Hedge Funds World Global Opportunities 2008 (Terrapinn) |
Panelist
PANEL ON “DISTRESSED DEBT INVESTING, RESTRUCTURING AND TURNAROUND MANAGEMENT IN EMERGING MARKETS”| June 2008, New York (forthcoming).

International Insolvency Institute, Eighth Annual Conference|
Panel Co-Chair and Co-Presenter
PANEL ON “THE ROLE OF DERIVATIVES IN THE CREDIT CRISIS, THE MORTGAGE MESS AND THE COMING DEFAULT CYCLE” AND PRESENTATION ON “NEW DIRECTIONS IN SOVEREIGN DEBT RESTRUCTURING” | June 2008, Berlin, Germany (forthcoming).

Second Annual Private Equity World Latin America (Terrapinn)|
Panel Chair
PANEL ON “A GUIDE TO DUE DILIGENCE FOR PRIVATE EQUITY FIRMS AND CORPORATES”| June 2008, Miami (forthcoming).

Distressed & Turnaround Investment Forum – East (iiBIG Finance)|
Panelist
Panel on “Opportunities in Cross-Border Distressed & Turnaround Investing - Around the World in 45 Minutes”| May 2008, New York (forthcoming).

United Nations Workshop on Debt, Finance and Emerging Issues in Financial Integration| Presenter
Presentation on “Reforming the Process of Sovereign Debt Restructuring: A Proposal for a Sovereign Debt Tribunal”| April 2008, United Nations Headquarters, New York.

Sixth Annual Distressed Investing Forum (Institutional Investor)| Moderator and Panelist
Panel on “China – The New Frontier for Investment Opportunity”| February 2008, New York.

GAIM USA 2008 Hedge Fund Conference| Panelist
Panel on “Emerging Markets Update - Extracting Alpha from China”| January 2008, Boca Raton, Florida.

Presentation on China’s New Insolvency Law| Speaker
Felsberg e Associados, São Paulo, December 2007. (click here for announcement)

Brazil Trade & Export Finance Forum (Global Trade Review/Exporta)| Speaker
“Brazil-China Trade: Trends and Risk Factors” | November 2007, Rio de Janeiro.

International Law Institute, Course on Public-Private Partnerships for Infrastructure| Lecturer
“Overview of Project Finance Restructurings”| October 2007, Washington, DC.

Restructuring & Investing Conference (Association of Insolvency & Restructuring Advisors)| Panelist
Panel on “Restructuring & Performance Improvement Opportunities in Manufacturing”| October 2007, Shanghai.

Entrepreneurialism, Risk Assessment & Private Investment in China (Institute of Asian-Pacific Business Law and Asian Institute of International Financial Law)| Panelist
Panel on “Situation Investing in Undervalued Assets”| October 2007, Hong Kong.

International Bar Association, 2007 Annual Conference |
Session Co-Chair and Panel Co-Chair
SESSION ON "INSOLVENCY REFORM IN ASIA" AND PANEL ON "CROSS-BORDER INSOLVENCY" | October 2007, Singapore.

American Bar Association, Committee on Business Bankruptcy Meeting (held in conjunction with National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges) | Co-Chair
PANEL ON "TANGLED WEB: CORPORATE GROUPS AND CROSS-BORDER INSOLVENCY PRACTICE" | October 2007, Orlando.

Global Distressed Debt Investor Forum: Turnaround Management, Risk Assessment, and Profitable Investment Strategies (Finance IQ) | Speaker
"CHALLENGES OF EMERGING MARKET RESTRUCTURINGS" | September 2007, New York.

10th Annual Distressed Debt Investing Forum (Strategic Research Institute) | Panelist
PANEL ON "CHINA’S NEW BANKRUPTCY LAW: DISTRESSED DEBT IMPLICATIONS" | June 2007, New York.

Hedge Funds World Global Opportunities 2007 (Terrapinn) | Panelist
PANEL ON "FINDING ALPHA IN EMERGING MARKET DEBT" | June 2007, New York.

International Insolvency Institute, Seventh Annual Conference | Panel Co-Chair
PANEL ON "UNDERSTANDING DERIVATIVES: DISSECTING COMPLEX FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS" | June 2007, New York.

Institute of Asian-Pacific Business Law (Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii), Symposium on “Asian Pacific Corporate Insolvency Law: Cross-Border and Comparative Perspectives” | Panelist
PANEL ON "RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN CHINA” AND PANEL ON “OUT-OF-COURT RESCUES IN ASIA” | April 2007, Honolulu.

2007 US Turnaround Management & Distressed Investing Forum (Institutional Investor) | Panelist
PANEL ON "LEVERAGING OPPORTUNITIES BEYOND THE US: DISTRESSED INVESTING AND LENDING IN CHINA”, PRESENTATION ENTITLED “CHINA’S NEW INSOLVENCY LAW: MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH OR ‘JOURNEY OF A THOUSAND MILES’?” | February 2007, New York.

International Law Institute, Course on Public-Private Partnerships for Infrastructure | Speaker
“WHEN THINGS GO WRONG: RENEGOTIATION AND RESTRUCTURING OF PROJECT FINANCE TRANSACTIONS” | December 2006, Washington, DC.

3rd Annual Marine Finance Forum—Latin America (Marine Money and Orrick) | Speaker
“Risks and Restructurings in Latin American Financing Transactions: A Strategic Perspective” | November 2006, Coral Gables, FL.

