Conference

Sponsors

AIRA would like to thank our sponsors for their support of BRC 2024!

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Awards Ceremony, Presented by AlixPartners, LLP

AlixPartners is a results-driven global consulting firm that specializes in helping businesses respond quickly and decisively to their most critical challenges—from urgent performance improvement to complex restructuring, from risk mitigation to accelerated transformation. These are the moments when everything is on the line—a sudden shift in the market, an unexpected performance decline, a time-sensitive deal, a fork-in-the-road decision. We stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients until the job is done, and only measure our success in terms of the results we deliver. We partner with you to make the right decisions and take the right actions. And we are right by your side. When it really matters.

www.alixpartners.com

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Opening Reception

Your goals define our mission. Whether an immediate need or a long-term objective, ArentFox Schiff helps you reach your full potential. As industry insiders, we partner with you to develop practical business strategies and sophisticated legal solutions to achieve today’s targets and anticipate tomorrow’s problems. We get you across the finish line.  ArentFox Schiff LLP is internationally recognized in core industries where business and the law intersect. With more than 650 lawyers and policy professionals, the firm serves as a destination for an international roster of companies, governments, individuals, and trade associations.

www.afslaw.com

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Keycards

CohnReznick LLP is one of the leading advisory, accounting, and tax firms in the United States, combining the deep resources of a national firm with the hands-on, agile approach that today's dynamic business environment demands. Many of the country’s top companies3333, lenders, law firms, and investment firms call on CohnReznick’s Restructuring and Dispute Resolution team to assist in transitional, stressed, and distressed situations. The Firm, with origins dating back to 1919, is headquartered in New York, NY with 2,700 employees in offices nationwide. CohnReznick is a member of Nexia International, a global network of independent accountancy, tax, and business advisors.

www.cohnreznick.com

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Wi-Fi Internet

CR3 Partners is a national financial advisory consulting firm serving organizations and stakeholders across a broad range of industries during times of transition, opportunity, stress, or distress. Our team consists of seasoned executives and industry veterans who bring a profound bias for action and exceptional results, with a keen focus on turnaround management, restructuring, forensic accounting, litigation support, and operational improvement services. From our offices in Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, and Richmond, CR3 Partners infuses agility, passion, experience and value creation into everything we do. To discover how we can transform the future of your business, please visit us at www.cr3partners.com.

www.cr3partners.com

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Event App

Epiq is a worldwide provider of legal and business services, serving law firms, corporations, financial institutions, and government agencies—helping them streamline the administration of business operations, class action and mass tort, eDiscovery, regulatory, compliance, restructuring, legal transformation, and bankruptcy matters. In the restructuring space, Epiq provides full support for all types of bankruptcy and restructuring cases for companies of all sizes including pre-filing consulting, claims management, solicitation and balloting, creditor notification, strategic communications, escrow services and disbursement, and virtual data rooms.

www.epiqglobal.com

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Tote Bags

FTI Consulting is an independent global business advisory firm dedicated to helping organizations manage change, mitigate risk and resolve disputes: financial, legal, operational, political and regulatory, reputational and transactional. Individually, each practice is a leader in its specific field, staffed with experts recognized for the depth of their knowledge and a track record of making an impact. Collectively, FTI Consulting offers a comprehensive suite of services designed to assist clients across the business cycle — from proactive risk management to the ability to respond rapidly to unexpected events and dynamic environments.

www.fticonsulting.com

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Event App

Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP (PSZJ) is the nation’s leading corporate restructuring boutique, with offices in Los Angeles, New York, Wilmington (DE), Houston, and San Francisco. PSZJ attorneys are experienced in representing all major constituencies in bankruptcy proceedings and out-of-court workouts, including debtors, committees, trustees, bondholders, asset-purchasers, and third-party plan proponents. PSZJ also handles sophisticated business litigation and transactional matters as part of its renowned practice. The firm is perennially named a Bankruptcy “Best Law Firm" by Best Law Firms®, as well as a Bankruptcy and Restructuring “Practice Group of the Year” by Law360.

www.pszjlaw.com

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Name Tags

R3M Law, LLP is a highly regarded law firm with professional relationships worldwide. We focus on various aspects of commercial law, with concentrations including commercial litigation and transactions, finance, restructuring and bankruptcy, real estate, asset-based lending and equipment leasing. We offer a personalized approach to representing our clients and take pride in our ability to grasp our clients’ legal needs and provide sound, insightful counsel tempered by full recognition of all relevant business realities. Our team of NYC-based lawyers works in an agile, collaborative manner, providing the same high-quality of service found at larger firms with greater emphasis on affordability.

