Agenda
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Thursday, October 15, 2026
9:00 AM-9:45 AM
Welcome coffee and registration
9:45 AM-9:55 AM
GRR opening remarks
9:55 AM-10:05 AM
Chairs' opening remarks
Rachel Chesley
Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting
Timothy Graulich
Partner, Davis Polk
10:05 AM-10:35 AM
Judicial keynote
Chief Judge Martin Glenn
Chief United States Bankruptcy Judge, Southern District of New York
10:35 AM-11:35 AM
Shifting the map: the rise of foreign filings by debtors in the Americas
This session looks at why companies across the Americas are increasingly turning to foreign restructuring processes. The panel will discuss
- Rising use of UK, Canadian, Spanish and US courts by Latin American debtors
- Limitations of local restructuring laws driving outward filings
- Greater reliance on US Chapter 11 and Chapter 15 for complex regional restructurings
- Are high costs and the post-Purdue environment driving US companies abroad?
Timothy Graulich
Partner, Davis Polk
Richard Kebrdle
Partner, White & Case
James Holley
Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal
Fiona MacAdam
Partner, Walkers Global
Alejandro Sainz
Partner, Sainz Abogados
Patricia Tomasco
Partner, Quinn Emanuel
11:35 AM-12:05 PM
Networking break
12:05 PM-1:05 PM
Liability Management Exercises (LMEs): strategy, antitrust scrutiny and tension in the Americas
This session looks at how LMEs across the Americas are becoming more complex and increasingly intersect with antitrust concerns. The panel will discuss:
- Growing use of LMEs in US and emerging markets
- Limitations of local laws pushing companies toward more aggressive liability strategies
- Rising antitrust scrutiny of co‑ops, creditor coordination and restructuring tactics
- How practitioners manage litigation risk and cross‑border execution challenges
Erica Weisgerber
Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton
Paulo Padis
Partner, Padis Advogados
Ari Lefkovits
Founder, Apotheo Capital
Lynn Harrison
Partner, Dentons
Zachary Rosenbaum
Partner, Kobre & Kim
1:05 PM-2:15 PM
Networking lunch
2:15 PM-3:15 PM
Private credit and capital: implications for restructuring in the Americas
This session explores how pressure across private credit and private capital markets is reshaping restructuring activity in the Americas. The panel will discuss:
- Rising defaults as tightening capital and higher rates squeeze borrowers
- Liquidity strain inside private funds as managers limit or slow investor withdrawals
- How market volatility is reshaping valuations and decision‑making
- Increasing cross‑border complexity as private capital stress spreads across jurisdictions
- How geopolitical uncertainty, supply-chain disruption and shifting trade and investment policies are influencing capital allocation, restructuring opportunities and lender appetite across the region
Joshua Sturm
Partner, Proskauer Rose
Debra Sinclair
Partner, Wilkie Farr & Gallagher
Joshua Brody
Partner, Cleary Gottlieb
Michael Sutter
Director, Restructuring & Liability Management, Rothschild & Co
Eduardo Augusto Mattar
Partner, MATTAR
3:15 PM-3:25 PM
Chairs' closing remarks
Rachel Chesley
Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting
Timothy Graulich
Partner, Davis Polk
3:25 PM-3:30 PM
GRR closing remarks
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