• 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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    Venezuela: What Comes after Default?

    On October 25, AS/COA will host four experts for an off-the-record conversation on possible legal actions by bondholders, sanctions, and the overall outlook for Venezuela’s energy sector.

    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

    October and November will be crucial for Venezuela’s state-owned oil company, PDVSA. The company faces two payments: PDVSA’s $840 million amortization of its 2020 bond this month and the first installment, worth $500 million, of the Conoco agreement in November, plus a ruling on the Crystallex appeal case. Meanwhile, the country’s oil production remains stagnant at record-low levels. In this context, AS/COA will host four leading experts for an off-the-record conversation on possible scenarios, with a focus on legal actions by bondholders and the overall outlook for Venezuela’s energy sector, and a discussion about sanctions.

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

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

    Free for AS, COA Corporate Members, AS and COA Board, CIAC, President's Circle, and YPA members.
    $100 for nonmembers.

    Panelists:

    • Nicole Erb, Partner, White & Case LLP
    • Luisa Palacios, Head of Latin America, Medley Global Advisors LLC
    • Mark Walker, Senior Managing Director, Guggenheim Securities LLC
    • Benjamin Ramsey, Executive Director, Latin America Research, J.P. Morgan (moderator)

    Event Information: Rodrigo Riaza | rriaza@as-coa.org | 1-212-277-8376
    Sponsorship Opportunities: Ana Calderon | acalderon@as-coa.org | 1-212-277-8358
    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 Wednesday, October 24.

    Speakers

    Nicole Erb
    Partner, White & Case LLP

    Nicole Erb is a partner at White & Cas LLP, where she co-leads the international practice. She is one of eight partners on the firm's Global Partnership Committee, a partner-elected governance body. Erb previously served as chair of the firm's Global Women's Initiative Committee...

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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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    Ben Ramsey
    Executive Director, Latin America Research, J.P. Morgan

    Ben Ramsey is an executive director in the Latin America research group at J.P. Morgan, where he leads the Latin America economic research team and is responsible for economics and sovereign debt analysis for the Northern Andean region. Ramsey first joined the J.P. Morgan Chase...

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