International Insolvency Institute’s 15th Annual Conference June 15 & 16, 2015 Naples, Italy Conference Co-Chairs E. Bruce Leonard Miller Thomson, Toronto John A. Barrett Norton Rose Fulbright, Houston Chair, Naples Organizing Committee Att. Professor Lucio Ghia Studio Legale Ghia, Rome Naples, italy 2015 1 CONFERENCE DETAILS The International Insolvency Institute will present III, king of Spain) decided to build a hunting lodge on its Fifteenth Annual Conference in Naples, Italy on the Capodimonte hill, but then decided that he would June 15 and 16, 2015. The III Naples Conference instead build a grand palace. will feature reports and analyses of the most important current international insolvency issues The Conference Hotels will be the Deluxe 5 Star Hotel, and controversies described by speakers who are Grand Hotel Vesuvio and the historic 4 Star Luxury recognized as preeminent in their field from countries Hotel Excelsior. The Hotel Vesuvio (www.vesuvio.it/ around the world. en) has been the Neapolitan home for celebrities and travelers from all over the world and only a few steps Our Fifteenth Annual Conference will be held in the from the Royal Palace, Plebiscito Square and the San Castel dell’Ovo. This famous castle was built on Carlo Theatre. The Hotel Excelsior (www.excelsior. Megaris, a small island off the shore of Naples. Castel it/en/) located on the seafront of Naples facing the dell’Ovo is thought to be the site of the first Ancient Castel dell’Ovo offers its guests splendid rooms Greek settlement of Parthenope and is thus the oldest with panoramic views of the Gulf of Naples. The part of Naples and inhabited perhaps as early as the roof-garden restaurant “La Terrazza” offers excellent 8th century BC, before Parthenope spread northwards, cuisine with a breathtaking view. Please visit www. and before Neapolis, the “new city”, was founded. In iiiglobal.org for additional hotel information. the 9th century, the island was turned into a fortified castle, Napoli’s oldest, which successive rulers Conference registration is now available by visiting continued to alter and reinforce until we were left with the III website at www.iiiglobal.org or entering the what we see today. following URL into your browser search window: www.cvent.com/d/lrq90y/1Q. In addition, a complete The III Legendary Dinner will be held on the evening listing of all optional tours can be found through the of Monday, June 15 at the historical Museo di online registration. Capodimonte. The museum is the prime repository of Neapolitan painting and decorative art, with several Still have questions? Please contact the Executive important works from other Italian schools of painting, Director of the III, Shari Bedker at sbedker@iiiglobal. and some important ancient Roman sculptures. The org (434) 939-6003 or visit the III website. We hope to vast collection can trace its origins back to 1738, when see you in Naples! King Charles VII of Naples and Sicily (later Charles 2 III 15th Annual Conference CONFERENCE TOPICS Topics to be presented at the conference will include the following. There will also be a short break-out group at the end of each morning and afternoon session for more detailed discussions with the panels that have presented in the preceding conference sessions. Note that the list of topics is subject to change and availability. Conference Keynote Address: Dr. Giuseppe Boccuzzi, Director General, Interbank Deposit Protection Fund of Italy, Rome “The Banking Crisis and Italy’s Special Resolution Regime” Special Guest Speaker: Professor Vito Cozzoli, Chief of Cabinet, Ministry of Economic Development, Government of Italy, Rome “Restructurings in Italy” Topics: Developing a More Attractive European UNCITRAL: A Treaty On Insolvency-Related Insolvency Environment: The EIR Reform Judgments? and the New Approach to Business Failure Chair: Hon. Christopher M. Klein, Chair: Professor Stefania Bariatti, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Sacramento University of Milan, Milan Financial Derivatives in Bankruptcy: Containing Insolvency Regulation in Russia: Current Issues or Creating Systemic Risk? and Prospects for Reform Chair: Professor Edward Janger, Co-Chairs: Professor Alla Bobyleva and Professor Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn Olga Lvova, School of Public Administration, Lomonosov State University, Moscow Judicial Panel: Issues And Answers in Coordinating Cross-Border Cases Sovereign Debt Restructuring: Current Chair: Hon. Eberhard Nietzer, Amtsgericht Developments and Proposals for Reform Heilbronn, Heibronn Co-Chairs: Steven Kargman, Kargman Associates, New York and Professor Steven Solving Corporate Group Insolvencies Schwarcz, Duke University School of Law, Chair: Hon. Ralph R. Mabey, Durham Kirton McConkie, Salt Lake City The Year in Latin American Insolvency: NML, Treatment and Recovery of Insurance Assets OSX and