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SAVE $300! Day Two Tuesday, September 23, 2008 an Ii BIG THANK YOU to OUR SPONSORS SAVE $300! International Institute for In Association with Business Information & Growth LLC PRESENTS: Register by August 15, 2008 SEPTEMBER 22 - 23, 2008 PALAZZO / VENETIAN CONGRESS CENTER • LAS VEGAS, NEVADA Hear from Over 40 Speakers Representing the Leaders in Distressed & Turnaround Investing! ...from the following firms and organizations • Goldman Sachs • CRG Partners • Kargman Associates • Bear Stearns Asset Management Inc. • Ares Management • Monroe Capital • Virginia Retirement System • Specialty Finance Group, LLC • Mesirow Financial Consulting, LLC • TIAA-CREF • LBC Credit Partners • Millennium Management LLC . d e • Hunt Special Situations Group • Strategic Management Partners • Conway MacKenzie & Dunleavy v r e s e • Miller Buckfire & Co. LLC • Longroad Asset Management, LLC • Tennenbaum Capital Partners r s t • McMillan LLP • Cappello Partners, LLC • Hilco Real Estate, LLC h g i r l l • Fortress Investment Group • Enron Creditors Recovery Corp. • Imperial Capital A . C • Cohanzick Capital Management LLC • APEX Fundamental Partners LLC • Signature Capital Partners, Inc. L L h t • Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP • Prophet Equity LLC • Oak Hill Advisors w o r G • SourceMedia, Inc. • Gerbsman Partners • Water Tower Capital, LLC & n o • National City Investment Banking • Industrial Opportunity Partners • Kilimanjaro Advisors i t a m • The Carlyle Group • Gateway Asset Trading • Distressed Real Estate Solutions r o f n I Company LLC • Eclipse Corporate Development • Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP s s e n • Turnaround Management • Octavian Funds i s u B Association - Nevada • Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP r o f e t u t i t s n I l a n o i AN ii BIG THANKS t a n r TO OUR CONFERENCE e t NEVADA CHAPTER n I SPONSORS: 8 0 0 2 © Visit us on the WEB at www.iibig.com/F0803 LISTEN & LEARN FROM OUR Keeping both ‘ii’s’ of Business on the BIG Picture EXECUTIVE SPEAKING FACULTY (Confirmed at Press Time) Jeffrey Hammer, Senior Managing Director Christopher Gouskos, Managing Director, & Co-Head Private Equity Advisors, Gateway Asset Trading Company LLC Bear Stearns Asset Management Steven R. Gerbsman, Principal, Raymond Whiteman, Managing Director& Gerbsman Partners Co-Head Global Distressed & Corporate International Institute for Business Information & Growth LLC Navin Nagrani, Vice President, Opportunities, The Carlyle Group Hilco Real Estate, LLC Edwin Burton, Ph.D., Trustee & Chair, Richard Nejame, Managing Director, Dear Colleague: Benefits & Actuarial Committee, Investment Banking Group, Imperial Virginia Retirement System Capital I am pleased to invite you to attend iiBIG’s Distressed & Turnaround Investment Forum – West which will be Joshua Easterly, Managing Director, Adam Gottlieb, Managing Director, held September 22-23, 2008 at the Palazzo/Venetian Congress Center in Las Vegas. America Special Situation Group, Industrial Opportunity Partners Goldman Sachs As the credit crunch continues, more and more mid-market to large-cap companies will be having difficulty Steven Kargman, President, Sharon Manewitz, Managing Director, Kargman Associates refinancing old debt; or taking on new debt. This means that troubled companies are destined to become a Distressed Investments and Special Situations, TIAA-CREF Murry Stegelmann, Managing Director, larger part of the portfolios of private equity, hedge fund and other sophisticated investors. Kilimanjaro Advisors Philip Arra, President, With traditional lenders in a squeeze, highly liquid investors like institutional funds, sovereign funds and other Hunt Special Situations Group Homyar M. Choksi, Principal, LBC Credit Partners foreign investors will be moving in to take advantage of the most lucrative opportunities. Marc Puntus, Managing Director, Miller Buckfire & Co. LLC Paul Coughlin, Jr., Founder & Managing By attending this year’s conference in Las Vegas, you will meet the players whose “ears are close to the ground” Partner, Longroad Asset Management, LLC Waël Rostom, Partner, and you’ll benefit from hearing where the next wave of deals will bring the most profitable returns. McMillan, LLP Larry Lattig, EVP & Sr. Managing Director, Mesirow Financial Consulting, LLC This market is changing every day, and this twice-annual event has been growing rapidly. Last year’s WEST Ian Schneider, Managing Director, Fortress Investment Group Peter M. Lupoff, Managing Director, event in Las Vegas was sold out! So this year’s Distressed & Turnaround Investment Forum – WEST has been Millennium Management LLC David Sherman, Founder & Managing moved to the Palazzo/Venetian Congress Center! Partner, Cohanzick Capital Management LLC Theodore Koenig, President, Monroe Capital So we urge you to “think iiBIG!” and reserve your seat today! Mark Shinderman, Partner, Bankruptcy Practice, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP