RESTRUCTURING CONFERENCE : Save the date!

 

8.30 – Arrival of attendees and registration
         (Please be aware of security checks at the site entrance)

8.45 – OPENING OF THE COLLOQUIUM by Sophie Vermeille, President of Droit & Croissance, Rules for Growth

9.00 – Keynote speakers

• François Villeroy de Galhau, Gouvernor of Banque de France
• Mihaela Carpus Carcea, Civil Justice Policy, European CommissionDirectorate-General for Justice and Consumers

9.45 – FIRST ROUNDTABLE 
What has made London so unique in Europe until recently? Potential consequences of a Brexit on practices as regards financial restructuring

Speakers

• Felix Steffek, University of Cambridge
• David Chjner, DLA Piper, Paris
• Mr Justice Snowden, High Court Judge of England and Wales

Moderator

• Julie Miecamp, Reorg Research

10.30 – BREAK

11.15 – SECOND ROUNDTABLE
Which insolvency law should apply to corporates in the European Union?
        
Keynote speaker:

• Vincent Aussilloux, Head of the economic department, France Stratégie, Office of the French Prime Minister 

Speakers

• Adrian Thery, Partner, Garrigues
• Yves Lelièvre, Head of the Commercial Courts of France
• Ken Liang, Managing Director, Oaktree Capital Management
• Donald Bernstein, Partner, Davis Polk Wardwell
• Claire Favre, Honorary Chairman of the Chambre commerciale de la Cour de Cassation, Vice President of The French Competition Authority

Moderator

• Sophie Vermeille, Droit & Croissance, Rules for Growth

12. 45 – LUNCH BREAK

    14.30 – AFTERNOON

    Keynote speaker

• Corso Bavagnoli, Head of the Financial Affairs Division, French Minister of Finance

14.45  – THIRD ROUNDTABLE
The advantages of an effective insolvency law to facilitate the resolution of non performing loans.

Speakers

• Silvia Giacomelli, Senior economist, Banca d’Italia
• Jose Garrido, Senior Counsel, International Monetary Fund
• Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal, Chair in Banking and Finance Law, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London
• Alain Demarolle, Managing director, Cerberus Capital Management (to be confirmed)

Moderator

• Mario Oliviero, Reorg Research

15.45 – BREAK

16.00 – FOURTH ROUNDTABLE
Current challenge: Financial restructuring and the difficulties raised by the development of bond markets in Europe
 
Keynote speech

• Garry Simmons, Managing Director, Association for Financial Markets in Europe

Speakers

• Jose Maria Jauregui, Lazard, Madrid
• Jean-François Cizain, Head of restructuring, Messier Maris
• Stephen Portsmouth, Société Général

Moderator

• Sophie Vermeille,  Droit & Croissance, Rules for Growth

17.00 – END OF THE CONFERENCE

One-day conference at the Banque de France Conference Center including reception and buffet.
 
This event will use the swapcard system in order to provide a business friendly networking. You can already create your online business card on Swapcard and start to connect with other attendees !

For more information, please click here.

The event is free for academics and civil servants, if you are an academic or a civil servant (only), to register please contact: conference@droitetcroissance.fr. – otherwise register by clicking to the red bottom below.

 

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