www.r3mlaw.com

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Lanyards

We are a boutique consulting firm representing debtors, creditors, and trustees in all aspects of bankruptcy proceedings.  We have built our business to assist parties in the most thought intensive and efficient manner.  Through our experience and knowledge of the Court process, we learned parties dealing with distress and bankruptcy need an experienced team of financial professionals to provide proactive Bankruptcy Services; Litigation Support and Expert Testimony; and Forensic and Investigative Accounting. 

www.rkc.llc

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Opening Reception

Stretto delivers a full spectrum of case-management services, depository solutions, and technology tools to fiduciaries. We offer a comprehensive suite of corporate-restructuring and consumer-bankruptcy capabilities along with multi-faceted deposit and disbursement services. Sitting at the center of the bankruptcy ecosystem, Stretto leverages deep-industry expertise and market insights to provide an unparalleled portfolio of solutions. Our team seamlessly integrates streamlined workflows and best-in-class technology to orchestrate the case-management process and create harmony for professionals and their teams. For more information about Stretto, visit www.stretto.com.

www.stretto.com

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Pocket Agenda

Blank Rome LLP’s nationally recognized and Chambers-ranked Finance, Restructuring, and Bankruptcy group includes more than 80 attorneys who advise clients on all areas of commercial finance, debt restructurings, and bankruptcy. Additionally, the group counsels official and ad hoc committees; contract counterparties; buyers and sellers of distressed assets; fiduciaries including indenture trustees and liquidating trustees, assignees, receivers, including clients in cross-border insolvency cases. Members of the group have served as mediators and arbitrators, employing their knowledge and skills as neutrals. 

www.blankrome.com

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Refreshment Break & Margarita Bar

www.3cubed-as.com

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Keynote Presentation - Are Bankruptcy Courts Still Courts of Equity?

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M), established in 1983, is a global professional services firm renowned for advisory, business performance improvement, and turnaround management. With over 8,500 professionals across six continents, we assist companies, investors, law firms, and government entities in achieving tangible results. Our expertise shines when conventional methods fall short, providing practical solutions to unique challenges. Leveraging our restructuring heritage, we empower clients to make decisive actions, foster growth, and expedite results. We are experienced operators, world-class consultants, former regulators, and industry authorities. Our team is dedicated to guiding clients through strategic transformations, adeptly navigating risks, and unlocking value at every stage of growth.

www.alvarezandmarsal.com

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Charging Station

BRG is a global strategic advisory and expert consulting firm focused on delivering inspired insights and practical advice to solve client’s most pressing issues and risks. BRG Corporate Finance is a leader in providing multidisciplinary services to companies, lenders, investors, and equity sponsors, focused on value preservation and expansion. BRG professionals have advised in some of the most complex corporate domestic and international matters. Our broad experience and superior service, coupled with our personal, hands-on approach to client service, have benefited hundreds of clients in a wide array of industries.

www.thinkbrg.com

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Cocktail Reception

Deloitte’s Turnaround & Restructuring (Deloitte T&R) practice is a leader in helping organizations transform disruption or transition, financial difficulty, or crisis into opportunities for resilience. Having worked with both large multinational organizations and mid-market companies, we apply our deep experience and foresight to help our clients, their creditors, and other stakeholders achieve successful outcomes. Whether the goal is to enhance the performance of a company or guide stakeholders through complex turnaround or bankruptcy reorganization, our team works closely with the client to quickly understand their business and their most urgent issues.

www.deloitte.com/us/tandr

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Luncheon

Development Specialists, Inc. (DSI) is one of the leading providers of management consulting and financial advisory services, including turnaround consulting, financial restructuring, litigation support and forensic accounting. Our clients include business owners, private-equity investors, corporate boards, financial institutions, secured lenders, bondholders and unsecured creditors. For almost 40 years, DSI has been guided by a single objective: maximizing value for all stakeholders. With our highly skilled and diverse team of professionals, offices in the U.S. and international affiliates, and an unparalleled range of experience, DSI not only achieves that objective, but has also built a solid reputation as an industry leader.

www.dsiconsulting.com

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Refreshment Break

Duane Morris LLP, a law firm with more than 800 attorneys in offices across the United States and internationally, is asked by a broad array of clients to provide innovative solutions to today's legal and business challenges. Evolving from a partnership of prominent lawyers in Philadelphia a century ago, Duane Morris' modern organization stretches from the U.S. to Europe and the Middle East, and now across Asia. Throughout this global expansion, Duane Morris has remained committed to preserving its collegial, collaborative culture that has attracted many talented attorneys. The firm's leadership, and outside observers like the Harvard Business School, believe this culture is truly unique among large law firms, and helps account for the firm continuing to prosper throughout changing economic and industry conditions.

www.duanemorris.com

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Keynote Presentation - Are Bankruptcy Courts Still Courts of Equity?

