miller Buckfire & Co., LLC (
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York) ,
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Marc Kieselstein
size='3'>of Kirkland & Ellis LLP (Chicago) and Bankruptcy
Judge James M.
Peck (SDNY, New York).
The plenary session
“Hedge Funds Have Changed the Chapter 11 Process. Is That Good or
Bad?” will be moderated by
size='3'>Peter V. Pantaleo of Simpson Thacher
& Bartlett LLP (
w:st='on'>New
York
session include Jeffrey
H. Aronson of Centerbridge Partners, L.P
(
York
& Ellis LLP (
Stephen F. Cooper,
CPA, of Kroll Zolfo Cooper, LLC (
w:st='on'>New
York
JPMorgan Chase Bank (
w:st='on'>New
York
“Chapter 15s under
BAPCPA” will include moderator Lindsee P. Granfield of
Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton LLP (
w:st='on'>New
York
Judge Arthur J.
Gonzalez (SDNY,
w:st='on'>New
York
McCutchen LLP (
size='3'>New York
size='3'>), James E. Millstein of Lazard
Freres & Co. LLC (
Karen E. Wagner
of Davis Polk & Wardwell (
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York).
size='3'>Matthew Cantor of Kirkland &
Ellis LLP (
size='3'>New York
“Holding Co./Operating Company Ethical Issues in Large Chapter
11s” session along with panelists Bankruptcy Judge
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Robert E. Gerber
size='3'>(SDNY,
size='3'>New York),
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Todd R. Snyder
size='3'>of Rothschild, Inc. (
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>New York
size='3'>) and Albert
Togut of Togut, Segal & Segal, LLP
(
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Panelists for
“Buying Low, Selling High, and Getting Out of Dodge” include
Bankruptcy Judge Stan
Bernstein (EDNY, Central Islip),
Saul E. Burian
size='3'>of Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin (New York),
Marc Lasry
size='3'>of Avenue Capital Group (New York) and
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Randall R. Lay
size='3'>of Buccino & Associates, Inc. (New York), with
Ira L. Herman
size='3'>of Thompson & Knight LLP (
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York) moderating the
session.
“Management
Compensation: Executive Compensation and Reconciling Best Practices with
Section 503” will be moderated by Corinne Ball of Jones Day (New
York), with a panel featuring Bankruptcy Judge
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Carl L. Bucki
size='3'>(WDNY, East Amherst),
size='3'>Philip C. Dublin of Akin Gump Strauss
Hauer & Feld LLP (New York),
size='3'>Jeffrey W. Levitan of Proskauer Rose
LLP (New York) and
size='3'>Margot Beth Schonholtz of Kaye
Scholer LLP (New York).
size='3'>Alec P. Ostrow of Stevens & Lee,
PC (
size='3'>New York
“Recent Developments in Bankruptcy Jurisdiction” session
with panelists James L.
Garrity, Jr. of Shearman & Sterling LLP
(
York
Martin Glenn
size='3'>(SDNY,
size='3'>New York) and
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Robin E. Keller
size='3'>of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP (
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York).
A Judges’
Roundtable, moderated by Bankruptcy Judge Robert E. Gerber, will
feature a panel of bankruptcy judges
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>New York
size='3'>and
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>New
Jersey
developments.
size='3'>Sponsors for this year’s event include
size='3'>: AlixPartners LLP, Alvarez & Marsal, LLC, Baker &
McKenzie LLP, Bridge Associates, LLC, BSI Corporate Restructuring,
Buccino & Associates, Inc., CIT Group, Inc., Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen
& Hamilton LLP, Davis Polk & Wardwell, Debevoise & Plimpton
LLP, Donlin, Recano & Company, Inc., Foley & Lardner LLP, Goldin
Associates, LLC, Golenbock, Eiseman, Assor, Bell & Peskoe LLP, Huron
Consulting Group, Jones Day, JPMorgan Chase, Kirkland & Ellis LLP,
Latham & Watkins, LLP, Luskin, Stern & Eisler LLP, Mayer, Brown,
Rowe & Maw LLP, Otterbourg, Steindler, Houston & Rosen, PC,
Sanford P. Rosen, PC, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, Skadden, Arps,
Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Stevens & Lee, PC, Thompson &
Knight LLP, Togut, Segal & Segal, LLP, Weil, Gotshal & Manges
LLP and Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP.
For more information about the
New York City Bankruptcy Conference, call ABI at (703) 739-0800 or view
conference details at
href='http://www.abiworld.org/NY07'>
size='3'>http://www.abiworld.org/NY07
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