7:30 - 8:00 AM

Registration and Breakfast - Location: 9th Floor Cathedral Hall

8:00 - 8:15 AM

Introduction

8:15 - 9:00 AM

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

Jonathan Pollock, Co-Chief Investment Officer, Elliott Associates, L.P.  

9:00 - 9:15 AM

9:15 - 10:00 AM

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

James Grant, Grant's Interest Rate Observer

10:00 - 10:15 AM

Break

Legal Panel
Sponsored by Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Moderator: Donald Bernstein, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP 

Panelists:

• Douglas Baird, University of Chicago Law School
• Anup Sathy, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
• Damian Schaible, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP 
• Eugene Wedoff, US Bankruptcy Judge, District of Northern Illinois

Break

11:30 - 12:15 PM

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

Jonathan Lavine, Managing Partner & Chief Investment Officer, Sankaty Advisors, LLC  

12:15 - 1:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 - 2:00 PM

Restructuring Case Study: TerreStar Networks
Sponsored by The Blackstone Group

Moderator: Steve Zelin, Senior Managing Director, The Blackstone Group   

Panelists:

• Arik Preis, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
• C.J. Brown, Managing Director The Blackstone Group
• Douglas Brandon, General Counsel, TerreStar Networks
• Rachel C. Strickland, Partner, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

2:00 - 2:15 PM

Break

2:15 - 3:15 PM

Investment Banking Panel
Sponsored by Peter J Solomon Company

Moderator: Nat Gregory, University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Panelists:

• Dan Aronson, Lazard
• Mona Johnson, Rothschild
• John McKenna, Miller Buckfire
• Durc Savini, Peter J Solomon Company

3:15 - 3:30 PM

Break

3:30 - 4:30 PM

Distressed Investing Panel

Moderator: David Small, Grosvenor Capital Management 

Panelists:

• Matt Dundon, Pine River Capital Management
• James Ganley, CarVal Investors
• Kathleen Steele, Zell Credit Opportunities Fund

4:30 - 6:00 PM

Cocktail Reception - Location: 8th Floor Library