Video Excerpts from Chadbourne Conference on Bankruptcy Examiners

This past October, Chadbourne hosted a panel conversation among several bankruptcy experts on the topic of examiners in chapter 11 mega-cases. We provided a synopsis of the program and its materials here. Below is a selection of video clips from that program focusing on some of the key takeaways and panelist observations. The panelists included in the videos are as follows:

Honorable Arthur J. Gonzalez, Senior Fellow at New York University School of Law, former Chief Judge of the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York and court-appointed examiner of Residential Capital, LLC;
David Dunn, Counsel, Distressed Opportunities, Arrowgrass Capital Partners;
Chérie Schaible, Managing Director and Associate General Counsel, AIG Investments and Financial Services;
Ralph Tuliano, Chief Executive Officer, Mesirow Financial Consulting;
John Verrill, Partner, Chadbourne & Parke LLP (London); and
Howard Seife (Moderator), Global Chair of Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring, Chadbourne & Parke LLP.

Judge Gonzalez on cooperation with committees and examiners:

http://vimeo.com/groups/214443/videos/78271233

Chérie Schaible on the sufficiency of prepetition investigations:

http://vimeo.com/groups/214443/videos/78928011

Ralph Tuliano on the need for financial advisor input on examiner scope orders:

http://vimeo.com/groups/214443/videos/78271234

Chérie Schaible and David Dunn on the potential need for examiners in pre-negotiated cases:

http://vimeo.com/groups/214443/videos/78928692

Howard Seife, Ralph Tuliano and Judge Gonzalez on the thoroughness and neutrality of examiner investigations:

http://vimeo.com/groups/214443/videos/78955244

Judge Gonzalez on advocacy in front of examiners:

http://vimeo.com/groups/214443/videos/78925296

John Verrill on examiner-like investigations in the United Kingdom:

http://vimeo.com/groups/214443/videos/78927298

Judge Gonzalez on analyzing and presenting majority and minority legal positions in examiner reports:

http://vimeo.com/groups/214443/videos/78929189

Judge Gonzalez on examiners with more than investigatory roles:

http://vimeo.com/groups/214443/videos/78276547

Ralph Tuliano on examiner solvency determinations:

http://vimeo.com/groups/214443/videos/78277253

Judge Gonzalez on the admissibility and value of examiner reports:

http://vimeo.com/groups/214443/videos/78275630

David Dunn on degrees of certainty in examiner conclusions:

http://vimeo.com/groups/214443/videos/78273395

John Verrill on the U.K. courts’ assistance to U.S. Examiners:

http://vimeo.com/groups/214443/videos/78930118