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ASIAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL LAW The PRC 2006 Enterprise Bankruptcy Law:
A New Beginning?
Symposium
Sponsorship support provided by:
Corporate Law Studies Interest Group (CoSIG) CLP Group ♦ Ernst & Young ♦ Noble Group Ltd ♦ Cooperating Institutions:
Subcommittee on International Bankruptcy 25 March 2008
Symposium
This symposium will involve discussions among academics, insolvency practitioners, judges, and government officials from mainland China, Hong Kong, the United States, and the Asia-Pacific on recent developments since the enactment of the 2006 PRC Enterprise Bankruptcy Law, which came into operation in June 2007. Topics of discussion will include liquidation, corporate restructuring, AMCs and the disposal of NPLs, and cross-border insolvency.
8:30-9:00
Registration/Continental Breakfast

9:00-9:15 Welcoming

Charles Booth, IAPBL Director & Professor, Richardson School of Law, University
Session 1– An Introduction to the PRC 2006 Enterprise Bankruptcy
9:15-10:30

Chair and Commentator:
Charles Booth, IAPBL Director & Professor, Richardson School of Law, University


Speakers/Commentators:

Wang Weiguo, Professor, School of Civil, Commercial and Economic Law, China
University of Politics and Law & Member, Drafting Group of the New Chinese Bankruptcy Law, Beijing, China Zhang Xianchu, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong

10:30-11:00 Tea and Coffee Break

Session 2– The PRC 2006 Enterprise Bankruptcy Law (Part II)

11:00-12:00

Chair and Commentator:
Speakers:

John Lees, Director, John Lees & Associates, Ltd., Hong Kong

John Marsden, Partner, JSM, Shanghai
Alan Tang, Partner & Head, Restructuring, Investigation and Insolvency, Grant

Commentators:
Adam Li, Jun He Law Offices, Shanghai


12:00-1:00
Lunch – sponsored by
An Introduction to the American Bankruptcy Institute

1:00-1:15
Chair:
Charles Booth, IAPBL Director & Professor, Richardson School of Law, University

Speaker

John Ames, American Bankruptcy Institute President Elect
Session 3 – Commercial and Investment Ramifications of the
Enterprise Bankruptcy Law
1:15-2:00
Chair and Commentator:

Vivienne Bath, Senior Lecturer & Director, Center for Asian and Pacific Law,

Speakers/Commentators:
Brian Smith, Conway Mackenzie & Dunleavy, Shanghai
Commentators:
Malhar Pagay, Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP, Los Angeles, CA
2:00-2:30
Session 4 – Asset Management Companies (AMCs) and the Disposal
of Non-Performing Loans NPLs)
2:30-3:30

Chair and Commentator:
Speakers/Commentators:
Tim DeSieno, Bingham McCutchen LLP, NYC

George Kelakos, Kelakos Advisors, Greenwich, CT
Dr. Emily Lee, Research Assistant Professor (Insolvency), Faculty of Law,

David Madden, Partner, Angelo, Gordon & Co., Hong Kong
3:30-4:00
Session 5 – Cross-Border Insolvency:
Recognition of Foreign Bankruptcies in China and the Recognition of
Chinese Bankruptcies by Foreign Courts

4:00-5:00
Chair and Commentator:
Speakers/Commentators:
Evelyn Biery, Partner, Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston

William Rochelle, Bloomberg, NYC
Philip Smart, Harold Hsiao-Wo Lee Professor in Corporate Law, Faculty of Law,

5:00-5:30 Concluding

Charles Booth, IAPBL Director & Professor, Richardson School of Law, University


5:30-6:30
Cocktail Reception sponsored by

7:30-9:30
Junk to Lamma and Seafood Dinner
Junk supplied by JSM.

Other confirmed attendees:

Jason Corbett, SJD Candidate, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
Jan Dalhuisen, Professor, School of Law, King’s College London, Visiting Professor,
UC Berkeley & Paul Hastings Visiting Professor
Stephen Gong, Assistant Professor, School of Accountancy and Finance, The Hong
John Head, Professor, University of Kansas School of Law & Paul Hastings Visiting

Meng Fan Peng Frank, Research Student, Chinese University, HK


Marianne Ramel, Gide Loyrette Nouel AAARPI, Beijing

Fees: Attendance will cost US$200 for full day/US$100 for half day; and US$250
for full day/US$125 for half day if CPD credits are sought.

CLE Credits: __ CLE points/per day (__ CLE points for morning session and __
CLE points for afternoon session) will be awarded to attendees who are members of
the New York or California Bar or of the Hong Kong Law Society.

For further information, please contact:
Elizabeth Chan, IAPBL Program Co-ordination and Research Fellow
E-mail: Elizabeth.g.chan@gmail.com
Flora Leung, AIIFL Secretary
E-mail: fkleung@hku.hk

INSTITUTE OF ASIAN-PACIFIC BUSINESS LAW (IAPBL) ASIAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL LAW (AIIFL) Symposium
The PRC 2006 Enterprise Bankruptcy Law:
A New Beginning?
Council Chamber, University of Hong Kong, ********************************************************************* Registration Form
Please complete this form and return by fax (852) 2549 8495 Title: ___________ First Name: ____________________ Surname: ___________________ Company: __________________________________________________________________ Address:____________________________________________________________________ Tel: _______________ Fax: _______________ Email: ______________________________ I will be attending on: 1 Full day (__ CPD points will be provided subject to approval) 1 Morning Session (__ CPD points will be provided subject to approval) 1 Afternoon Session (__ CPD points will be provided subject to approval)
Fees:

Attendance will cost US$200 for full day/US$100 for half day; and US$250 for full
day/US$125 for half day if CPD credits are sought. Please make check payable to:
Research Corporation of the University of Hawai‘i and mail it to Professor
Charles D. Booth, Director, Institute of Asian-Pacific Business Law, William S.
Richardson School of Law, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, 2515 Dole Street,
Honolulu, HI 96822, USA.
CPD credits (subject to approval):

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