Faculty Biographies, Handouts & Presentations

• 8:00 a.m. -- Co-Chairs' Opening Remarks

  J. Andrew Rahl, Jr., Partner, REED SMITH LLP Hugh M. Ray, Principal, McKOOL SMITH PC

• 8:10 a.m. -- Year in Review & New Business Opportunities

  Steven L. Gidumal, Managing Partner, VIRTUS CAPITAL, LP The Year in Review - 2011

• 8:40 a.m. -- Restructuring Sovereign & Municipal Debt

  Kenneth A. Buckfire, Panel Moderator, CEO, Managing Director and co-founder of Miller Buckfire & Co., LLC William A. Brandt, Jr., President, DEVELOPMENT SPECIALISTS, INC., and Chairman of the Illinois Finance Authority A Brief Primer on the Current Status of Restructuring Sovereign & US Municipal Debt Richard Levin, Partner, CRAVATH, SWAINE & MOORE LLP Some Causes of Municipal Distress and Bankruptcy Lorraine S. McGowen, Partner, ORRICK, HERINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP Sovereign & Municipal Debt Roundtable William Roberti, Managing Director, ALVAREZ & MARSAL Municipal Restructuring -- Finding Operational Improvements Overview of Chapter 9 Restructuring Experts Balk At Muni Meltdown Prediction, The Wall Street Journal, Bankruptcy Beat Blog, Nov. 28, 2011.

• 9:30 a.m. -- It's A Cross-Border World After All

  Harold L. Kaplan, Panel Moderator Partner/Leader Corporate Trust and Bondholder Rights Team, FOLEY & LARDNER LLP Allan S. Brilliant, Partner, DECHERT LLP Robert J. Chadwick, Partner/Member Executive Committee, GOODMANS, LLP Nigel D. Meakin, Senior Managing Director, FTI CONSULTING Stuart Swartz, Senior Vice President, COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA Top 10 Things you need to know about Indenture Trustees acting from Canada or the US on cross-border transactions Claudia R. Tobler, Counsel Bankruptcy and Corporate Reorganization Department, PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON & GARRISON LLP Strategic Considerations for Multinational Distressed Companies and Their Investors: When to File, What to File and Where to File

• 10:25 a.m. -- Baggage & Benefits: Current Issues in the Ownership of Distressed Debt and Bankruptcy Claims

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  Paul N. Silverstein, Panel Moderator, Partner/Co-Chair Bankruptcy & Restructuring Practice, ANDREWS KURTH LLP Geoffrey A. Richards, Group Head, Special Situations and Restructuring, WILLIAM BLAIR & COMPANY L.L.C. Jane Sullivan, Executive Vice President, EPIQ BANKRUPTCY SOLUTIONS

• 11:05 a.m. -- Transportation & Shipping: Investment Tips & Traps

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  Wilbur L. Ross, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, WL ROSS AND CO. LLC Mr. Ross' Prerecorded Comments Edward O. Sassower, Panel Moderator, Partner, KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP John P. Brincko, President, SITRICK BRINCKO GROUP, LLC Mark Friedman, Senior Managing Director, EVERCORE Daniel G. Montgomery, Managing Director, MESIROW FINANCIAL CONSULTING, LLC Steven Strom, Managing Director and Global Head of Restructuring, JEFFERIES & CO.

• 12:05 p.m. -- The Harvey R. Miller Awards Luncheon

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  Harvey R. Miller, Partner, WEIL GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP David Resnick, Managing Director & Co-head of Investment Banking, ROTHSCHILD INC.

• 1:15 p.m. -- Trading and Valuing Distressed Derivatives

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  J. Andrew Rahl, Jr., Panel Moderator, Partner, REED SMITH LLP Peter Niculescu, Partner, CAPITAL MARKET RISK ADVISORS Mark C. Ellenberg, Partner, CADWALADER WICKERSHAM & TAFT LLP Alexey Surkov, Partner, Financial Instrument Valuation & Securitization, DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP Trading and Valuing Distressed Derivatives Greek Sovereign Debt Q&A Derivatives Claims Settlement Framework Letters to the Lehman Court re Settlement Framework Bankruptcy Court "Flip Clause" Decision District Court Decision Granting Appeal

• 2:00 p.m. -- Financial Institution Failures: Intersection of Multiple Insolvency Regimes and Regulators

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  Marcia L. Goldstein, Panel Moderator, Partner/Chair of the Business Finance & Restructuring Department, WEIL GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP Bonnie Steingart, Partner, FRIED FRANK Evan Blum, Principal, GLASS RATNER Robert J. Lemons, Partner, WEIL GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP Financial Institution Failures: Intersection of Multiple Insolvency Regimes and Regulators

• 3:00 p.m. -- CMBS Opportunities and Problems

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  Tyson Lomazow, Panel Moderator, Partner, MILBANK Jay M. Goffman, Partner, Global Head of Corporate Restructuring, SKADDEN ARPS SLATE MEAGHER & FLOM LLP Peter S. Goodman, Principal, McKOOL SMITH David W. Prager, GOLDIN ASSOCIATES Ronald Greenspan, Senior Managing Director, FTI CONSULTING CMBS Opportunities & Problems

• 3:45 p.m. -- CLE Ethics Hour: Using Ethics Rules as a Sword

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  John (Jack) Wm. Butler, Jr., Panel Moderator, Partner, SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE MEAGHER & FLOM LLP Van E. Conway, Chief Executive Officer, CONWAY MacKENZIE Michael A. Feder, Managing Director, ALIXPARTNERS Edward T. Gavin, CTP, Principal, NHB ADVISORS, INC. Lois R. Lupica, THOMPSON & KNIGHT, LLP, and Maine Law Foundation Professor of Law, University of Maine School of Law Navigating Ethical Challenges in Contested Restructurings: When Stakeholders Employ Ethics as a Sword

• 4:45 p.m. -- Investors' Roundtable

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  Steven L. Gidumal, Panel Moderator, Managing Partner, VIRTUS CAPITAL, LP Leon Frenkel, General Partner, TRIAGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT Ken Grossman, President and Director, SIGNATURE GROUP HOLDINGS, INC. Gary E. Hindes, Managing Director, THE DELAWARE BAY COMPANY LLC Dave Miller, Portfolio Manager, ELLIOTT MANAGEMENT CORP.