ILA Academic Forum and Annual Conference. 29 and 30 March 2019 Technical programmes and booking information

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1 ILA Academic Forum and Annual Conference 29 and 30 March 2019 Technical programmes and booking information

2 2 ILA Academic Forum and Annual Conference 29 and 30 March 2019 Technical programmes and booking information ILA Academic Forum Friday 29 March 2019 Allen & Overy LLP, One Bishops Square, London, E1 6AD, United Kingdom The ILA Academic Forum 2019 will be chaired by Andrew Keay, Professor of Corporate and Commercial Law, University of Leeds and Barrister, 9 Stone Buildings and Kings Chambers. The day will focus on hot topics in corporate restructuring and insolvency, including how UK insolvency and restructuring proceedings will be viewed post-brexit, directors duties, insolvency set-off, a U.S. perspective on Chapter 15 and UNCITRAL instruments post-brexit. 09:15-10:15 Registration and breakfast 10:15-10:45 Chair s opening remarks Professor Andrew Keay 10:45-12:15 Panel session: How will UK insolvency and restructuring procedures be viewed post-brexit? Recognition of UK procedures in the Netherlands, Germany and Spain European alternatives Current status of EU Directive on preventive restructuring frameworks and how it is being viewed in the Netherlands, Germany and Spain Nicolaes Tollenaar, RESOR Mr Justice Professor Heinz Vallender, Cologne Bankruptcy Court (retired) Francisco Garcimartin, Professor of Law, University Autónoma of Madrid, Linklaters Chair: Lucy Aconley, Allen & Overy LLP 12:15-13:30 Lunch 13:30-14:15 Gerard McCormack, Professor of International Business Law, University of Leeds Discussant: Rowena Page, Enterprise Chambers Directors duties: Where are we now and where might we be heading 14:15-15:15 Louise Gullifer QC (Hon), Professor of Commercial Law, University of Oxford 15:15-15:30 Coffee Discussant: Guy Morton Insolvency set-off and intermediated securities 15:30-16:30 Adrian Walters, Ralph L. Brill Professor of Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law Discussant: Sarah Paterson, Associate Professor of Law, LSE Chapter 15: The U.S. perspective 16:30-17:15 Irit Mevorach, Professor of International Commercial Law, University of Nottingham Discussant: Sonya Van de Graaff, Morrison Foerster (UK) LLP UNCITRAL New and Old Model Laws post-brexit 17:15-17:30 Chair s concluding remarks Forum ends 17:30 onwards Drinks and canapés reception (client dining rooms, 10th floor, Allen & Overy LLP) Kindly sponsored by Enterprise Chambers and Erskine Chambers

3 3 Evening Reception Friday 29 March 2019 The ILA Annual Conference 2019 will open with an informal drinks and canapés reception on Friday evening. All delegates to the Annual Conference and attendees at the Academic Forum are warmly invited to the reception (included in the conference and forum packages) which is structured to allow arrival and departure at any time throughout the course of the evening. The jazz band The Blind Tigers will be performing at the reception. Timings: 17:30 onwards Dress Code: Business casual Address: Client dining rooms, 10th floor, Allen & Overy LLP, One Bishops Square, London E1 6AD For further information Please let us know in advance if you have particular dietary requirements. Reception by kind sponsorship of:

4 4 ILA Academic Forum and Annual Conference 29 and 30 March 2019 Technical programmes and booking information ILA Annual Conference Saturday 30 March 2019 Allen & Overy LLP, One Bishops Square, London, E1 6AD, United Kingdom The ILA Annual Conference will be chaired by the Honourable Mr Justice Zacaroli. On the first day in a post-brexit world, we will begin with a key note address on the impact of Brexit on the City and financial markets from a representative of the City of London Corporation, followed by a case study looking at the impact of Brexit on a German car manufacturer operating in England. A series of speakers will then cover various topics, including distressed retail cases, pensions, a U.S. perspective on the UK Government s proposed corporate insolvency reforms, the rise in administrator challenges and the future of cross-border restructurings (with views from Asia, the Cayman Islands, Ireland and the U.S.).

5 5 08:30-09:30 Registration and breakfast 09:00-09:30 ILA Annual General Meeting (ILA members only) 09:30-09:45 Chair s opening remarks The Honourable Mr Justice Zacaroli 09:45-10:45 A representative of the City of London Corporation The impact of Brexit on the City and financial markets 10:45-11:30 Brexit case study: German-owned car manufacturer operating in England 11:30-11:45 Coffee Mark Phillips QC, South Square Professor Dr. Reinhard Bork, Chair for Civil Procedure Law and General Procedural Law, Universität Hamburg Jennifer Marshall, Allen & Overy LLP 11:45-12:45 Zelf Hussain, PwC and Adam Gallagher/Ryan Beckwith, Freshfields Retail and the perfect storm 12:45-13:00 Presentation from GLAS, ILA sponsor 13:00-14:00 Lunch kindly sponsored by South Square 14:00-14:45 Case study: Pensions and insolvency Raquel Agnello QC, Erskine Chambers Stephen Soper, PwC and former CEO of the Pensions Regulator 14:45-15:30 Ian Johnson, Slaughter & May and Brian Schartz, Kirland & Ellis, New York 15:30-15:45 Coffee UK corporate insolvency law reform: Dealing with contracts and hold-out creditors a comparison with Chapter 11 15:45-16:30 Inga West, Ashurt LLP and Stephen Davies QC, Enterprise Chambers The rise in administrator challenges trends and analysis 16:30-17:45 Panel session: The future of cross-border insolvencies and restructurings views from the Cayman Islands, Asia, the U.S. and Ireland Nick Herrod, Maples & Calder, Cayman Islands Richard Woodworth, Allen & Overy, Hong Kong Brian Schartz, Kirkland & Ellis, New York Barry Cahir, William Fry, Ireland Chair: Jennifer Marshall, Allen & Overy, London 17:45-18:00 Chair s concluding remarks Conference ends Lunch by kind sponsorship of:

6 6 ILA Academic Forum and Annual Conference 29 and 30 March 2019 Technical programmes and booking information ILA Academic Forum and Annual Conference 2019 Booking information If you are an ILA member and would like to attend the 2019 ILA Academic Forum and/or Annual Conference, please refer to the booking invitation sent by to all ILA members in early January 2019 and follow the booking link contained in that . If you require this booking invitation to be resent to you please If you are not an ILA member please and a booking invitation will be sent to you. The rates for the 2019 ILA Academic Forum and Annual Conference are set out below: Type of rate Rate GBP Academic Forum Friday 29 March 2019 Allen & Overy LLP, One Bishops Square, London, E1 6AD, United Kingdom Academic rate (no charge) Practitioner supplement (only available to ILA members) Please note that this rate includes admittance to the Friday evening reception GBP0 Net: GBP125 VAT: GBP25 Total: GBP150 Annual Conference Saturday 30 March 2019 Allen & Overy LLP, One Bishops Square, London, E1 6AD, United Kingdom Day delegate rate for ILA members Please note that this rate includes admittance to the Friday evening reception Day delegate rate for non-members Please note that this rate includes admittance to the Friday evening reception Net: GBP400 VAT: GBP80 Total: GBP480 Net: GBP450 VAT: GBP90 Total: GBP540 Early Bird Discount 10% early bird discount for bookings received and paid for by 14 February 2019 If you have any questions, please ILAConference@allenovery.com

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