The 27th Annual Spring Meeting
The 27th Annual Spring Meeting: Washington, DC like you have never seen it before! Located a few minutes from Capitol Hill, on the historic Potomac River, the Gaylord National Resort & Spa offers the most deluxe meeting and event space in the area. This year's conference will be held April 1-4 and will have a special focus on the tough policy choices facing the new administration and Congress. Click here to register today!
The Asset Sales Committee will hold a joint session with the Real Estate Committee and the National Auctioneers Association on Thursday afternoon at 4:00 p.m. entitled "Maximizing the Value of Commercial Real Estate, Machinery and Equipment and Intellectual Property through the Auction Process." Gary S. Jacobson of Herold and Haines, PA in Warren, N.J. will moderate the session. Panelists will include David A. Fiegel of GoIndustry USA in Owings Mills, Md., Cathy Rae Hershcopf of Cooley Godward Kronish LLP in New York, Stephen M. Karbelk of National Commercial Auctioneers in Tulsa, Okla. and Daryl Martin of CONSOR Intellectual Asset Management in La Jolla, Calif.
Another session of particular interest to the committee will be, "Selling Strategies - Finding Buyers and Managing an Effective Sale Process." Panelists will discuss six general alternatives available to a potential acquirer of the stock or assets of a financially distressed company, both in, and outside of, a formal chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding. Jonathan P. Friedland of Levenfeld Pearstein, LLC in Chicago will moderate. Panelists will include Charles C. Reardon of Houlihan Lokey in McLean, Va., Daniel F. Dooley of MorrisAnderson & Associates, Ltd. in Chicago and Thomas J. Salerno of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, LLP in Phoenix. Please click the link below to view Mr. Salerno's paper. The complete Annual Spring Meeting materials will be posted online a week before the conference.
Acquisitions from Financially Distressed Companies - An Overview