The 18th Annual Beard Group Distressed Investing Conference

The Beard Group will hold its 2011 Distressed Investing Conference on November 28, 2011 at the Helmsley Park Lane Hotel in New York City.  The conference will focus on identifying profitable opportunities in the distressed debt market, as well as offering a unique networking opportunity for restructuring practitioners.  Topics will include, "Baggage & Benefits: Current Issues in the Ownership of Distressed Debt and Bankruptcy Claims," "It's A Cross-Border World After All" and "Trading and Valuing Distressed Derivatives," among others.

Kirkland partner Edward Sassower will moderate the panel discussion entitled "Transportation & Shipping: Investment Tips & Traps."