Event Information 228222

8:15-9:00 a.m.

Registration and Coffee/Tea

9:00-9:15 a.m.

Welcome by Conference Leadership

9:15-10:30 a.m.

Oil and Gas Restructurings: The Coming “Global Boom”?

Many companies operating in and around the energy industry have been adversely affected by the recent precipitous drop in the price of oil, a global trend that has exposed vulnerabilities in a number of industry segments and individual companies. The companies, their exposures and the complicated issues raised by their distress span the Americas. This panel will introduce the industry and recent trends, cover the ways that these companies finance themselves and operate, and discuss a number of complex multijurisdictional finance, legal, regulatory and environmental issues that will be significant in these restructurings.

Damian S. Schaible, Moderator

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP; New York

James Donnell

Baker & McKenzie; New York

Jonathan Lurvey

Blackstone Advisory Partners; New York

Ignacio Quesada

Alvarez & Marsal; Mexico City

David Yager

MNP, LLP; Calgary, Alta.

10:30-10:45 a.m.

Coffee Break

Sponsored by KRyS Global

10:45 a.m.-12:00 noon

Recent Challenges Faced by Foreign Representatives Seeking Relief Under Chapter 15

Foreign representatives have begun using chapter 15 more creatively in seeking a broad array of relief; consequently, parties in the U.S. have increasingly been raising a number of challenges. In 2014, foreign representatives were presented with a number of objections to chapter 15 relief, including objections questioning the proper location of the foreign debtor’s center of main interests and the fairness of proceedings before the foreign court. This panel will discuss cases that address these issues, including In re Octaviar Admin. Pty Ltd., In re Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. and In re Rede Energia, S.A., and the steps the foreign representatives in those cases took to maximize their likelihood of obtaining relief in the U.S. The panel will also discuss whether chapter 15 recognition is a prerequisite to seeking relief in a U.S. court, and will analyze the split of authority on that issue.

Howard Seife, Moderator

Chadbourne & Parke LLP; New York

Hon. Shelley C. Chapman

U.S. Bankruptcy Court (S.D.N.Y.); New York

Keiran W. Hutchison

Ernst & Young; Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

Mark McDonald

Grant Thornton (BVI) Ltd.; Tortola, BVI

Ronald J. Silverman

Hogan Lovells US LLP; New York

12:00-1:15 p.m.

Bloomberg Law's Eye on Bankruptcy with Bill Rochelle: Focus on Brazil's Petrobas

Sponsored by Solomon Harris

In the past few months, we have seen once-prominent Brazilian companies face financial distress as a result of governmental mistakes, political unease, global decline in oil and gas prices and the downturn in the local credit markets. Most importantly, the Petrobras bribery and corruption scandal has had wide-ranging effects on Brazilian companies, from the criminal prosecution of corporate executives to open-ended prohibitions on future contracts with Petrobras and, in some instances, fines millions of reais. Fabio Vassel and Luis DeLucio will discuss how the current Brazilian economic and political landscape is likely to impact Brazilian companies, lenders and investors in the years to come.

Luis DeLucio

Alvarez & Marsal

Fabio Vassel

Banco Brasil Plural; Sao Paulo, Brazil

1:15-2:30 p.m.

Opportunities and Obstacles Under New(er) Insolvency Rules in Latin America

This panel will feature a discussion with leading experts in the field of Latin American restructurings about the recent — and not-so-recent — updates to insolvency statutes throughout the region. While some of these new insolvency regimes remain largely untested, others offer both lessons and open questions about the potential for a true convergence of Latin American restructuring laws to other more established and tested jurisdictions. Market experts will discuss the latest developments in Latin American restructurings and offer their insights into the opportunities and challenges facing investors and lenders in the current Latin American economy.

Timothy Graulich, Moderator

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP; New York

Ashish Karandikar

Apax Partners, LP; New York

Paul J. Keenan, Jr.

Greenberg Traurig, LLP; Miami

Eduardo Augusto Mattar

Pinheiro Guimarães - Advogados; Sao Paulo, Brazil

Jorge Padilla

GE Capital; Mexico

2:30-2:45 p.m.

Afternoon Refreshment Break

Sponsored by MNP Ltd.

2:45-4:00 p.m.

Recent Developments in Offshore Jurisdictions

Claudia R. Tobler, Moderator

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP; Washington, D.C.

Matthew Crawford

Maples and Calder; George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

Kenneth M. Krys

KRyS Global; Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

Helena Sprenger

Houthoff Buruma, New York

Colette Wilkins

Walkers; Cayman Islands

4:00 p.m.

Adjourn