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Chinas New Enterprise Bankruptcy Law

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For the past 6 years Chinas economy has grown at average annual rates of 7% to 10%, the highest in the world and nothing short of remarkable.

However, in tandem with such growth, China has been making sustained efforts to establish a legal infrastructure that will support its socialist market economy and enable market participants both domestic and increasingly foreign to deal with the problems they may encounter.

In the last 25 years, and especially since China joined the WTO in 2001, the countrys leaders have promulgated or modernized numerous key statutes. Of particular interest is the very recently enacted new Enterprise Bankruptcy Law of the Peoples Republic of China, 12 years in the making, which replaced an existing statute as of June 1, 2007.

In this Audio CD (recorded July 2007), Deryck A. Palmer and John J. Rapisardi, Financial Restructuring partners at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP and authors of Bankruptcy in China: Restructurings under the New Code, introduce you to the new law and give an overview of its workings and the problems it is meant to address.

Your CD recording covers:

· Why China needs a robust bankruptcy and reorganization law
· What the shortcomings were of Chinas prior bankruptcy-related law(s)
· How the new Enterprise Bankruptcy Law works and what its key features are
· Similarities and differences, compared to the U.S. Bankruptcy Code
· Topics of particular interest to secured creditors
· Significance of the new law for the international financial community
· Foreseeable challenges, opportunities, and next steps

Speaker(s):

	Deryck A. Palmer Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Deryck A. Palmer is a partner in the Financial Restructuring Department of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, resident in the New York office. He concentrates his practice in the representation of debtors as well as creditors under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code and has handled a wide variety of workout, corporate restructuring and bankruptcy matters. Recognized by Turnarounds and Workouts as one of the nations top twelve Outstanding Bankruptcy Lawyers, Mr. Palmer serves as the co-vice-chair of the American Bar Associations Business Bankruptcy Committees Healthcare Working Group and is a member of both the New York State Bar Association Committee on Bankruptcy and Committee on Courts and the Community. He is also a former member of the Committee on Bankruptcy and Corporate Reorganization of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and serves as Vice Chair of Health Watch, the only organization in the nation devoted exclusively to minority health improvement. Mr. Palmer lectures at many of the major law schools nationwide and is an Adjunct Professor of Law, teaching advanced topics in bankruptcy and corporate reorganization, at New York Law School. He co-authored History of Bankruptcy Law in the Second Circuit (Matthew Bender & Co., 1995) and Restructuring: The Search for Value in a Troubled Enterprise (Euromoney Books, 1993). In addition, he delivers numerous lectures each year on business reorganization topics, including an annual American Bar Association panel concerning current developments in the field. Mr. Palmer received his B.A. from Syracuse University and his J.D. from the University of Michigan. He recently received the Chancellors Citation for Exceptional Achievement from Syracuse University, which recognizes outstanding contributions in scholarship, research, teaching and creative work.
	John J. Rapisardi Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
John J. Rapisardi is a partner in the Financial Restructuring Department of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, resident in the New York office. His domestic and international practice involves representing debtors, creditors' and bondholders' committees, secured creditors, financial institutions, investment bankers and distressed investment funds in restructurings and bankruptcy cases across a variety of industries, including telecommunications, retail, healthcare, casinos, sports franchises, real estate and manufacturing companies. He has played a lead role in many high-profile cases, including: Levitz Home Furnishings (Investor); Aladdin Casino and Hotel (Investor); Drexel Burnham (Debtor); Global Star (Debtor); Herald Square Center (Financial Institution); Iridium (Committee); Pliant Corporation (Merrill Lynch/Chapter 11 Exit Financing); Mattress Discounters (Committee); Metallurg (Debtor); Montgomery Ward I (Financial Institution); NSM Steel (Investor); Olympia & York (Debtor); Owens Corning (Bank Steering Committee); Ritz Carlton (NY) (Debtor); Portraits Corporation of America (Bondholder); Safety Kleen (Bank Steering Committee); Service Merchandising (Citicorp/Chapter 11 DIP Financing); Solutia (Committee); Stage Stores (Creditors Committee); Transeastern LLC (Bondholder); Teleglobe (Debtor); Trump Atlantic City Casinos (Bondholders Committee); US Office Products (Creditors Committee); USA Capital (Investor acquiring sub-prime loans); and WestPoint Stevens (Debtor). Mr. Rapisardi is a registered mediator for the Southern District of New York and served as a mediator in the Family Golf Center Chapter 11 case. He is a member of the task force committee for the Southern District of New York Pro Bono Bankruptcy Project. Identified in 2005 Chambers USA listing top business lawyers in the country, he is a highly recommended counsel in the PLC Cross-border Restructuring and Insolvency Handbook for 2006-2007. He received his law degree from Pace University; an LL.M. in corporate and commercial practice from New York University; and an undergraduate degree in public accounting with honors from Fordham University. Following law school, he served as a clerk for the-the Chief Bankruptcy Judge of the Southern District of New York. Mr. Rapisardi is the bankruptcy columnist for the New York Law Journal and an Adjunct Professor of Law at Pace Law School.

Chinas New Enterprise Bankruptcy Law


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