Finance and Banking

The following session took place during Caribbean Insolvency Symposium in February 2023. The panelists will discuss current hot issues in cryptocurrency and the ways in which they converge with insolvency proceedings. After providing a brief cryptocurrency overview, the panelists will address legislative and regulatory updates, and their effects on bankruptcy cases. The panelists also will discuss such current cryptocurrency-focused insolvency cases as Cred, Inc., Celsius, Voyager and Three Arrows Capital, and the crypto-specific bankruptcy issues they present. All sessions from this conference can be accessed at https://cle.abi.org/.

Materials are available here.

Speakers:

Alan R. Rosenberg, Moderator
Markowitz Ringel Trusty & Hartog, P.A. | Miami
Jeffrey S. Ainsworth
BransonLaw, PLLC | Orlando, Fla.
Robert A. Musiala, Jr.
BakerHostetler | Chicago
Gregg A. Steinman
McDermott Will & Emery | Miami

The following session took place during International Insolvency & Restructuring Symposium in October 2022. This panel will discuss the legal issues affecting customers and other creditors in cryptocurrency insolvencies. All sessions from this conference can be accessed at https://cle.abi.org/.

Speakers:

Hon. Martin Glenn, Moderator
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (S.D.N.Y.); New York, N.Y., USA
Vincent E. Lazar
Jenner & Block LLP; Chicago, USA
Prof. Stephen J. Lubben
Seton Hall University School of Law; Newark, N.J., USA
Hon Mr. Justice Nick Segal
Judge of the Grand Court [Financial Services Division]; Cayman Islands

The following session took place during Caribbean Insolvency Symposium in February 2022. This panel will provide an update on cryptocurrency’s adoption and integration into the global financial system. The panelists will share practical approaches for bankruptcy practitioners to identify, take possession of and manage cryptocurrency in bankruptcy cases. The panelists will also discuss strategies for debtors in possession and bankruptcy trustees to preserve the value of crypto-estate property. All sessions from this conference can be accessed at https://cle.abi.org/.

Speakers:

Alan R. Rosenberg, Moderator
Markowitz Ringel Trusty & Hartog, P.A.; Miami
James S. Feltman
Kroll, LLC; Miami
Brad M. Kahn
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP; New York
Kevin Madura
AlixPartners, LLP; Washington, D.C.

The following session took place during Caribbean Insolvency Symposium in February 2019. This panel will discuss blockchain and cryptocurrency, focusing on the basic terminology and how various agencies of the U.S. government treat cryptocurrency, in particular the Internal Revenue Service, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and the Securities and Exchange Commission. The panel will then examine how security interests in cryptocurrency are perfected under Article 9, and whether transfers of cryptocurrency can be avoided pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 548 or clawed back as preferences pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 547, as well as whether interests in cryptocurrency can be claimed exempt under 11 U.S.C. § 522, with a focus on Florida. The panel will also discuss issues concerning whether initial cryptocurrency coin offerings are dischargeable under 11 U.S.C. § 522, how digital currency is changing the way business is conducted, which industries have been early adopters of digital currency, and whether digital currency is here to stay. Finally, the panel will discuss the Cayman perspective on digital currency, as well as current developments and trends. All sessions from this conference can be accessed at https://cle.abi.org/.

Speakers:

Hon. Roberta Colton, Moderator
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (M.D. Fla.)
Jude Scott
Cayman Finance; Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Alan R. Rosenberg
Markowitz Ringel Trusty & Hartog; Miami
Bryce A. Suzuki
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP; Phoenix

The following session took place during International Insolvency Forum in November 2020. This panel will discuss a proposed solution for a response to the need for funding to recapitalize and provide liquidity to viable businesses seeking to emerge from the disruption. All sessions from this conference can be accessed at https://cle.abi.org/.

Speakers:

Donald Bernstein, Moderator
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | New York, USA
Shin Abe
Kasumigaseki International Law Office (KILO) | Tokyo, Japan
Thomas Felsberg
Felsberg Advogados | Sao Paulo, Brazil
Richard Gitlin
Gitlin & Company, LLC | Delray Beach, Fla., USA

The following session took place during International Insolvency Forum in November 2020. Panelists from IWIRC's Latin America network will explore the tools available and strategies for recovering assets in cross-border insolvencies from a Latin American perspective. All sessions from this conference can be accessed at https://cle.abi.org/.

Speakers:

Aimee Prieto, Moderator
Prieto Cabrera & Asociados; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Pamela Goldbaum
Lathrop & Blanco Abogados; Las Condes, Chile
Susana Hidvegi
Chief Judge of the Business Bankruptcy Court; Colombia
Marlyn Narkis Assis
MDU Legal; Panama
Nyana Miller
Sequor Law; Miami, USA
Rosa Rojas Vértiz C.
Rojas Vértiz; Mexico City, Mexico

The following session took place during the 13th International Insolvency & Restructuring Symposium in October 2017. All sessions from this conference can be accessed at https://cle.abi.org/.

Speakers:

Jamie O'Connell, Moderator
JT Partners, New York
Patrick Armstrong
Goldman Sachs, New York
Van Durrer
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Los Angeles
Eric Hoffman
Centerbridge, New York
Matt Ross
KKR, New York
Nicholas Tally
Wilmington Trust, Minneapolis, MN