ABIs New York City Bankruptcy Conference Dodd-Frank Authority over Too-Big-to-Fail Companies Municipal Restructurings Foreclosure Actions and More
ABIs New York City Bankruptcy Conference Dodd-Frank Authority over Too-Big-to-Fail Companies Municipal Restructurings Foreclosure Actions and More
Contact: John Hartgen
703-894-5935
[email protected]
DODD-FRANK AUTHORITY OVER TOO-BIG-TO-FAIL COMPANIES, MUNICIPAL RESTRUCTURINGS, FORECLOSURE ACTIONS AMONG THE FEATURED TOPICS AT ABI’S NEW YORK CITY BANKRUPTCY CONFERENCE ON MAY 6
March 2, 2011, Alexandria, Va.—The American
Bankruptcy Institute's (ABI) 13th Annual New York City Bankruptcy
Conference is scheduled for May 6 at the Hilton New York in New York
City. The day-long conference brings together a faculty of New York
bankruptcy judges with practitioners from the top national insolvency
firms in New York City to discuss timely issues related to bankruptcy.
The workshops and plenary sessions offer 7 hours of CLE/8 hours of CPE
credit, including 1.25/1.5 hours of ethics.
Timothy R. Coleman of The Blackstone Group, Jay
M. Goffman of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and
Glenn E. Siegel of Dechert LLP are the program chairs
for the conference. Bankruptcy Judge Robert D. Drain
(S.D.N.Y.) serves as the judicial chair.
“Nuts & Bolts: Bankruptcy Fundamentals for Young
Practitioners,” a separate program on bankruptcy basics for
practitioners new to the bankruptcy arena, will be offered again this
year. The program, chaired by Ira L. Herman of Thompson
& Knight LLP, will be held on May 5 at the Association of the Bar of
the City of New York in New York City.
A Judges’ Roundtable moderated by Bankruptcy Judge Robert
D. Drain will feature a panel of bankruptcy judges from the
Southern and Eastern Districts of New York discussing current
developments.
Conference sessions will cover a broad range of timely bankruptcy
topics. Some of the featured panel sessions include:
· Attempted Hostile Takeovers in
Bankruptcy—DBSD, Philadelphia Newspapers, MGM, Tribune
· Cram-Up and Intercreditor Issues:
CalGen, Trump
· Municipal and Other State Agency
Restructurings
· Dodd-Frank Authority over
Too-Big-to-Fail Companies
· Real Estate Panel: Foreclosure
Actions and Sales in Bankruptcy Courts
· Claims Trading: Effect of CDSs in
Bankruptcy and How It Drives Negotiations and Results
To view the full schedule with the session speakers listed, please click
here:
http://www.abiworld.org/NY11/schedule.html
Press interested in attending the New York City Bankruptcy Conference
should contact ABI Public Affairs Manager John Hartgen at (703) 894-5935
or [email protected].
All New York City Bankruptcy Conference attendees will receive a
complimentary copy of Bankruptcy Business Acquisitions, Second
Edition– a $282 value! For more information about the New York
City Bankruptcy Conference, call ABI at (703) 739-0800or view conference
details at http://www.abiworld.org/NY11.
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dedicated to research and education on matters related to insolvency.
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analysis of bankruptcy issues. The ABI membership includes nearly 13,000
attorneys, accountants, bankers, judges, professors, lenders, turnaround
specialists and other bankruptcy professionals, providing a forum for
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