Alexandria, Va. — Students from leading graduate business schools are getting set to compete in ABI’s 15th Annual Corporate Restructuring Competition (CRC), to be held at the Gleacher Center at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business on Nov. 9. CRC provides teams of students an opportunity to solve the realistic business case of a hypothetical distressed company before an audience of experts in the turnaround/crisis-management/restructuring industries. In addition to the case presentations, the competition also features a networking cocktail reception to announce the winners and facilitate valuable interactions between student teams and industry professionals. This year’s case problem will be sent competitors one week prior to the competition. The competition chair is William S. Sugden of Alston & Bird (Atlanta).

Teams set compete in the Corporate Restructuring Competition include:

• The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
• Columbia Business School
• Cornell University SC Johnson College of Business
• Michigan State University Eli Broad College of Business
• New York University  Stern School of Business
• University of Virginia Darden School of Business
• The Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania

Past winners include teams from Columbia Business School, The Wharton School, Northwestern University Kellogg Graduate School of Management, New York University Leonard N. Stern School of Business, the Stanford Graduate Business School and Dartmouth College Tuck School of Business.

For members of the press looking to attend the Corporate Restructuring Competition, please contact John Hartgen at 703-894-5935 or [email protected].

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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 11,000 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.