REDE! in Insolvency Co-Chairs: Thomas Felsberg, Sao Paulo and Chair: Robert B. Millner, Dentons US LLP, Ricardo Beller, Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal, Chicago Buenos Aires Resolving Intellectual Property Issues in Restructuring Cross-Border Debt in Asia and Insolvency and Restructurings Use of UK and US Legislative Regimes Co-Chairs: Tom Gaa, Bialson, Bergen & Chair: Professor Charles D. Booth, Schwab, Palo Alto and Robin Phelan, University of Hawaii, Honolulu Haynes and Boone LLP, Dallas Three Dimensional Chess: Directors’ and Restructurings in the Italian Way Officers’ Responsibilities in Distressed Chair: Att. Professor Lucio Ghia, Company Groups Studio Legale Ghia, Rome Co-Chairs: G. Christopher Meyer, Squire Patton Boggs, Sarasota and J. William Boone, James-Bates-Brannan Groover LLP, Atlanta Naples, italy 2015 3 CONFERENCE PANELISTS Chief Justice Lucio Di Nosse Justice Eberhard Nietzer Justice Nicola Graziano President of the Bankruptcy Court of Naples Amtsgericht Heibronn, Heilbronn Bankruptcy Court of Naples Hon. Cristina O’Reilly Hon. Christopher M. Klein Chief Justice Luciano Panzani National Commercial Court, Buenos Aires U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Sacramento Court of Appeal of Rome, Rome Hon. Rute Lopes Hon. Cristina Zucchi Hon. Mincke Melissen Specialized Commercial Court, Lisbon Sao Paulo Supreme Court, Sao Paulo District Court of Amsterdam Team Insolventie, Amsterdam Dr. Andreas Remmert Richter am Bundesgerichtshof Karlsruhe Shinichiro Abe Mitsue Aizawa Patrick Ang Baker & Mackenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise), Anderson, Mori & Tomotsune, Tokyo Rajah & Tann, Singapore Tokyo Dr. Manfred Balz Stefania Bariatti John A. Barrett Mayer Brown LLP, Frankfurt University of Milan School of Law, Milan Norton Rose Fulbright, Houston Spiros Bazinas Ricardo W. Beller Donald S. Bernstein UNCITRAL, Vienna Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal, Buenos Aires Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York Margherita Bianchini, Alan Bloom Professor Alla Bobyleva Association of the Italian Joint Stock Companies, Ernst & Young, London Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow Rome Dr. Giuseppe Boccuzzi J. William Boone Professor Charles Booth Interbank Deposit Protection Fund of Italy, Rome James-Bates-Brannan Groover LLP, Atlanta University of Hawaii, Honolulu Ole Borch Agustin Bou Hélèn Bourbouloux Bech-Bruun Law Firm, Copenhagen Jausas, Barcelona FHB, Paris La Defense Professor Hon. Samuel L Bufford Att. Francesco Caia Mihaela Carpus-Carea Penn State University, University Park Consiglio Nazionale Forense (National Bar European Commission, Brussels Council) Att. Stanislao Chimenti Professor Vito Cozzoli Ian De Witt Studio Legale Bruno, Rome Chief of Cabinet, Ministry of Econ. Development, Tanner De Witt, Hong Kong Govt of Italy, Rome Andrew G. Dietderich Thomas B. Felsberg Thomas M. Gaa Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York Felsberg e Associados, Sao Paulo Bailson, Bergen & Schwab Palo Alto, California Robert van Galen Att. Professor Lucio Ghia Leonard Gilbert Nauta Dutilh, Amsterdam Studio Legale Ghia, Rome Holland & Knight LLP, Tampa David Gurfinkel Eva Hüpkes Professor Edward Janger Allende & Brea, Buenos Aires Financial Stability Board, Basel Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn Susan P. Johnston Steven T. Kargman Professor Kenneth N. Klee Weinstein & Riley, New York Kargman Associates, New York UCLA/Klee Tuchin Bogdanoff & Stern LLP, Los Angeles Kate Lannan Richard Levin Ing. Gianni Lettieri UNCITRAL, Vienna Cravath Swaine & Moore, LLP, New York President, Meridie S.p.A./President of Atitech S.p.A., Naples Dr. Hans Lüer Professor Olga Lvova Hon. Ralph R. Mabey Heuking Kuhn Luer Wojteck, Cologne Lomonosov State University, Moscow Kirton McConkie, Salt Lake City Professor Stephen Madaus Att. Ennio Magrì Monica Marcucci Martin Luther University, Halle Studio Legale Ennio Magrì & Associati, Naples Banca d’Italia, Rome John M. Marsden Professor Alberto Mazzoni G. Christopher Meyer Mayer Brown JSM, Hong Kong President, UNIDROIT; Partners, Mazzoni e Squire Patton Boggs, Sarasota Associati, Milan Robert B. Millner Professor Riz Mokal Dr. Vincenzo Moretta Dentons US LLP, Chicago University College, London President, Certified Public Accountants, Auditors & Advisors Assoc., Naples Professor Christoph G. Paulus Hon. James M. Peck Robin E. Phelan Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin Morrison Foerster, New York Haynes and Boone LLP, Dallas Professor Alberto Piergrossi Professor John Pottow Christopher J. Redmond Studio Legale Piergrossi, Milan University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP, Kansas City Hideyuki Sakai Professor Att. Michele Sandulli Professor Steven L. Schwarcz Anderson, Mori & Tomotsune, Toyko Roma Tre University; Sandulli & Associati, Rome Duke