• Overview
  • Speakers

    • Registration: 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.

    Panel and Discussion: 8:30 a.m. to 10...

    Location
    AS/COA
    680 Park Avenue
    New York

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    Restructuring Venezuela's Debt: What Lies Ahead?

    AS/COA will host a panel of leading experts on September 26 to discuss Venezuela and PDVSA’s debt and the increasing likelihood of default.

    Registration: 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.

    Panel and Discussion: 8:30 a.m. to 10...

    Location
    AS/COA
    680 Park Avenue
    New York

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    Overview

    Americas Society and Council of the Americas will host leading experts to discuss Venezuela and state-owned oil firm PDVSA’s debt as the likelihood of default rises. The panelists will discuss potential scenarios and the challenges that will be faced in a restructuring of Venezuelan debt.    

    This event is part of AS/COA’s Venezuela Working Group Series.

    NOTE: This event is private and off-the-record.

    Panelists:

    • Richard J. Cooper, Partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
    • Joe Kogan, ‎Head of Latin American Strategy, Scotia Capital
    • Luisa Palacios, Head of Latin America, Medley Global Advisors LLC
    • Mark Walker, Managing Director and Head of Sovereign Advisory, Millstein & Co. LLC

    Recommended reading from panelists:

    Free for AS, COA Corporate Members, AS and COA Board, CIAC, President's Circle, and YPA members, and $100 for nonmembers.
    Members can register by e-mailing Juan Serrano-Badrena at jserrano@counciloftheamericas.org.

    Space is limited.

    Not a member yet? Join the YPA or President’s Circle today for complimentary access to this event.
    For more information, please contact Felipe Marin at fmarin@as-coa.org or 1-212-277-8342.

    Event Information: Rodrigo Riaza | rriaza@as-coa.org | 1-212-277-8376
    COA Corporate Membership Information: Mila Fontana | mfontana@as-coa.org | 1-212-277-8331
    Press Inquiries: mediarelations@as-coa.org
    Cancellation: Please contact Juan Serrano-Badrena at jserrano@counciloftheamericas.org before 3:00 p.m. on Monday, September 25.

    Speakers

    Richard Cooper
    Partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

    Richard Cooper is a partner based in Cleary Gottlieb’s New York office where he focuses on international and domestic restructurings both in the private and public sectors. Cooper led the team that advised the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico with the restructuring of approximately...

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    Joe Kogan
    Head of Latin American Strategy, Scotia Capital

    Joe Kogan is head of Latin American Strategy at Scotiabank in New York. He advises institutional investors on fixed income investments in both sovereigns and corporates across Latin America and the Caribbean. From 2004 to 2009, Kogan was a senior strategist for emerging markets...

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    Luisa Palacios
    Senior Research Scholar, SIPA's Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University

    Luisa Palacios is a senior research scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy. She came to the center after a multidisciplinary career in the intersection of energy, finance, and policy.

    In March 2021, she completed a two-year period in the Board of Directors of Houston...

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    Mark Walker
    Senior Managing Director, Guggenheim Securities LLC

    Mark Walker is senior managing director at Guggenheim Securities, LLC. Previously, Walker was managing director and head of sovereign advisory at Millstein & Co. He was also managing director at Rothschild London from 2012 to 2014 and a senior advisor at Lazard Paris from 2011 to...

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