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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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