An overview of various strategies to acquire distressed assets and businesses, including:

• Debt Investing Strategies to Acquire Control
• 363 Transactions
• Bankruptcy Plan Strategies
• Out-of-Court Restructurings

Our Speakers:

David Feldman is a partner in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s New York office and is Co-Chair of the Firm’s Business Restructuring and Reorganization Practice Group. Mr. Feldman’s practice focuses on the representation of distressed investors, lenders, bondholders and creditor committees in a variety of bankruptcy cases, out-of-court restructurings, and distressed asset and debt transactions.

Jonathan Layne is a partner in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Century City office and is Co-Chair of the Firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions Group. Mr. Layne’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, public offerings of equity (including IPOs) and debt, corporate finance and securities law, and has extensive experience in Board of Directors, Special Board Committee and corporate governance representations.

Michael Rosenthal is a partner in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s New York office and is Co-Chair of the Firm’s Business Restructuring and Reorganization Practice Group. Mr. Rosenthal has extensive experience in reorganizing distressed businesses and related corporate reorganization and debt restructuring matters.

Kenneth Buckfire is Managing Director and co-founder of Miller Buckfire. Over the course of his career he has advised clients in a broad range of industries (including energy, food products, building products, broadcasting and information services) and has also managed principal investments in distressed companies and in the utility industry.

About Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP:
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher is a global law firm with approximately 1,000 lawyers in 15 offices across the United States, Europe, Middle East and Asia. Gibson Dunn clients include some of the world’s largest multinational corporations in all major industries, leading government entities, commercial and investment banks, start-up ventures, emerging growth businesses, partnerships and individuals. Gibson Dunn’s Business Restructuring and Reorganization Practice is a nationally recognized restructuring group with extensive experience in both domestic and multinational insolvencies. As one of the nation’s leading providers of innovative advice on the acquisition and sale of companies in financial distress, our lawyers have been pioneers in the use of court-administered auctions to maximize value in asset sales and have significant experience implementing debt for equity conversion strategies and takeover plans of reorganization in bankruptcy. Working together with the Firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions attorneys, our restructuring and reorganization lawyers have represented both acquirers (including hedge funds, private equity funds and strategic buyers) and companies seeking to spin off assets or be acquired both in and out of bankruptcy court. Additional information about Gibson Dunn can be found at www.gibsondunn.com.

About Miller Buckfire:
Miller Buckfire is a leading independent investment bank providing strategic and financial advisory services focusing on complex restructuring transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and equity and debt financing. The firm was founded in July 2002 by Henry Miller and Ken Buckfire, who previously led the restructuring groups at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein and Wasserstein Perella & Co. The firm’s professionals have successfully restructured more than $210 billion in debt, advised on M&A transactions valued at over $16 billion and advised on financings involving over $41 billion. Miller Buckfire is an independent firm owned by employees and is based in New York. Additional information about Miller Buckfire can be found at www.millerbuckfire.com.