Day One: Wednesday, 31 March 2010
0900 Chairman’s opening remarks
Adrian Loader, President, Turnaround Management Association Australia
0910 Opening panel: Is Australia still an attractive destination for distressed investing?
Kevin Tham, Managing Director, Global Distressed, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Timothy Sackar, Senior Associate, Blake Dawson
Paul Kirk, Managing Partner, Corporate Advisory & Restructuring, Asia-Pacific, PricewaterhouseCoopers
David Beckett, Head of Australia, SC Lowy
Jim McKnight, Head of Asia Pacific Restructuring Group, UBS
Campbell Korff, Managing Director, Avenue Capital Group
Moderator:
Nicholas Dunstone, Partner, Henry Davis York
1000 Keynote address: A global survey of distressed opportunities
Robert Petty, Managing Partner and Co-Founder, Clearwater Capital Partners
1030 Coffee & Networking
1100 Australia’s rebound: is the best yet to come?
Bill Evans, Chief Economist, Westpac
1130 Panel discussion: Assessing Australia’s alliance with Asia
Nick Raffan, Head of Mining and Resources Research, Fat Prophets
Sean Russo, Managing Director, Noah’s Rule
Simon Weller, Head of Oil & Gas, Australia, UBS
Moderator:
Nuncio D'Angelo, Partner, Banking and Finance, Mallesons Stephen Jaques
1215 Networking Lunch
1330 Panel discussion: It’s happening – secondary debt opportunities
Anne Moal, Director, Strategic Investment Group, Deutsche Bank
David Kelleher, CEO, Fortress Investment Group
Alex Fogarty, Associate Director, Lending Services, ANZ Banking Group
Stuart King, Head of Equity, Strategic Business Services, National Australia Bank
Taffy Gutu, Head of Secondary Loans Asia-Pacific, iCap
Moderator:
Michael McCreadie, Partner, Head of Distressed Debt Group, PricewaterhouseCoopers
1420 Private equity post-GFC: a paradigm shift
Chester Moynihan, Founding Principal, Allegro Private Equity
1450 Panel discussion: Realising value in Australia’s real estate market
Robert Zulkoski, Managing Director, Head of Asia Special Situations & Real Estate Investment Group, Oaktree Capital Management
Peter Welch, Managing Director & Co-Founder, Shearwater Capital
Moderator:
James Marshall, Head of Restructuring & Insolvency, Blake Dawson
1540 Coffee & Networking
1610 Impact of Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme on the cost of restructuring
John Tomac, Director, Sustainability and Climate Change, PricewaterhouseCoopers
1640 Management issues in restructuring, shareholders' rights and other unique aspects of the Australian corporate restructuring practice
James Marshall, Head of Restructuring & Insolvency, Blake Dawson
1730 Chairman’s closing remarks followed by drinks reception
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Day Two: Thursday, 1 April 2010
0900 Chairman’s opening remarks
Denise North, Chief Executive, Insolvency Practitioners Association of Australia
0910 Corporate responses to restructuring
Lachlan Edwards, Head of Restructuring Asia-Pacific, Goldman Sachs JBWere
Stephen Menzies, Partner, Blake Dawson
Moderator:
Roger Dobson, Partner, Henry Davis York
1050 Case study: Looking into the abyss...recapitalising, refinancing Elders: A near-death experience
Malcolm Jackman, CEO & Managing Director, Elders
1120 Coffee & Networking
1110 Legal reform and development: reshaping the debtor-creditor partnership
Linda Johnson, Partner, Dispute Resolution, Mallesons Stephen Jaques
1150 Panel discussion: Workout solutions: is there opportunity for partnership between buyers and sellers?
Campbell Korff, Managing Director, Avenue Capital Group
Ed Cairns, Head of Restructuring, Clearwater Capital Partners
Gary Tescher, Managing Director, Promentor
David Lee, Director, Asset Structuring and Risk Management, Westpac
Moderator:
Ian Johnson, Managing Director, Helmsman Capital Management
1240 The TPG tax case and investor uncertainty
Chris Morris, Partner, Mergers, Acquisitions and International Tax, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Dino Farronato Partner, International Tax and Transaction Services, PricewaterhouseCoopers
1330 Chairman’s closing remarks followed by lunch