8:00am – 9:00am

Breakfast & Registration


9:00am – 9:05am

Opening Remarks


9:05am – 9:15am

Chairperson Opening Remarks

Mohsin Meghji

Principal & Managing Director

Loughlin Meghji + Company


9:15am – 9:45am

Bruce Jeffrey Richards
Chief Executive Officer
Marathon Asset Management

Interviewed by:

Mark Kleinman

Senior Managing Director

Marathon Asset Management


9:50am – 10:30am

Panel Discussion

"How Private Equity and Hedge Funds Can Improve Operations in Distressed Portfolio Companies"

Moderator:

Bruce Zirinsky

Co Chairman, Global Business Reorganization and Bankruptcy Practice

Greenberg Traurig LLP

Panelists:

William Hallisey

Managing Director

GSC Group

Doug Teitelbaum

Managing Partner

Bay Harbour Management


Jon Weber
Head of Portfolio Operations at Special Situations Group
Goldman Sachs

*This session is off the record

 

10:30am – 11:00am

Coffee Break


11:00am – 11:40am

Panel Discussion
Presented by Loughlin Meghji + Company

"Restructuring Companies in a Challenging Credit Environment"

Moderator:

Mohsin Meghji

Principal & Managing Director

Loughlin Meghji + Company

Panelists:

Patrick Blott

Founder and Managing Partner

Blott Asset Management L.L.C.

Bruce Eatroff

Partner

Halyard Capital

Josh Revitz

Vice President

Bay Harbour Management


11:45am – 12:15pm

Fred Malek
Co-Founder and Co-Chairman
Thayer Lodging Group


12:20pm – 1:00pm

Panel Discussion
Presented by Roland Berger Strategy Consultants

"Current Crisis Requires an Integrated Approach to Restructuring"

Moderator:

Juergen Reers

Managing Partner, North America

Roland Berger Strategy Consultants

Panelists:

Bernd Brunke

Partner

Roland Berger Strategy Consultants

Ari Lefkovits

Director

Lazard Freres & Co. LLC


1:00pm – 2:00pm

Lunch


2:00pm – 2:40pm

Executive Roundtable

"Outlook on the Distressed Markets"

Moderator:

Thomas E. Pernsteiner

Managing Director

Loughlin Meghji + Company

Panelists:

Jason New

Senior Managing Director

GSO Capital


Michael Satzberg
Managing Director
Sun Capital Partners

Steven Wayne
Managing Director
Oak Hill Advisors L.P.


2:45pm – 3:15pm

Daniel Eichner

Head of Relative Value Strategies

Ermitage Group

Interviewed by:

Sarah Allen

MD - Hedge Fund Investments

Ermitage UK Limited


3:20pm – 3:50pm

“Back to the Future; The Next Wave of Re-structuring”

Ross Gatlin
Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Managing Partner
Prophet Equity LLC


3:50pm – 3:55pm

Closing Remarks


3:55pm – 4:55pm

Closing Reception

*Please note agenda is subject to change.

January 22, 2009
8:00am – 5:00pm

New York, NY

Event Price: $975

Event location will be disclosed to attendees upon completion of the registration process.

 

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