Asia Paci�c Conference15-17 November 2017

Renaissance Harbour View Hotel, Hong Kong

PROGRAMME

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WEDNESDAY 15 NOVEMBEREvent & Time Description Venue

18.30-22.00

Opening Ceremony Boat Trip

Enjoy the open waters and cool breeze as we sail to Lamma Island for a local seafood dinner.

Departure:Central Ferry Pier No. 9

8.30-9.00Breakfast

9.00-9.15Opening Remarks

9.15-10.00Session 1:

Geopolitical Uncertainty

THURSDAY 16 NOVEMBEREvent & Time* Description

Politics as the new economics? Uncertainties over monetary and foreign policies, interest rates, oil prices and myriad other factors a�ect markets. In a period of perceived height-ened risks providing increased volatility in �nancial markets:

• What is the impact (or not) of geopolitical uncertainty on economies and �nancial decision-makers globally and more particularly in Asia?

• Geopolitical impacts may be temporary - how does this a�ect policy and investment strategy for the longer term?

*programme subject to change

Speaker: Robin Darton, Partner, Tanner De Witt

Speaker: Kent Kedl, Senior Partner, Control RisksIntroduced by: Tom Pugh, Partner, Mayer Brown JSM

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THURSDAY 16 NOVEMBER (continued)Event & Time Description

10.00-11.00Session 2:

Competing interests in o�shore debt restructur-

ings: a practical look

What are the competing interests, practical realities and other factors which determine the path and process of therestructuring of o�shore debt?

This panel will illuminate these issues by exploring the views of the key stakeholders, as they seek to balance the interests of a company and its creditor group in both the short and long term.

11.00-11:30Co�ee Break

*programme subject to change

Speakers: Eloise Fardon, Senior Associate, Stephenson Harwood, Joanna Charter, Consultant, Cli�ord Chance, Kathleen Berkeley, Associate, Ropes & Gray, Cassandra Ho, Director, Madison Paci�c, Jacqueline Chan, Partner, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, Stuti Jain, Director, Restructuring, KPMGModerated by: Joanne Collett, Partner, Walkers

11.30-12.30Session 3:

Debt restructuring in Indonesia:

Di�erent stakeholder perspectives

Navigating the opaque debt restructuring regime in Indonesia can be challenging for all stakeholders.

This panel discussion focuses on practical restructuring considerations from the perspective of �nancial advisors, lawyers, banks, funds and trustees.

Speakers: Shaun Langhorne, Partner, Hogan Lovells Singapore,Stefan White, Special Situations, LIM Advisors, Sander Holman, Regional Head, Special Asset Management Asia, RaboBank, David Naphtali, Managing Director, Madison Paci�c, Mark O’Reilly, Director, Borrelli WalshModerated by: Jason Kardachi, Managing Director, Borrelli Walsh

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THURSDAY 16 NOVEMBER (continued)Event & Time Description

12.30-14.00Lunch

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Sponsored by: AlixPartners

14.00-15.15Session 4:

Cross Border Restructuring: An Overview

Are they really �t for purpose: Comparing and contrasting the real life e�ectiveness of the di�erent regimes available to stakeholders and companies in e�ecting �nancial restructurings of Asian businesses.

Speakers: Scott Bache, Partner, Cli�ord Chance, Manoj Sandrasagara, Partner, Wong Partnership, Patrick Cowley, Head of Restructuring Services, KPMG, Ben Harris, Principal, Orchard Capital, Richard McDade, General Counsel, Double Haven Capital, Fraser Hern, Partner, Walkers, Ricole Tan, Senior Managing Director, Restructuring, FTI Consulting, Steven Fleming, US Business Recovery Services Leader, PwCModerated by: Professor Charles Booth, Institute of Asian-Paci�c Business Law (University of Hawaii)

15.15-15.45Co�ee Break

Sponsored by: Mayer Brown JSM

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THURSDAY 16 NOVEMBER (continued)Event & Time Description

15.45-17.00Session 5:

Disruption and Displacement from

Technology - embracing technology as a

disruptive force to transform and

turnaround a business

*programme subject to change

Failing and underperforming businesses often utilise their limited cash resources before they are a�orded a chance to consider and execute a robust transformation and turnaround plan. As we enter a new paradigm of industrial development, Industry 4.0, to transform an underperforming business is likely to require extensive change to the operating and busi-ness models, for it to remain relevant and survive.

This session looks at the technologies being deployed by successful organisations that have embraced technology and used it to transform their businesses. What does the future hold for business that fail to innovate and where are we likely to see this happening?

Speakers from: Chow Tai Fook, UBS Greater China, Innovate Jardines, Best Buy, Brinc

17.00Day One

Closing Remarks

17.30-20.30Cocktails and canapés

Frites, Brim 28, 28 Harbour Road

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FRIDAY 17 NOVEMBEREvent & Time Description

8.30-9.00Breakfast

*programme subject to change

The IBC is a game changing law which replaces India’s archaic bankruptcy laws and intends to provide a much speedier resolution of insolvency proceedings and debt restructuring, for the bene�t of operational and �nancial creditors, both onshore and o�shore.

• The IBC explained• The roles of the National Company Law Tribunal, Insolvency Resolution Professionals and the Committee of Creditors• Sale of the Century? Opportunities for investors, PE and special situation funds• Issues faced by O�shore Lenders in a restructuring and recovery context

Speakers: Sumant Batra, President of Society of Insolvency Practitioners of India and Managing Partner, Kesar Das B Associates, David Kidd, Partner, Linklaters Hong Kong, Peter Greaves, Partner, PwC Singapore, Pooja Sinha, Partner, GLS Law Firm Pte Ltd, Singapore, Vaibhav Chadha, Managing Director, Cantor Fitzgerald, Hong Kong Moderated by: Jonathan Leitch, Partner, Restructuring & Special Situations, DLA Piper Hong Kong

9.00-10.00Session 6:

India: An Introduction to the Insolvency and

Bankruptcy Code 2016 (IBC)

10.00-11.00Session 7: TBC

11.00-11.30Co�ee Break

Speakers: Moderated by: Debtwire

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FRIDAY 17 NOVEMBER (continued)Event & Time Description

11.30-12.30Session 8:

China’s Debt Mountain: Old Gold Mountain or Just a Giant Rubbish Heap? – The Evolving

Situation and Potential Opportunities

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China faces a growing debt problem of historical proportions which has been years in the making. Investors in distressed assets are now making forays into this evolving market, but a number of key questions remain:

• What is the scale and scope of the underlying issues?

• How are policymakers in Beijing addressing these issues?

• What deals are getting done? By whom?

• What is the nature of the underlying assets?

• Has China’s new enterprise bankruptcy law been a factor? How so? If not, is it evolving into one?

• Could this be a wonderful mountain of assets…which investors simply cannot reach?

Speakers: Ted Osborn, Partner, PwC, Wilson Pang, Head of Turnaround, Restructuring Services, KPMG, Paul Austin, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, DAC Management, Will Hay, KKR, Jason Bedford, Executive Director, Asian Financials Research, UBSModerated by Brent Carlson, Director, AlixPartners

12.30Closing Remarks

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2017 PLANNING COMMITTEE

Brent CarlsonAlixPartners Damien WhiteheadWhite & Case Daniel MartinBDO Financial Fergal PowerKPMG Fraser Hern Walkers Global

Joanne CollettWalkers Global

John LeesJLA Asia

Mark O’ReillyBorrelli Walsh

Robin DartonTanner De Witt

Tom PughMayer Brown JSM

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