International Insolvency

Choosing Your Battleground: Assessing the Appropriate Forum

The following session took place during the 2025 ABI International Caribbean Insolvency Symposium in January 2025. All sessions from this conference can be accessed at https://cle.abi.org/.

Materials are available here.

Speakers:

Martin Trott, Moderator
R&H Restructuring | Camana Bay, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Christopher J. Redmond
Redmond Law Firm LLC | Overland Park, Kan.
Spencer Vickers
Conyers Dill & Pearman | George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Jessica Williams
Harneys | George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

Conference
2025 ABI International Caribbean Insolvency Symposium

Finding the Cure: Assessing the Ills Affecting the Health Care Industry

The following session took place during the 2025 ABI International Caribbean Insolvency Symposium in January 2025. This panel will address the legal, operational and financial challenges facing the health care industry and how those factors impact health care restructurings and bankruptcies. The panelists will discuss differing approaches to restructuring health care businesses, and issues that are unique to health care bankruptcies. All sessions from this conference can be accessed at https://cle.abi.org/.

Materials are available here.

Speakers:

Alissa M. Nann, Moderator
Foley & Lardner LLP | New York
Jennifer M. Meyerowitz
SAK Healthcare | Atlanta
Andrew C. Helman
Dentons | Portland, Maine
Paul Valentine
KCP Advisory Group | Boston

Conference
2025 ABI International Caribbean Insolvency Symposium

Innovation vs. Insolvency: Current Issues in Fintech and Cryptocurrency Cases

The following session took place during the 2025 ABI International Caribbean Insolvency Symposium in January 2025. All sessions from this conference can be accessed at https://cle.abi.org/.

Materials are available here.

Speakers:

Gregory V. Demo, Moderator
Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones | New York
James Drury
Interpath Ltd. | Road Town, Tortola, BVI
Stacy A. Lutkus
McDermott Will & Emery | New York
Nia Statham
Baker & Partners LLP | Camana Bay, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

Conference
2025 ABI International Caribbean Insolvency Symposium

Strategic Use of Chapter 15 and Its Intersection with § 363: Can a U.S. Court Sell a Foreign Debtor’s Assets Free and Clear?

The following session took place during the 2025 ABI International Caribbean Insolvency Symposium in January 2025. All sessions from this conference can be accessed at https://cle.abi.org/.

Materials are available here.

Speakers:

Aaron L. Hammer, Moderator
Kilpatrick | Chicago
Mathew C. Clingerman
Kroll, LLC | Hamilton, Bermuda
David F.W. Cohen
Gowlings WLG (Canada) LLP | Toronto
Hon. Laurel Myerson Isicoff
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (S.D. Fla.) | Miami

Conference
2025 ABI International Caribbean Insolvency Symposium

Show Me the Money: Litigation Finance in International Insolvency – Challenges and Opportunities

The following session took place during the 2025 ABI International Caribbean Insolvency Symposium in January 2025. All sessions from this conference can be accessed at https://cle.abi.org/.

Materials are available here.

Speakers:

Patrick E. Fitzmaurice, Moderator
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP | New York
Michael Pearson
FFP | George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Nick Pontt
Locke Capital | London
Natascha Steiner-Smith
Collas Crill | George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

Conference
2025 ABI International Caribbean Insolvency Symposium

Attorney/Client Privilege: Ethics Has No Borders

The following session took place during the 2025 ABI International Caribbean Insolvency Symposium in January 2025. This panel will discuss idiosyncrasies and potential ethical traps of the attorney/client privilege laws in the Caymans and the U.S., and when those laws apply, even in recognition and other cross-border matters. All sessions from this conference can be accessed at https://cle.abi.org/.

Materials are available here.

Speakers:

Hon. Robert A. Mark, Moderator
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (S.D. Fla.) | Miami
James S. Feltman
Teneo | New York
Paul Kennedy
Campbells | George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Megan W. Murray
Underwood Murray PA | Tampa, Fla.

Conference
2025 ABI International Caribbean Insolvency Symposium

Recent Border Crossings by Bankrupts: An International Insolvency and Chapter 15 Update

The following session took place during the 2025 ABI International Caribbean Insolvency Symposium in January 2025. This panel will update attendees on the latest trends in recent chapter 15 cases and cross-border restructurings, identifying key legal principles, emerging patterns in judicial decision-making, and the broader implications these cases have for international insolvency practices. All sessions from this conference can be accessed at https://cle.abi.org/.

Materials are available here.

Speakers:

Gregory S. Grossman, Moderator
Sequor Law | Miami
Blaire A. Cahn
Baker McKenzie | New York
Hon. María de los Ángeles González
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. P.R.) | San Juan
Simon Dickson
Mourant | Camana Bay, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
R. Adam Swick
Akerman LLP | Austin, Texas

Conference
2025 ABI International Caribbean Insolvency Symposium

Alternatives to Bankruptcy, Including Receiverships and ABCs

The following session took place during the 2025 ABI International Caribbean Insolvency Symposium in January 2025. All sessions from this conference can be accessed at https://cle.abi.org/.

Materials are available here.

Speakers:

Niall Ledwidge, Moderator
Stout Risius Ross, LLC | New York
Rudy J. Cerone
McGlinchey Stafford PLLC | New Orleans
Jennifer Fox
Ogier | Camana Bay, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Mitchell Mansfield
Kroll, LLC | George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Christopher A. Ward
Polsinelli | Wilmington, Del.

Conference
2025 ABI International Caribbean Insolvency Symposium

Reverse Vesting Orders: The Most Powerful Tool You’ve Never Heard Of

The following session took place during the 2024 Winter Leadership Conference in December 2024. Several U.S. bankruptcy courts recently have recognized CCAA reverse vesting orders in chapter 15 cases, but not without some reservations as to their breadth and effect. This panel will discuss the use of reverse vesting orders to effect asset sales in cross-border transactions. All sessions from this conference can be accessed at https://cle.abi.org/.

Materials are available here.

Speakers:

Kenneth D. Kraft, Moderators
Dentons | Toronto
Adam B. Nach
Lane & Nach P.C. | Phoenix
Lisa M. Schweitzer
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP | New York
Steven J. Weisz
Cozen O'Connor | Toronto

Conference
2024 Winter Leadership Conference

Breakfast with the Judges

The following session took place during the 2024 Caribbean Insolvency Symposium in January 2024. All sessions from this conference can be accessed at https://cle.abi.org/.

Materials are not available.

Speakers:

Hon. Mildred Cabán Flores
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. P.R.) | San Juan
Hon. Martin Glenn
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (S.D.N.Y.) | New York
Hon. María de los A. González Hernández
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. P.R.) | San Juan
Hon. Laurel Myerson Isicoff
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (S.D. Fla.) | Miami
Hon. Enrique S. Lamoutte
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. P.R.) | San Juan
Hon. Robert A. Mark
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (S.D. Fla.) | Miami

Conference
2024 Caribbean Insolvency Symposium