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18th Annual
Distressed Investing Conference
November 28, 2011
The Helmlsey Park Lane Hotel
New York NY
At last year's 17th Annual Distressed Investing Conference, the 2010 Turnarounds and Workouts "Outstanding Young Lawyers" were honored at the Wine Tasting and Dinner on November 29.
Congratulations again to last year's recipients:
2010 Outstanding Young Lawyers
Ronit J. Berkovich - Weil Gotshal & Manges
On Weil teams representing the debtors in historic Chapter 11 cases including General Motors, Lehman Brothers, WorldCom/MCI, Bearing Point, and Vertis (Vertis merger witih ACG was first ever “doubleprepack” merger). Also worked on international restructurings, including
Telewest Communications and Parmalat.
Amy Caton - Kramer Levin
Represented GM’s official creditors’ committee un U.S. Treasury negotiations, official committee of unsecured creditors of Capmark, and BONY Mellon as indenture trustee in Lehman bankruptcy. Representing largest bondholder in Las Vegas Monorail bankruptcy as well as United Airlines bondholders.
Andrew Gallo - Bingham McCutchen
Currently represents group of Japanese secured lenders in cross-border insolvency proceedings of Spansion Japan Ltd.; represents joint trustees in a Hong Kong Chapter 15 filing in Massachusetts; led team representing unsecured creditors’ committee in BearingPoint bankruptcy proceedings; lead litigation
Aaron L. Hammer - Freeborn & Peters
Restructuring counsel to Wiseman-Hughes Enterprises, Clark National, ThoughtWorks, and Capsonic Automotive; counsel to creditors' committee of Arch Aluminum & Glass and Arena Football League; U.S. counsel to Bank of Montreal in cross-border restructuring of Menu Foods; bankruptcy counsel to Accenture, The Warranty Group, and Mercer in dozens of high-profile cases.
Ron E. Meisler - Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
One of the principal partners in Delphi reorganization, a four-year process to transform operations and restructure $22 billion in liabilities. Counsel to agent in restructuring $100 million syndicated secured facility; lender in workout of loan default by high-profile media and entertainment company; U.K. pension trustees in Chapter 11 cases of Reader's Digest Association and Visteon.
Anup Sathy - Kirkland & Ellis
One of the lead restructuring partners for General Growth Properties’ reorganization. Negotiated restructuring of over $11 billion of propertylevel CMBS debt in eight months and supervised approximately 200 separate project-level plans of reorganization confirmed in 2009. GGP and affiliates’ filings constitute the largest Chapter 11 cases undertaken
by a REIT in U.S. history.
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James Savin - Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Currently representing creditors' committee in General Growth Properties restructuring. Represented creditors' committees in some of the largest recent restructurings, including General Growth Properties, Solutia, WorldCom, Muzak, Congoleum, and Pierre Foods. In 2009, named by the
Washington Business Journal as "TopWashington Lawyer" in the bankruptcy category.
Damian S. Schaible - Davis Polk & Wardwell
Served leading role representing Delta Air Lines and Frontier Airlines in their Chapter 11 restructurings. Frequently represents agent banks in borrower restructurings and has played a key role in a number of recent high-profile restructurings, including those of The Tribune Company, the Media News Group, and C-BASS.
Robert J. Stark - Brown Rudnick
Representations include official creditors’ committees in Visteon Corporation and Motor Coach Industries; ad hoc bondholders’ committees in Spansion and Nortek Industries; secured lenders in American Safety Razor, EPV Solar, Flying J/Big West Oil, Minneapolis Star Tribune,
Rachel C. Strickland - Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Represented debtor in Land America Financial Group, Journal Register Company, and Ampex Corporation bankruptcies. Recently represented Genii Capital in stalking horse bid for Polaroid. Currently represents ad hoc groups contesting plan treatment in Smurfit-Stone Container and Aleris Int’l. Other significant matters include complex restructurings of Teksid Aluminum and Verestar.
Michael Torkin - Shearman & Sterling
Advised the German government regarding restructuring of GM Group and Opel. Lead counsel for the ad hoc committee of noteholders in connection with the successful prepackaged Chapter 11 of Haights Cross Communications and for LBBWin connection with a restructuring of FX real estates’s 17-acre site on the Las Vegas strip.
Matt J.Williams - Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Lead counsel to unsecured creditors’ committee chair and indenture trustee for $23 billion in unsecured bonds in GM. Representing indenture trustee for approximately $2 billion in subordinated debt in CIT Group prepackaged Chapter 11; DIP lender group and agent in connection with $400 million convertible financing in General Growth Properties; prepetition lenders in Trident.