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
Former 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
Adam Lavine
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, Weil
Joshua Brody
Partner, Cleary Gottlieb
Michael Sutter
Director, Restructuring & Liability Management, Rothschild & Co
Eduardo 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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