Welcome to the 2010 Restructuring and Turnaround Conference

Keynote Speakers

Harvey R. Miller - Senior Partner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP

Harvey R. Miller is a Senior Partner in the New York City based international law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP where he had been a member of the Firm’s Management Committee for over 25 years and created and developed the Firm’s Business Finance & Restructuring Department specializing in reorganizing distressed business entities and representing creditors, investors and purchasers of distressed businesses and assets. From September 2002 to March 2007, he was a Managing Director and Vice Chairman of Greenhill & Co., LLC, an international investment banking firm. Mr. Miller is an Adjunct Professor of Law at New York University Law School and a Lecturer in Law at Columbia University School of Law. Mr. Miller serves as Member of the Dean’s Council at Columbia University School of Law, Member of the National Bankruptcy Conference, Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy, Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, Trustee of the Committee on Economic Development and as a Director of the Metropolitan Opera.

Bruce Richards - Co-Managing Partner & Chief Executive Officer, Marathon Asset Management

Bruce Richards is a Co-Managing Partner and the Chief Executive Officer of Marathon, and is responsible for general oversight of the firm’s capital across its funds and managed accounts. Mr. Richards leads Marathon’s Executive Committee, which manages the firm’s operational initiatives and its strategic direction, and he is also a member of Marathon’s Investment Committee. Mr. Richards’ day-to-day presence is critical in maximizing the firm’s synergies and leveraging the intellectual capital throughout the firm. Prior to founding Marathon, Mr. Richards worked on Wall Street for 15 years, including 10 years as a Managing Director in the fixed income divisions of Smith Barney and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette where he was head of a trading desk responsible for principal investments and market making. Mr. Richards also worked at Shearson Lehman Hutton (“Lehman Brothers”) as a trader in their Fixed Income Division, after starting his career with Paine Webber. Mr. Richards received his B.A. in Economics, summa cum laude, from Tulane University in 1982 and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

Bennett Rosenthal - Senior Partner, Ares Management LLC

Bennett Rosenthal is a Senior Partner in the Ares Private Equity Group and sits on the Executive Committee of Ares Management. Mr. Rosenthal is the Chairman of Ares Capital Corporation. Mr. Rosenthal joined Ares in 1998 from Merrill Lynch & Co. where he served as a Managing Director in the Global Leveraged Finance Group and was responsible for originating, structuring, and negotiating many leveraged loan and high yield financings. Mr. Rosenthal was also a senior member of Merrill Lynch’s Leveraged Transaction Commitment Committee. His transaction experience is both acquisition and non-acquisition related across a broad range of industries including retail, telecommunications, media, healthcare, financial services and consumer products.