• Overview
  • Speakers

    • Registration and Lunch: 11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

    Panel and Discussion: 12...

    Location
    AS/COA
    680 Park Avenue
    New York

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    Venezuela: Debt, Sanctions, and Hyperinflation

    Join AS/COA as they host a panel of legal, financial, and political experts to discuss Venezuela and state-owned oil firm PDVSA’s debt scenarios.

    Registration and Lunch: 11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

    Panel and Discussion: 12...

    Location
    AS/COA
    680 Park Avenue
    New York

    Share

    Overview

    Americas Society and Council of the Americas will host legal, financial, and political experts to discuss Venezuela and state-owned oil firm PDVSA’s debt scenarios as the country finishes its fourth year of economic contraction, among raising inflation and falling oil production. In addition to debt scenarios, panelists will discuss political and economic developments as well as U.S. sanctions.

    Panelists:

    • Rodolfo Belloso, Partner, LEC Abogados
    • Mark Feierstein, Senior Advisor, Albright Stonebridge
    • Francisco Rodriguez, Chief Economist, Torino Capital
    • Deborah Zandstra, Partner, Clifford Chance LLP
    • Katia Porzecanski, Investing Reporter, Bloomberg News (Moderator)
       

    This event is complimentary for AS, COA Corporate Members, AS and COA Board, CIAC, President's Circle, and YPA members;
    $100 for nonmembers. Prior registration is required.

    Not a member yet? Join the YPA or President’s Circle today for complimentary access to this event.
     

    Event Information: Guillermo Zubillaga | gzubillaga@as-coa.org | 1-212-277-8362
    Sponsorship Opportunities: Ana Calderon | acalderon@as-coa.org | 212-277-8358
    COA Membership Information: Natalia Williamson | nwilliamson@as-coa.org | 212-277-8374
    Note: To view a list of COA corporate members, please click here
    AS & YPA Individual Membership Information: Beckie Bintrim | bbintrim@as-coa.org | 212-277-8342
    Press Inquiries: mediarelations@as-coa.org
    Cancellation: Please contact Juan Serrano-Badrena at jserrano@counciloftheamericas.org before 3:00 p.m. on Monday, December 11.

    Speakers

    Rodolfo Belloso

    Rodolfo Belloso is managing partner at LEC Abogados. Previously, he worked as an associate at Rodriguez & Mendoza in Caracas. Belloso specializes in corporate and financial law matters and has wide experience in financing, M&A and private equity transactions. He studied Law at...

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    Mark Feierstein
    Senior Advisor, Albright Stonebridge

    Mark Feierstein is a senior advisor at Albright Stonebridge Group. Most recently, he served at the White House as special assistant to the president and senior director for Western Hemisphere affairs on the National Security Council. Mr. Feierstein also worked at the U.S. Agency...

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    Francisco Rodríguez
    Chief Economist, Torino Capital

    Francisco Rodríguez is an economist and coauthor of Venezuela Before Chávez. Previously, he was director and senior Andean economist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML), where he specializes in the economies of Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela. Rodríguez has held numerous...

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    Deborah Zandstra
    Partner, Clifford Chance LLP

    Deborah Zandstra leads Clifford Chance's Sovereign Debt Restructuring and Advisory Group in the firm's finance practice. She participates in a number of industry bodies and expert groups, including the Institute of International Finance's Sovereign Risk Management Committee; the...

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    Katia Porzecanski
    Emerging Markets, Americas, Bloomberg News

    Katia Porzecanski is a reporter for Bloomberg News and covers emerging markets in the Americas. In her current role, she is responsible for writing daily and enterprise coverage of sovereign and corporate debt markets in Argentina, Mexico, and Venezuela; breaking news in credit...

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