EY-Parthenon’s global network of turnaround and restructuring professionals can help you develop financial and operational strategies to help improve liquidity, credit availability and shareholder return. Where ever you are located, our multi-disciplinary team offers integrated, objective advice and helps you to evaluate capital options, improve the benefits of transactions and achieve your strategic goals —whether you are buying or selling a distressed asset, restructuring your business or dealing with under performance or cash management. We provide you with creative, collaborative advice supported by our significant industry and sector knowledge to create a tailored approach for you.

www.ey.com/en_gl/restructuring-turnaround

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Judges Roundtable

Integra Asset Solutions specializes in comprehensive valuation and liquidation services of commercial and industrial assets. We work with companies of all sizes and tailor the appropriate solution to convert any distressed, nonperforming, or surplus assets into cash. Our team has decades of experience in buying and selling assets and we truly know values! Let Integra be your trusted asset solutions partner.

integra-as.com

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Refreshment Break & Mimosa Bar!

KCC is a leading claims and noticing agent providing administrative support services and consulting to companies undergoing corporate restructurings. KCC has set the standard for claims administration services, with innovative technologies and the most experienced staff in the market offering in-depth expertise and highly responsive client service. KCC provides claims administration, noticing, public securities services, strategic communications, document production, balloting and tabulation, disbursement services, and a suite of e-services on digital platforms.  Additionally, KCC has integrated automated chapter 11 depository services, receivership, chapter 7, and subchapter V solutions and software in their continually expanding suite of services.

www.kccllc.com

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Refreshment Break & Margarita Bar

Province is a nationally recognized restructuring and financial advisory firm specializing in creditor & investor services, trust & liquidation, corporate advisory, litigation services and performance improvement services. We help our clients, who include middle-market and large corporations, financial institutions, institutional investors, government agencies, high-net-worth individuals, law firms, trustees and more, successfully navigate complex strategic, operational, financial and legal situations. Working with Province involves collaborating with multidisciplinary teams of leading experts and advisors, leveraging decades of experience.

www.provincefirm.com

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Are You Living Your Best Life? An Interactive Session for Young Professionals (and those Mid-Career) Discussing Careers, Training, Goals, and The Meaning of Life.

For boards, lenders, and investors navigating the complexities of distressed portfolio companies and seeking wind down, insolvency, or value recovery processes. Created by longtime employees of Sherwood Partners, Inc., Resolution is a partnership formed to create a new premier service.  Resolution specializes in a variety of financial and legal tools including Assignments for the Benefit of Creditors (“ABCs”), foreclosures, receiverships, and federal bankruptcy proceedings. More than mere advisory, Resolution also acts as a fiduciary agent, taking over the responsibilities of the Board and handling the monetization of assets in order to provide maximum recovery.

www.resolutionfa.com

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Refreshment Break & Mimosa Bar!

RumbergerKirk provides litigation and counseling services in a wide range of civil practice areas including bankruptcy, commercial litigation, construction, real estate, intellectual property litigation, securities litigation, labor and employment law, product liability, insurance coverage, professional liability and administrative law. Offices are located in Orlando, Tampa, Miami, Tallahassee and Birmingham, Alabama.

www.rumberger.com

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Judges Roundtable

Squire Patton Boggs is a full-service global law firm with more than 1,500 lawyers covering 40 offices across 4 continents. We provide insight at the point where law, business and government meet.  Our Restructuring & Insolvency Practice is expert in all facets of restructuring and insolvency engagements throughout the Americas, EMEA and APAC including US Chapter 11 reorganizations, Chapter 15 cross-border insolvencies, Chapter 9 municipal restructurings, and out-of-court restructurings. Most recently, we were recognized as one of the world’s leading law firms for cross-border restructuring and insolvency matters by Global Restructuring Review (“GRR”) in its prestigious GRR 100.

