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February 21st
Wharton Alumni & Student Cocktail
8:00-10:00pm
Location: Boathouse Row Bar (The Rittenhouse Hotel)
Attire: Business Casual
February 22nd (Conference Day)
Location: The Union
League
Attire: Business Formal
Registration & Breakfast
7:30-8:45am
Morning Keynote Speaker – Jamie
Sprayregen
9:00-10:00am
Concurrent Panels - Financial Restructuring : Calpine Case Study,
Major Issues Influencing Restructuring,
Strategies in the Current Evolving Market Place
10:15-11:30am
Lunch
11:45-12:45pm
Afternoon Keynote Speaker – Jeff
Aronson
1:00-2:00pm
Concurrent Panels - Legal Considerations,
Distressed Investing
2:15-3:30pm
Break
3:30-3:45pm
Panel - Operational Restructuring
4:00-5:15pm
Cocktails
5:15-7:00pm
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Introducing our keynote speakers: James Sprayregen
and Jeffrey H. Aronson
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James is a managing director in the Leveraged Finance Group in the
Investment Banking Division. He joined Goldman Sachs in 2006.
James was the lead restructuring advisor in the restructuring process of
United Airlines, the Chapter 11 sale of TWA, Zenith, American Airlines,
Conseco Insurance Company, NRG Energy, Chiquita Brands, United
Artists Theatres, among others. He
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formerly lead the Restructuring
Practice of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where he was an attorney for 16 years
and has extensive background in insolvency matters, representing major
US and international companies in and out of Chapter 11 proceedings, buyers
and sellers of assets in distressed situations, advising boards of directors,
and generally representing debtors and creations in workout, insolvency,
restructuring and bankruptcy matters.
James serves on the Boards of INSOL International and the Chicago
Council on Global Affairs. He is a frequent lecturer and has published
numerous articles on insolvency issues and is adjunct professor on
restructuring at both the University of Chicago Business School and
the New York University Law School.
James received his BA, cum laude, from the University of Michigan and
his JD, cum laude, from the University of Illinois College of Law. He lives in
Chicago with his wife and their three children.
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Jeffrey H. Aronson is a Co-Founder and Managing Principal of Centerbridge
Partners, an investment management firm specializing in private equity and
distressed securities investments. Prior to founding Centerbridge in 2006,
Mr. Aronson was a partner at Angelo, Gordon & Co., a leading alternative
investment firm, where he led all of the firm's distressed securities and
leveraged loan efforts. He has sat on numerous creditor committees and has
been deeply involved in many U.S.
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and overseas restructurings. Before joining
Angelo, Gordon in 1989, Mr. Aronson served as Senior Corporate Counsel at L.F.
Rothschild & Co. He began his career as a securities attorney with the law
firm of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan. Mr. Aronson graduated with honors from
Johns Hopkins University and has a J.D. from New York University School of Law.
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