Alexandria, Va. —Puerto Rico’s financial crisis and other top cross-border issues will be the focus of ABI’s 13th Annual Caribbean Insolvency Symposium on Feb. 9-11, 2017, at the Westin Grand Cayman Seven Mile Beach Resort & Spa on Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands. This educational program has been developed to provide attendees with an interactive learning experience led by a faculty of prominent national and regional bankruptcy judges, as well as experienced practitioners. In addition to concurrent sessions, the Symposium will also feature session tracks tailored specifically for business and consumer practitioners. Attendees have the opportunity to earn up to 8.75/10.5 hours of CLE/CPE credit!

Concurrent sessions include:

• Offshore Alert: Changes to Insolvency Laws and Rules in the Bahamas
• Buying and Investing in Bankruptcy Litigation: A New Paradigm
• “You Can’t Always Get What You Want…”: Update on Chapter 15 Assistance to Foreign Trustees and by Caribbean Courts in U.S. Cases
• Judges’ Roundtable
• Zika in the Caribbean, and Other Stinging Health Care Insolvency Issues
• Puerto Rico’s Financial Crisis: The Puerto Rico Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA) in Action
• Part I: I Ain’t Afraid of No Laws! Legal Issues for Attorneys When Creating, Defending or Chasing Offshore Assets
• Part II: Finding Dory’s Assets! How to Find Money and Make Sure It Stays Put
• Keep Calm and Carry On Investing
• In This Corner, Arbitration; in the Other, Bankruptcy: Welcome to the Main Event!

Click here for the full schedule and list of speakers.

If you are a member of the press and would like to attend the Caribbean Insolvency Symposium, please contact ABI Public Affairs Manager John Hartgen at 703-894-5935 or [email protected]. Full information on ABI’s 13th Annual Caribbean Insolvency Symposium, including sponsors, optional events and rates, can be found at http://www.abi.org/events/abi-caribbean-insolvency-symposium.   

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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 over 12,000 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 www.abiworld.org. For additional conference information, visit http://www.abi.org/calendar-of-events.