February 15th
Wharton Alumni & Student Cocktail
8:00-10:00pm
Location: Boathouse Row Bar (The Rittenhouse Hotel)

Attire: Business Casual

February 16th (Conference Day)
Location: The Union League
Attire: Business Formal
Registration & Breakfast
7:30-8:45am


Keynote Speaker – Albert A. Koch
9:00-10:00am

Panel - Legal Considerations
Panel - Operational Turnarounds

10:15-11:30am

Lunch
11:45-12:45pm

Keynote Speaker – Jerome B. York
1:00-2:00pm

Panel - Financial Restructuring
Panel - International Issues

2:15-3:30pm

Break
3:30-3:45pm

Panel - Distressed Investing
4:00-5:15pm

Cocktails
5:15-7:00pm
   
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10:15-11:30am

Topic: Critical Components of a Successful Operational Turnaround

The Operational Turnaround Panel, sponsored by Alvarez & Marsal, is being led by David J. Coles, a Managing Director with the firm. Mr. Coles and his expert group of panelists will explore the critical components of a successful turnaround, drawing conclusions from real life cases.

Moderator:
David J Coles (Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal)

Panelists:
Chris Moye (COO of privately held clinical research form)
David Lorry (Vice President, Chrysalis Capital Partners)
Myung Yi (Managing Director, American Capital Strategies)
Keith Northern (Managing Director, NachmanHaysBrownstein, Inc)




10:15-11:30am

Topic: Change of Law; Change of Management; Change of Control

Legal Considerations Panels, sponsored by Bingham McCutchen is being led by Michael Reilly, a senior partner in their Financial Restructuring Group. The panelists will touch on changes in the bankruptcy code, KERP and second lien issues, among others.

Panelists:
Michael Reilly (Partner, Bingham McCutchen)
Ray Dombrowski (Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal)
Michael H.M. Brown (Counsel, Bingham McCutchen)
Derron S. Slonecker (Partner, Perella Weinberg)
Dennis F. Dunne (Partner, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy)




2:15-3:30pm

Topic: J.L French: A Model for Future Auto Supplier Restructurings

The Financial Restructuring Panel, sponsored by Miller Buckfire, is being lead by Durc Savini, Managing Director and head of the firm's Auto Supplier advisory practice. Mr. Savini and his panel of industry and restructuring experts will discuss factors prompting increasing bankruptcy filings in the auto supplier sector, and the JL French case as a model for achieving more effective and efficient restructurings in the industry going forward.

Moderator:
Durc Savini (Managing Director, Miller Buckfire)

Panelists:
John "Jack" Falcon (Chairman, CEO and President, J.L. French Automotive Castings Inc.)
Mark Kieselstein (Partner, Kirkland & Ellis)
Donald MacKenzie (Co-founder and Senior Managing Director, Conway MacKenzie & Dunleavy)




2:15-3:30pm

Topic: Challenges of restructuring in international environments

The International Restructuring Panel, being sponsored by AlixPartners, is being led by Larry Young, a Managing Director with the firm and the former CRO of AT&T Latin America. Mr. Young will lead a panel in examining operational, financial and legal challenges of leading a restructuring in international markets

Moderator:
Larry Young (Managing Director, AlixPartners)

Panelists:
Homer Parkhill (Director, Rothschild Inc.)
Claudio Galaezzi (Founder, Galaezzi & Associates)
David S. Heller, Esq. (Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP)
Joyce Johnson-Miller (Senior Managing Director, The Relativity Fund)
Bryan A. Shapiro (Managing Director, Bear Stearns & Co., Inc)
Corinne Ball, Esq. (Partner, Jones Day)




4:00-5:15pm

Topic: Distressed Investing and Hedge Funds - Fixing a hole in the Ocean

The Distressed Investing Panel is being led by Eric Reehl, a Managing Director at Plainfield Asset Management and moderated by William Derrough, Co-head of Jefferies & Co Corporate Advisory Practice. The panel will discuss the current state of distressed investing, the opportunities available at this point in the cycle as seen through the eyes of hedge funds and private equity firms.

Moderator:
William Derrough (Managing Director, Jefferies & Co.)

Panelists:
Eric Reehl (Managing Director, Plainfield Asset Management)
Gregory L. Segall (Managing Partner, Chrysalis Capital Partners)
David Simon (Managing Director, Littlejohn & Co.)
David Sweig (Managing Director, Piper Jaffray & Co.)
Michele Paige (CIO and Portfolio Manager, Paige Capital Management)
 
   
   
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