squirepattonboggs.com

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Breakfast

Huron is a global consultancy that collaborates with clients to drive strategic growth, ignite innovation and navigate constant change. Through a combination of strategy, expertise and creativity, we help clients accelerate operational, digital and cultural transformation, enabling the change they need to own their future. Huron’s business advisory experts offer a full suite of services in key areas, including capital advisory, commercial dispute advisory, investment banking, interim management, operational improvement, restructuring and turnaround, transaction advisory, and valuation.

www.huronconsultinggroup.com

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Breakfast

PwC’s crisis and restructuring professionals advise on solutions for a range of needs. We work with companies to evaluate strategic and financial alternatives and assist with corporate reorganizations, evaluating liquidity positions and advising on operating efficiency and margin enhancement. We help organizations execute the quick, decisive action necessary to pivot them towards a stronger future.

www.pwc.com

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Luncheon with Keynote Speaker

Foley & Lardner LLP is a preeminent law firm that stands at the nexus of the energy, health care and life sciences, innovative technology, and manufacturing sectors. We look beyond the law to focus on the constantly evolving demands facing our clients and act as trusted business advisors to deliver creative, practical, and effective solutions. Our 1,100 lawyers across 25 offices worldwide partner on the full range of engagements from corporate counsel to IP work and litigation support, providing our clients with a one-team solution to all their needs. For nearly two centuries, Foley has maintained its commitment to the highest level of innovative legal services and to the stewardship of our people, firm, clients, and the communities we serve.

www.foley.com

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Luncheon with Keynote Speaker

www.mslaw.com

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Wine Sponsor

D. R. Payne & Associates (DRPA), Business Valuators & Appraisers (BVA), and Renewal & Recovery Professionals (RRP) can provide a complete array of products and services to assist managers, shareholders, legal advisors and businesses with those key decisions. Our accredited professionals have the specialized training and experience to enhance the journey, chart the course of action, assist those blown off course and provide interventions needed. Located in multiple offices, member firms have successfully provided services to a broad range of industries and markets.

www.drpayne.com

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Wine Sponsor

KapilaMukamal (KM) provides creative and innovative solutions to our client’s needs. Our collective practical acumen and expertise focuses to analyze complex business and litigation issues. KM has gained prominence and distinction by rendering restructuring, insolvency, fiduciary, forensic and investigative consulting, and litigation support services to a wide spectrum of industries. KM enjoys high credibility and recognition in providing quality and focused service. As a market leader in the areas of creditors' rights and fiduciary matters, distressed business turnaround, insolvency taxation and complex commercial litigation support to law firms, KM believes results matter and has a proven track record demonstrating that goal.

www.kapilamukamal.com

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Wine Sponsor

Malek Capital Advisors is a team of operations, interim management, corporate transaction, valuation and litigation support professionals providing services throughout the United States.  We combine decades of experience with a hands-on client service model, personal commitment and on-call attention, devoted to helping you solve your business challenges and move forward.  MalekRemian’s senior level expertise drives value-added results across a range of industries, including energy and power, financial services and real estate, manufacturing, technology and transportation.

www.malekcapital.com

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Wine Sponsor

Polsinelli’s Bankruptcy and Restructuring practice is a nationally recognized practice that is part of an Am Law 100 law firm with more than 1,000 attorneys, 22 offices and a national footprint with attorneys from Delaware and New York, across the heartland, to Los Angeles that provides cost-efficient legal services to its clients via a mid-market rate structure and a collaborative culture. The attorneys primarily focus on representing Chapter 11 debtors, distressed borrowers and buyers and sellers of distressed assets. The Bankruptcy practice also represents official committees, trustees, individual creditors such as equity security holders, vendors, landlords and bankruptcy litigants throughout the United States. The Bankruptcy Group also specializes in non-bankruptcy alternatives, including assignments for the benefit of creditors, out-of-court workouts, receiverships and state court liquidations.

www.polsinelli.com

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Refreshment Break

The Bankruptcy and Corporate Restructuring Section of Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP brings a depth of legal knowledge, technological skill, and creativity to complex and fast-paced reorganizations, restructurings, liquidations, and distressed acquisitions and sales. Our 40 bankruptcy attorneys have been able to achieve optimal results in a wide array of industries. Publications such as U.S. News and World Report and Chambers USA continue to rank Young Conaway as one of the nation’s preeminent insolvency practices. Young Conaway’s bankruptcy and corporate restructuring attorneys represent clients’ interests in Delaware, the Southern District of New York, as well as other bankruptcy courts throughout the United States.

www.ycst.com