PROFILE

 

The Summit

The 2012 M&A Advisor Distressed Investing Summit brings together 200 of the top US and international turnaround professionals for an exclusive symposium featuring over 35 industry stalwarts delivering keynote addresses and leading Practitioners Roundtable Forums.

 

The Awards Gala

Now in its 6^th year, the Annual M&A Advisor Turnaround Awards celebrates the accomplishments of the years top distressed investing, restructuring and turnaround M&A professionals and firms and honors the 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner.

 

AGENDA

 

MONDAY – JANUARY 30, 2012

 

5:00  - 6:00 pm            REGISTRATION/CHECK-IN - The Palm Court

 

5:30 - 7:30 pm             OPENING COCKTAIL RECEPTION - JFK Winter White House

                                       With a Keynote Address by 

                                      John K. Castle, Chairman, Castle Harlan

 

TUESDAY – JANUARY 31, 2012

 

7:00 am                         REGISTRATION CHECK-IN OPENS - The Gallery

 

7:00 am - 8:00              BREAKFAST - The Pavilion

 

8:00 – 8:15 am             SUMMIT WELCOME - The Pavilion

                                       David Fergusson, Sr. Managing Director, The M&A Advisor

                                       Roger Aguinaldo, CEO, The M&A Advisor

                                       J. Eric Ivester, Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP - Event Chair
                                       Peter Kaufman, President, Gordian Group - Event Chair

 

8:15 – 9:00 am            OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS

                                       Robert “Steve” Miller Jr., Chairman, American International Group (AIG)

 

9:00 – 10:00 am          STALWARTS ROUND TABLE - “Energy in the 21^st Century – When the Bubble 

                                        Bursts”

         Moderator            F. Henry "Hank" Habicht II, Managing Partner, SAIL Venture Partners

                                       John Wm. (Jack) Butler, Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

                                       Shahid A. Ghauri, Partner, Andrews Kurth LLP

                                       Tom Denison, Managing Partner, RNS Capital

                                        Kenneth Buckfire, CEO and Managing Director, Miller Buckfire                                          
                                       

10:00  - 10:30 am        KEYNOTE ADDRESS

                                      Wilbur L. Ross, Chairman, W.L. Ross

 

10:30  - 10:45 am        M&A CONNECTS™ Networking Break

 

10:45 – 11:45 am        STALWARTS ROUND TABLE – “Media in Finance – To Tell (Spin) the Truth”

Moderator                    Peter Kaufman, President, Gordian Group, LLC

                                      Bill Rochelle, Bankruptcy Columnist and Editor-at-Large, Bloomberg News

                                      Mike Spector, Bankruptcy & Restructuring Reporter, Wall Street Journal 

                                      Tom Hals, Reporter, Thomson Reuters

11:45 – 1:15 pm          GREAT M&A DEBATE LUNCHEON: “NY/Delaware v. Other Jurisdictions – Does it

                                      Really Make a Difference?”

Moderator                    Carol Massar, National Correspondent, Bloomberg TV

                                      The Honorable Leif M. Clark, Judge, US Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texas

                                      The Honorable Kevin J. Carey,
Judge, US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware

                               

1:15 – 2:15 pm            STALWARTS ROUND TABLE - “The Road Back: Navigating Companies In

                                      Challenging Times."

Moderator                    Jennifer Dore Russo, Managing Director, Sonenshine Partners

                                      Albert A. Notini, Senior Advisor, New Mountain Capital

                                      David ("Skip") Prichard, CEO, Ingram Content

                                      Paul Steven Singerman, Co-CEO, Berger Singerman

                                      Anthony Polazzi, Managing Director, Sun Capital Partners

2:15 – 3:15 pm            STALWARTS ROUND TABLE - “Distressed Investing In Europe and Beyond – Its

                                      a Big World Out There”

Moderator                    Marshall Sonenshine, Chairman, Sonenshine Partners; Professor, Columbia     

                                      Beth Ann Bovino, Chief Economist, S&P Capital IQ

                                      Dr. Ed Yardeni, President, Yardeni Research

                                      Chris Mallon, Partner and Head of European Corporate Restructuring, Skadden,

                                      Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

                                      John Bolduc, Executive Managing Director, Bayside Capital

                                      Marcel Fournier, Senior Managing Director, Castle Harlan

3:15 – 3:30 pm             M&A CONNECTS™ Networking Break

3:30 – 4:30 pm             STALWARTS ROUND TABLE - “Distressed Investing in 2012 – Will The Can

                                        Finally Stop Being Kicked Down the Road?"

        Moderator               J. Eric Ivester, Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

                                         Melissa Kibler Knoll, Sr. Managing Director, Mesirow Financial Consulting

                                        Timothy R. Coleman, Sr. Managing Director & Head of Restructuring, The Blackstone Group

                                         Henry S. Miller, Chairman, Marblegate Asset Management 

                                         Randall Eisenberg, Sr. Managing Director, FTI Consulting Inc.

                                       

4:30 – 5:30 pm               M&A Forum - “Best Practices of the Best Dealmakers: If There Ain’t No

                                         Conflicts, We Got No Interests”

Moderator                       Kathryn Coleman, Partner, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP

                                         Henry Owsley, Co-founder and CEO, Gordian Group, LLC

                                         Geoffrey T. Raicht, Partner, Proskauer Rose, LLP

                                         Barry W. Ridings, Vice Chairman of US Investment Banking, Lazard Freres & Co. LLC

6:30 – 7:30 pm              AWARDS GALA RECEPTION - The Palm Court

 

7:30 – 9:30 pm              AWARDS GALA DINNER – THE 2011 TURNAROUND AWARDS – The Pavilion

                                        Hosted by

                                       Carol Massar, National Correspondent, Bloomberg TV

                                       

                                        Keynote Address

                                        Dennis J. Shaughnessy, Chairman, FTI Consulting

      

                                         Lifetime Achievement Award Winner

                                         John Wm. “Jack” Butler, Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate Meagher & Flom

                               

                                         Introduced by

                                         Timothy R. Coleman, Sr. Managing Director & Head of Restructuring, The Blackstone Group

 

9:30 – 12:00 am           THE CLOSING PARTY - The Palm Court

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