J. Scott Victor, Senior Managing Director & I look forward to seeing you in Las Vegas ~ September 22-23 ~ at the Palazzo/Venetian Congress Center in Las Co-Head Special Situations Group/SSG, Adam Reinebach, Publisher, National City Investment Banking Vegas! IDD MAGAZINE (A SourceMedia, Inc. Publication) Bhavin Shah, Managing Director, Oak Hill Advisors Best regards, Bruce Ferguson, Managing Partner, APEX Fundamental Partners LLC Kevin Griffin, Director & Head of Private Investing, Octavian Funds Eric Beckman, Partner, Private Debt Group, Ares Management Ross Gatlin, CEO & Managing Partner, Prophet Equity LLC Rob Deutschman, President, Don Buford, CEO Cappello Partners LLC Larry Halperin, Partner, (& Vice Chair, Enron Creditors Recovery Corp. ) Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP Frank Mack, Managing Director, Craig Forrest Noell, Managing Principal, Signature Capital Partners, Inc. International Institute for Business Information & Growth LLC Conway MacKenzie & Dunleavy T. Scott Avila, Managing Partner, Richard Benson, President, CRG Partners Specialty Finance Group, LLC Michael Epstein, Managing Partner, John Collard, CTP, Chairman, CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS CRG Partners Strategic Management Partners (Past Chair, TMA ) Tom Vivaldelli, Principal & Managing Continuing Education Credits (e.g. CLE, CPE, CME, etc.) may be available for this conference. Director, Distressed Real Estate Solutions Steve Moyer, Director, Tennenbaum Capital Partners Upon request conference attendees will be provided with a “Certificate of Attendance” and a copy of the conference Michael Anderson, CEO, agenda, showing topics, length of sessions, and name(s) and professional affiliation(s) of presenter(s) for each session. Eclipse Corporate Development John Stark III, Managing Director, (& Board Member, Nevada TMA ) Water Tower Capital, LLC Attendees wishing to apply for continuing education credits for attending this conference may submit this documentation Jeffrey Geron, Partner, to the relevant organization in his/her state when applying for such credits. Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP REGISTER: 1. Online: www.iibig.com/F0803 2. Call: 212-300-2520 3. FAX: 212-300-2529 Day One Monday, September 22, 2008 7:30 – 8:30 Re:gistration & Networking 10:20 - 10:50 Refreshments & Networking 2:40 – 3:30 Corporate Governance in the Zone of Insolvency: 8:30 - 8:40 Welcoming Remarks 10:55 - 11:40 A Case Study Remedies for Legacy Ills, Activist Investing, and • Paul J. Coughlin, Managing Partner, 8:45 – 9:30 Corporate Governance and other Investor Hot Buttons LONGROAD ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC “State of the Industry” Keynote Panel: In light of litigation and shareholder disputes that have arisen in A Structural Analysis Of The Meltdown; After-Effects recent cases: • Larry G. Halperin, Partner, And Resulting Investment Opportunities • Did poor corporate governance contribute to the demise of RICHARDS KIBBE & ORBE LLP PANELISTS : a company and will good corporate governance actually • Michael Epstein, Managing Partner, • Raymond A. Whiteman, Managing Director & help an emerging company? CRG PARTNERS Co-Head Global Distressed & Corporate Opportunities, • Activism: Does taking a director position increase chances THE CARLYLE GROUP for success post-Chapter 11? 3:30 – 4:00 Refreshments & Networking PANELISTS : • Ian Schneider, Managing Director, • Sharon Manewitz, Managing Director, Distressed Investments 4:05 – 4:50 FORTRESS INVESTMENT GROUP and Special Situations, TIAA-CREF The 2008 Election: How (or) will it Impact the • John Stark III, Managing Director, • Ross Gatlin, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Partner, Economy and Opportunity Investing? WATER TOWER CAPITAL, LLC PROPHET EQUITY LLC MODERATOR : Mark Shinderman, Partner, • John Collard, CTP, Chairman, MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON, LLP • Jeffrey Geron, Partner, STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT PARTNERS SONNENSCHEIN NATH & ROSENTHAL LLP PANELISTS : • Bhavin Shah, Managing Director, • Bruce Ferguson, Managing Partner, OAK HILL ADVISORS 11:45 - 12:25 APEX FUNDAMENTAL PARTNERS, INC. • Steve Moyer, Director, Cross Border and International Distressed Debt • Richard Benson, President, TENNENBAUM CAPITAL PARTNERS Opportunities SPECIALTY FINANCE GROUP, LLC MODERATOR : Waël Rostom, Partner, 9:35 – 10:20 McMILLAN, LLP 4:55 – 5:55 Hedge Funds and Private Equity: PANELISTS : Firing Line: Capitalizing on the New Distressed Debt Where are they Now in Distressed Debt? • Stephen T. Kargman, President, A panel of experts will take questions and discuss issues raised As the credit crunch continues, Hedge Funds are expanding KARGMAN ASSOCIATES by the delegates. Questions will be solicited from conference rapidly into areas previously dominated by banks. The number attendees both prior to and during the event. • Other panelists
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