Barry L. Zaretsky Roundtable Discussion - Bankruptcy M&A

By Invitation Only

About the Discussion
Mergers and acquisitions of solvent and insolvent firms happen all the time, in bankruptcy and out. The question for discussion is whether, and how, financial distress changes the practical and legal environment. Should corporate law be the model in bankruptcy? Or should bankruptcy law and bankruptcy courts pay special attention to distress situations? Specific concerns include runs, information asymmetry, adequacy of representation, conflict of interest and equitable value distribution. This roundtable will provide a forum for academics and practitioners with expertise in bankruptcy and corporate law to explore such thorny topics as: (1) empty creditors; (2) lockups and plan support agreements; (3) blocking and control positions and how they are allocated; (4) creditor disclosure; and (5) vote designation. 

The program is being presented in conjunction with the Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial and Commercial Law Symposium: The Market for Corporate Control in the Zone of Insolvency, to be held the next day.

Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Business Law and Regulation and the American Bankruptcy Institute

Professor Barry L. Zaretsky (1950-1997)
Professor Barry L. Zaretsky, a member of the Brooklyn Law School faculty for 19 years, was a teacher and mentor to countless Brooklyn Law School students and a distinguished bankruptcy and commercial law scholar. His work inside and outside the classroom bridged the worlds of theory and practice.

Barry L. Zaretsky Roundtable Steering Committee 
Hon. Stuart M. Bernstein, United States Bankruptcy Court, SDNY
Hon. Shelley C. Chapman, United States Bankruptcy Court, SDNY
Hon. Carla E. Craig, United States Bankruptcy Court, EDNY
Hon. Robert D. Drain, United States Bankruptcy Court, SDNY
Hon. Dorothy T. Eisenberg ’50, United States Bankruptcy Court, EDNY (ret.)
Hon. James L. Garrity, United States Bankruptcy Court, SDNY
Hon. Martin Glenn, United States Bankruptcy Court, SDNY
Hon. Robert E. Grossman ’73, United States Bankruptcy Court, EDNY
Hon. Sean H. Lane, United States Bankruptcy Court, SDNY
Hon. Nancy Hershey Lord ’80, United States Bankruptcy Court, EDNY
Hon. Cecelia G. Morris, United States Bankruptcy Court, SDNY
Hon. Louis A. Scarcella, United States Bankruptcy Court, EDNY
Hon. Elizabeth S. Stong, United States Bankruptcy Court, EDNY
Hon. Alan S. Trust, United States Bankruptcy Court, EDNY
Hon. Mary Kay Vyskocil, United States Bankruptcy Court, SDNY
Hon. Michael E. Wiles, United States Bankruptcy Court, SDNY
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John R. Ashmead ’90, Seward & Kissel LLP
Ingrid M. Bagby ’96, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Leslie S. Barr ’84, Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf LLP
David M. Barse ’87, Outvest Capital LLC
Neil M. Berger ’85, Togut, Segal & Segal LLP
Daniel B. Besikof ’04, Loeb & Loeb LLP
William P. Bowden ’88, Ashby & Geddes
Michael G. Burke ’02, Sidley Austin LLP
Melanie L. Cyganowski, Otterbourg PC
Leah Eisenberg ’00, Foley & Lardner LLP
Angela Ferrante ’99, Garden City Group, LLC
Janine M. Figueiredo’02, Hahn & Hessen LLP
Michael A. Fischer ’92, Fischer Law Firm, PLLC
Jonathan L. Flaxer ’79, Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe LLP
Ronald J. Friedman ’96, SilvermanAcampora LLP
William D. Gardner '97, Husch Blackwell LLP
Robert E. Gerber, Joseph Hage Aaronson LLC
Scott A. Golden ’92, Hogan Lovells LLP
Andrew N. Goldman ’92, Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale and Dorr, LLP 
Marcia L. Goldstein, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP        Lawrence P. Gottesman ’84, Allegaert Berger & Vogel LLP
Shan A. Haider ’06, Kattin Muchin Rosenman LLP
Scott L. Hazan ’73, Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones
Robert M. Hirsh ’98, Arent Fox LLP
Ron L. Jacobs ’81, Prime Clerk
Denise Kaloudis ’02, JLT Specialty USA
Samuel S. Kohn ’99, Norton Rose Fulbright
Samuel E. Kramer ’82, Law Office of Samuel E. Kramer
Brian S. Lennon ’03, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Jennifer L. Marines ’05, Morrison & Foerster LLP
Dan McElhinney '97, Acumen Recovery Services, LLC
Saima M. Meyer ’05, Kurtzman Carson Consultants (KCC)
Angela Tese Milner ’82, Tese & Milner LLP
Joseph T. Moldovan ’82, Morrison Cohen LLP
Steven H. Newman ’90, Katsky & Korins LLP Matthew W. Olsen ’02, UBS Group AG
James M. Peck, Morrison & Foerster LLP
Kenneth Pasquale ’90, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
Cassandra Porter ’04, Cognizant Technology Solutions
Gary O. Ravert ’00, Ravert PLLC
Ira A. Reid ’87, Baker & McKenzie LLP
Geoffrey A. Richards ’95, Raymond James Financial, Inc.
Fred B. Ringel ’85, Robinson Brog Leinwand Greene Genovese & Gluck P.C.
Matthew M. Roose ’06, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Frederick B. Rosner ’86, The Rosner Law Group LLC
Joseph Samet ’74, Baker & McKenzie LLP (ret.)
Michael L. Schein ’93, Vedder Price PC
Robert T. Schmidt ’89, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
William H. Schrag ’78, Thompson Hine LLP
Andrew I. Silfen ’86, Arent Fox LLP
Bennett S. Silverberg ’00, Brown Rudnick LLP
Paul N. Silverstein ’81, Andrews Kurth Kenyon LLP
Steven B. Smith '99, JND Corporate Restructuring
Richard Stern ’79, Luskin, Stern & Eisler LLP
Enid Nagler Stuart ’80, New York State Office of the Attorney General
Scott Y. Stuart '87, Esquify Inc.
Myron Trepper ’68
Edward S. Weisfelner ’82, Brown Rudnick LLP
David Y. Wolnerman ’01, White & Wolnerman, PLLC
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