• Mike Lastowski, Esq., Duane Morris LLP
• Brian Ryniker, CIRA, CBIZ MHM, LLC

This panel will discuss opportunities, unintended consequences and emerging trends in the much publicized EB–5 financing universe. Join this expert panel as they provide a discourse on both the ongoing opportunities in this government sponsored immigration program as well as recent actions that have been taken to represent the immigrant investor.

• Jeffrey E. Brandlin, CIRA, Brandlin & Associates

• Daniel Besikof, Esq., Loeb & Loeb
• Hon. Darrin P. Gayles, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
• Michael Goldberg, Esq., Akerman
• Mark Silverstein, CapitalSource

The panel will examine essential issues for advisors and interested parties involved with not–for–profit and for–profit institutions, including impacts of changes in funding and delivery models, government policy, declining enrollment, demographic shifts and increased operating expenses.

• Laura Marcero, CIRA, Huron

• Marjorie Kaufman, Getzler Henrich & Associates LLC
• P. Miyoko Sato, Esq., Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
• Sean Southard, Esq., Klestadt Winters Jureller Southard & Stevens, LLP

This panel will explore how distressed investors are looking at the limited opportunities in today’s marketplace with high valuations and an overheated debt market. Panelists will discuss sectors of focus and how to find value as well as how they can compete with strategic buyers.

• Teri Stratton, CIRA , Piper Jaffray & Co.

• Carolyn Glick-, Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC
• Jarrett Price, Platinum Equity, LLC
• David Robbins, Monomoy Capital Partners
• Suzanne Yoon, Kinzie Capital Partners

Luncheon and Keynote Presentation: “Globalization and the Restructuring Industry: We Ain’t In Kansas Anymore.”

• William A. Brandt, Jr., Founder & Executive Chairman, Development Specialists, Inc.

Emergence date stock values versus reorganization value – Critical to any company emerging from chapter 11 bankruptcy is the determination of the estimated reorganization value of the emerging entity, a key element of the process of negotiating recoveries to creditors and owners. There have been several recent cases, particularly in the energy industry, where the emergence trading value has been significantly different than values presented in disclosure statements. This panel will discuss some of these cases and some of the factors and other insights on what may contribute to these differences.

• Christopher M. Desiderio, Esq., Nixon Peabody

• Lorie Beers, Cowen
• Ken Rue, Deloitte Advisory
• Boris Steffen, CDBV, RSM US LLP

This presentation will examine significant decisions of the past year, with an emphasis on cases from the 2nd and 3rd Circuits.

• Jeff Cohen, Esq., Lowenstein Sandler
• Kurt Gwynne, Esq., Reed Smith LLP

• Hon. Robert D. Drain, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York
• Hon. Rosemary Gambardella, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of New Jersey
• Hon. Elizabeth S. Stong, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, EDNY

Over the past two years, numerous high–profile retailers, including Aeropostale, Sports Authority, Payless and Gymboree, have filed for bankruptcy. This wave of retail restructurings is expected to continue as consumers continue to migrate from brick–and–mortar to online retail channels. This panel will discuss vendor remedies when confronting a distressed retailer, including remedies available under the U.C.C.; landlord issues, including re–letting and re–purposing retail space; as well as the attributes of some of the more recent successful retail restructurings.

• Marc Rosenberg, Esq., Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe LLP

• Hon. Sean H. Lane, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York
• Kent Percy, AlixPartners, LLP
• David Tyburski , PwC

The Honorable Elizabeth S. Stong
Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of New York