Leading restructuring officials and attorneys will join judges from the U.S.
Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York in Manhattan to tackle
timely bankruptcy issues when the American Bankruptcy Institute convenes its
Ninth Annual New York City Bankruptcy Conference on Monday, May 7, at the
Millennium Broadway Hotel and Conference Center. You'll get an on-the-scene
report from The Deal's John Blakeley after each of several panel discussions
throughout the day.
The panels Blakeley will be reporting on include a debate of the impact of
first- and second-lien debt infighting on Chapter 11 restructurings, as well
as how the recent emergence of hedge funds as significant debtholders has
changed the bankruptcy process.
Besides Stuart M. Bernstein, chief judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the
Southern District of New York in Manhattan, other panelists will include
Alistaire Bambach of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as well as
leading bankruptcy attorneys and restructuring practitioners from top firms
such as Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Bingham
McCutchen LLP, Miller Buckfire & Co. LLC and Jefferies & Co.
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