Conferences and Webinars

The following session took place during International Insolvency & Restructuring Symposium in October 2017. A panel discussion charting the emergence of special insolvency regimes in different jurisdictions and evaluating their effectiveness. Are industry or sector based specialist regimes the way forward? All sessions from this conference can be accessed at https://cle.abi.org/.

The following session took place during Caribbean Insolvency Symposium in February 2017. This panel will discuss the interplay of arbitration clauses in a liquidation scenario, including what it can mean when a party decides to argue a dispute subject to an arbitration clause and seeks to wind up the company, or when a potential claim within an estate is subject to an arbitration clause. All sessions from this conference can be accessed at https://cle.abi.org/.

The following session took place during Caribbean Insolvency Symposium in February 2017. This panel will explore the decision of the U.K. to leave the European Union in June 2016 and its many far-reaching political implications for hedge funds and the private-equity industry, many of which are still generally unclear. The recent U.S. presidential elections also waged war on the private-equity industry, and on hedge funds in particular. The panel will look at how Brexit and the U.S.

The following session took place during Caribbean Insolvency Symposium in February 2017. This panel will discuss the kinds of asset information that can be obtained depending on who is looking for it (i.e., liquidator/receiver/trustee in bankruptcy, creditor), including the decision in In re Petroforte Brasileiro de Petroleo Ltda and how to make sure that assets, once found, don’t disappear. All sessions from this conference can be accessed at https://cle.abi.org/.

The following session took place during Caribbean Insolvency Symposium in February 2017.

The following session took place during Caribbean Insolvency Symposium in February 2017. This panel will address the differences between the laws of various Caribbean nations (Nevis, Cayman, Panama) and the U.S. concerning the creation of various legal entities/structures to hold assets, as well as those nations’ laws concerning (1) privacy, (2) taxation, (3) piercing the corporate veil/sham structure and (4) avoidance actions. This session will also consider U.S.

The following session took place during Caribbean Insolvency Symposium in February 2017. This panel will explore a review of Health City Cayman Islands and its potential insights for U.S. soaring medical costs, the health care impact of the Zika virus throughout the Caribbean nations, and an update on Puerto Rico’s health care industry and other hot health care insolvency issues. All sessions from this conference can be accessed at https://cle.abi.org/.

The following session took place during Caribbean Insolvency Symposium in February 2017. All sessions from this conference can be accessed at https://cle.abi.org/.

The following session took place during Caribbean Insolvency Symposium in February 2017. This panel will discuss issues that have arisen in recent chapter 15 cases, including the several issues presented in the Hanjin Shipping Co. case. The panel will also address how Cayman courts approach applications for assistance by foreign representatives, as well as the factors considered by Cayman courts when Cayman liquidators request authority to seek chapter 11 or chapter 15 relief in the U.S. courts.

The following session took place during Caribbean Insolvency Symposium in February 2017. This panel will explore the following questions: Who is your client? What is the decision-making process for your client (veto)? Who is liable for sanctions for actions in the case? The panel will also discuss attorney/client privilege, mediation (and who needs to be there) and champerty concerns. All sessions from this conference can be accessed at https://cle.abi.org/.