Thursday, January 17, 2008

2:00 - 6:00 p.m.

Registration

6:30 - 8:00 p.m.

Opening Reception

Sponsored by Development Specialists, Inc. and Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Friday, January 18, 2008

7:00 - 8:00 a.m.

Breakfast

Sponsored by Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton, PA

8:00 - 8:15 a.m.

Opening Remarks and Welcome

Patricia A. Redmond, Program Chair

Stearns, Weaver, Miller, Weissler, Alhadeff & Sitterson, PA; Miami

Hon. Robert A. Mark, Judicial Chair

U.S. Bankruptcy Court; Miami

8:15 - 8:40 a.m.

Great Debate I: U.S. - Forum Shopping in the Caribbean

Lisa Beckerman

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP; New York

Guy Locke

Walkers Global; Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

8:40 - 9:00 a.m.

Great Debate II: The Future of “in Pari Dilecto”

Scott L. Baena

Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod, LLP; Miami

Francis C. Morrisey

Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP; Boston

9:00 - 9:15 a.m.

Coffee Break

Sponsored by GlassRatner Advisory & Capital Group LLC

 

9:15- 10:30 a.m.

Nuts and Bolts of Chapter 15 Filing Cases / Updates

Luis Salazar, Moderator

Greenberg Traurig, P.A.

Hon. Gerardo Carlo

U.S. Bankruptcy Court; San Juan, P.R.

Aristos Galatapoulos

Maples and Calder; Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

Daniel M. Glosband

Goodwin Procter LLP; Boston

Gregory Grossman

Astigarraga Davis, Miami

 

10:30 a.m.- 12:00 p.m.

View from the Bench - Litigation Issues

David A. Rosendorf, Moderator

Kozyak, Tropin & Throckmorton, PA; Miami 

Hon. Gerardo Carlo

U.S. Bankruptcy Court; San Juan, P.R.

Hon. Joan N. Feeney

U.S. Bankruptcy Court; Boston

Hon. Laurel M. Isicoff

U.S. Bankruptcy Court; Miami

Hon. Enrique S. Lamoutte

U.S. Bankruptcy Court; San Juan, P.R.

Hon. Robert A. Mark

U.S. Bankruptcy Court; Miami

Hon. John K. Olson

U.S. Bankruptcy Court; Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

12:00 - 1:30 p.m.

Luncheon with Legal Humorist Sean Carter

Speaker sponsored by Stearns, Weaver, Miller, Weissler, Alhadeff & Sitterson, PA

1:30 - 2:30 p.m.

Poster Child of Troubled Industries in the Caribbean - The Hedge Funds

Carol Logue, Moderator

Bridge Associates, LLC; Spring, Texas

Anne E. Beaumont

Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman, LLP; New York

Timothy W. Mungovan

Nixon Peabody LLP; Boston

Prof. David A. Skeel, Jr.

University of Pennsylvania Law School; Philadelphia

 

2:30 - 3:30 p.m.

Offshore Or Off The Map? Recent Liquidation Issues for Offshore Registered Hedge Funds

Laura Hatfield, Moderator

Solomon Harris; Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

Sam Dawson

Solomon Harris; Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

Nigel K. Meeson

Conyers Dill & Pearman; Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

Simon Whicker

KPMG LLP, Grand Cayman; Cayman Islands

 

3:30 - 3:45 p.m.

Refreshment Break

Sponsored by Kapila & Company

3:45 - 4:45 p.m.

Best Practices/Ethical Practice in the Region

Hon. Paul G. Hyman, Moderator

U.S. Bankruptcy Court; West Palm Beach, Fla.

Gregory H. Hodges (invited)

Dudley, Topper and Feuerzeig, LLP; St Thomas, V.I.

Monsita Lecaroz

Assistant U.S. Trustee; San Juan, P.R..

Felicia S. Turner

ABI Deputy Executive Director; Alexandria, Va.

4:45  - 5:00 p.m.

Refreshment Break

Sponsored by Navigant Consulting

5:00 - 6:00 p.m.

Cross Border Asset Protection and Recovery

Allison A. Day, Moderator

Genovese Joblove & Battista, P.A.; Miami

Michelle Campbell

AlixPartners LLP; Los Angeles

C. Eduardo Romeiro (invited)

Lautenschleger, Romeiro e Iwamizu ADVOGADOS; Sao Paulo, Brazil

Paul S. Singerman

Berger Singerman PA; Miami

Jerome Wolf

Duane Morris