AIRA's 12th Annual Advanced Restructuring & Plan of Reorganization Conference in New York

Monday, November 18, 2013, 8:45 am - 7:00 pm ET

Location
Union League Club
38 East 37th Street
New York, NY 10016

AIRA's Annual Advanced Restructuring and Plan of Reorganization Conference in New York ("NY POR") is a forum presenting legal and financial perspectives on developments in bankruptcy, insolvency and restructuring. The one day program of individual and panel presentations is geared toward maximizing opportunities for learning, exchange and networking, as well as offering credit for continuing legal and professional education.

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Educational sessions include:

• Year in Review – A Year in Review from the perspectives of Judges and Attorneys
• Boards of Directors / Fiduciary Duties / Special Committee / Independent Directors – Recruitment of Directors for Companies Entering or Emerging from Bankruptcy
• Cram Down – A discussion of the process, technologies used and an analysis of recent cases
• The New AIRA Standards for Distressed Business Valuation – What Valuation Analysts Need to Know – A discussion of recent valuation decisions and AIRA's "Distressed Valuation Standards"
• Plan Support Agreements – A focus on the Inn Keepers and Indianapolis Downs cases; PSA's in general and their function in today's restructuring world
• Indenture Trustees / Bond Holders – How they impact plan development and confirmation

The luncheon keynote presentation – "Is Too Big to Fail Over?" – will be delivered by David A. Skeel Jr., the Caryl Louise Boies Visiting Professor of Law at New York University School of Law, and the S. Samuel Arsht Professor of Corporate Law at University of Pennsylvania School of Law. He is also author of The New Financial Deal: Understanding the Dodd-Frank Act and Its (Unintended) Consequences, and Icarus in the Boardroom, among others. The presentation will focus on the new rules for handling large financial firm values and bankruptcy as an alternative.

The conference will conclude with a reception honoring the recipient of AIRA's 2013 Judicial Service Award:

The Honorable Robert E. Gerber
Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York

SPONSORS

Arent Fox LLP
CBIZ MHM, LLC
CohnReznick LLP
Duane Morris LLP
Kaye Scholer LLP
Mesirow Financial Consulting, LLC
WeiserMazars LLP
Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP

Planning Committee

Co-Chairs: Walter Greenhalgh, Duane Morris LLP and Brian Ryniker, CIRA, CBIZ MHM, LLC
Committee: Megan Campbell, CohnReznick LLP; Kevin Clancy, CIRA, CohnReznick LLP
Stephen Darr, CIRA, CDBV, Mesirow Financial Consulting, LLC; Mark Feldman, CIRA, CDBV
Robert Hirsh, Arent Fox LLP; Benjamin Mintz, Kaye Scholer LLP
Scott Rinaldi, FTI Consulting, Inc.; Tony Sasso, CIRA, Deloitte.
Matthew Schwartz, CIRA, Bederson & Company LLP; Mike Sullivan, CIRA, Deloitte.
Joel Waite, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP

CPE/CLE: Up to 8.0 Hours of CPE or 7.0 CLE Available

Format—Instructional delivery method is Group Live
Prerequisites—None
Program level—Beginning to Intermediate
Advance preparation—None

Additional Information—Registration and payment of fee must be completed in advance at www.aira.org, or at the onsite registration desk. Registrants will receive a confirmation email and a binder of materials for reference during and after the conference.

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