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Program:

Opening of the symposium

by Mrs Sophie Vermeille, President of Droit & Croissance / Rules for Growth

Keynote speakers

• Ms Mihaela Carpus Carcea, Legislative officer, Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers, European Commission,
• Mr Sébastien Raspiller, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Corporate Financing and Financial Markets Division, Directorate-General of the Treasury, French Ministry for the Economy and Finance
• Mr Thomas Andrieu, Head of the Civil Affairs and Seals Directorate, French Ministry of Justice

First roundtable

Automatic stay and secured creditors rights – where do we stand? – Discussions following the draft directive of the EU Commission and the on-going negotiations.

Speakers

• Mr Donald Bernstein, Partner at Davis Polk Wardwell
• Mr Stephan Madaus, Law professor, Martin-Luthier Unversity Halle-Wittenberg
• Mr Nicolaes Tollenaar, Partner at RESOR N.V.

Moderator

• Mrs Sophie Vermeille, President of Droit & Croissance / Rules for Growth

Second roundtable

New challenges: valuations, transparency priority rules and class distributions – are parties and Courts ready? Discussions following the draft directive of the EU Commission and the on-going negotiations.

Speakers

• Mr Georges Richelme, President of the Commercial courts of France
• Mr Luciano Panzani, President of the Court of Appeal of Rome
• Mr Mikael Ouaniche, Financial expert at the Paris Court of Appeal, President of OCA
• Mr Anthony Casey, Law professor, Chicago Law School

Moderator

• Mrs Sophie Vermeille, President of Droit & Croissance / Rules for Growth

Third roundtable

New challenges for bond workouts and loan to own strategies – how far are those still possible? An analysis in the light of recent high profile cases.

Speakers

• Mr Stephen Portsmouth, Managing director at Société générale
• Mr Pierre Bour, Partner at Attestor Capital LP
• Mr Kon Asimacopoulos, Partner at Kirkland & Ellis International LLP

Moderator

• Mrs Julie Miecamp, Deputy Editor at Reorg Research

Restructuring conference organized by the Think Tank Droit & Croissance / Rules for Growth
with the support of AFME, Davis Polk Wardwell, Louis Bachelier Institute and Reorg Research.