American Bar Association, Committee on Business Bankruptcy Meeting (held in conjunction with National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges) | Panel Co-Chair
PANEL ON “COMI, COMI, Who’s Got the COMI: Cross-Border Insolvency in the Wake of Chapter 15 and Eurofoods” | November 2006, San Francisco.

US Department of State Advisory Committee on Private International Law, Fall ’06 Meeting | Speaker
"Emerging Market Restructurings and International Insolvency Law Reform" | October 2006, Washington, DC.

9th Annual Distressed Debt Investing Forum (Strategic Research Institute) | Speaker
"Emerging Market Restructurings: Opportunities and Pitfalls" | June 2006, New York.

International Insolvency Institute, Sixth Annual Conference | Panel Co-Chair
Panel on "Critical Sovereign Insolvency Issues: Argentina, Iraq, and Beyond" | June 2006, New York.

INSOL Europe- Accessing Countries Conference, "Insolvency, Restructuring and Distressed Investment in Eastern Europe" | Panelist
Panel on "Cross-Border Insolvency, Restructuring, and the Atmosphere for NPA Transactions" | May 2006, Warsaw.

Forum on Asian Insolvency Reform 2006, "Legal and Institutional Reforms of Asian Insolvency Systems" | Panelist
Panel on "Informal Workouts" | April 2006, Beijing.

The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Global Speaker Series (International Business Program) | Lecturer
"Opportunities and Pitfalls in Emerging Market Restructurings: A Strategic Perspective" | April 2006, Medford, Massachusetts.

2nd MK Nambyar SAARCLAW International Moot Competition | Judge/International Observer
South Asian Moot Court Competition on Competition Law | February 2006, New Delhi.

Corporate Restructuring & Distressed Investing in Latin America (Institutional Investor) | Panelist
Panel on "Staying Ahead of the Curve: How to Avoid the Bad Deals of Tomorrow Done Today" | February 2006, New York.

2006 US Turnaround Management & Distressed Investing Forum (Institutional Investor) | Moderator and Panelist
Panel on "Maximizing Opportunities in Emerging Markets: BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China)" | February 2006, New York.

International Law Association (American Branch), Annual Conference | Moderator
Panel on "Sovereign Debt Restructuring After the Argentine Crisis" | October 2005, New York.

EMTA (Emerging Market Traders Association), Special Meeting | Speaker
Lecture on Emerging Market Restructurings | October 2005, New York.

Emerging Market Conference 2005: "Emerging Markets- all risk and no reward?" (HypoVereinsbank) | Panelist
Panel on Asia | September 2005, Munich.

International Insolvency Institute, Fifth Annual Conference | Panelist
Panel on Asian Insolvency Developments | June 2005, New York.

International Bar Association (Insolvency, Restructuring and Creditors’ Rights Section) | Panelist
Opening Panel, Conference on “The Bankrupt Empires—The Creditors Strike Back” | May 2005, Salzburg, Austria.

Organization of American States (Inter-American Juridical Committee) | Visiting Lecturer
XXXI Course on International Law, Program on “International Law, Trade, Finance and Development” | August 2004, Rio de Janeiro.

International Insolvency Institute, Fourth Annual Conference | Panelist
Panel on Asian Insolvency Developments and Panel on International Bankruptcy Litigation Developments | June 2004, New York.

International Law Association (American Branch), Annual Conference | Moderator
“International Insolvency Law Reform: Recent Developments” | October 2003, New York.

American Bar Association, Committee on Business Bankruptcy Meeting (held in conjunction with National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges) | Panelist
“UNCITRAL Project on Insolvency Law Reform" | October 2003, San Diego.

The Center for American and International Law, The Annual Symposium on Private Investments Abroad | Panelist
“International Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights” | June 2003, Dallas.

Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Committee on Project Finance | Panelist
Continuing Legal Education program, “Intercreditor Issues in Complex Project Finance Transactions” | March 2003, New York.

Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Committee on Project Finance | Panelist
“Restructuring Infrastucture Projects: Tips, Techniques and Tactics” | December 2002, New York.

International Law Association (American Branch), Annual Conference | Panel chairman
“International Debt Restructurings in the Emerging Markets” | October 2002, New York.

American Bar Association, Committee on Business Bankruptcy Meeting (held in conjunction with National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges) | Panelist
“How How to Address an International Financial Restructuring and/or Workout from Different Perspectives” | October 2002, Chicago.

Yale Law School, Center for the Study of Corporate Law | Panelist
“The Relation of Corporate Governance to Economic Development” | May 2002, New Haven.

National University of Singapore, Faculty of Law, Centre for Commercial Law Studies | Guest Lecturer
“Major Challenges in Emerging Market Debt Restructurings” | March 2002, Singapore.

International Project Finance Association | Panelist
“Restructuring Troubled Projects” | January 2002, New York.

United States-Mexico Law Institute | Panelist
“Cross-Border Insolvency Issues” | September 2001, Guanajuato, Mexico.

Maxwell School of Public Affairs, Washington, DC Program on Sustainable Development | Guest Lecturer
“Restructurings in the Post-Asian Financial Crisis World” | September 2000, Washington, D.C.

International Law Association (American Branch), Annual Conference | Panelist
“Career Opportunities in International Law” | November 1999, New York.