Rafael Klotz Principal at The Brattle Group, Boston, USA He serves as a testifying and consulting expert in bankruptcy, restructuring, distressed M & A, and intellectual property disputes. He brings over two decades of global experience across legal practice, distressed investing and lending, and asset dispositions, having led transactions and restructurings in more than 40 countries. Prior to joining Brattle, he was a senior executive at a global distressed investment firm, where he helped pioneer valuation models now widely used in IP-backed financing and specialty lending markets.
Audrey Naa Dei Kotey Managing Partner of Audrey Grey, Ghana Leading expert in corporate and commercial law in Ghana, with a strong focus on insolvency and corporate restructuring. She has played a pivotal role in drafting and implementing key legislation, including the Companies Act, 2019( Act 992), the Corporate Insolvency and Restructuring Act, 2020( Act
81015) and its legislative instrument, and currently consults for the International Finance Corporation( IFC) on insolvency reforms. She is also a Chartered Accountant and a Fellow of ACCA UK, contributing her expertise to organizations like Chartered Institute of Restructuring and Insolvency Practitioners( CIRIP), the Office of the Registrar and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants( ACCA).
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Fernando López Roca Partner, Lopez Montealegre Asociados Abogados, Bogotá, Colombia Lawyer and Doctor of Laws( JD, LLM, and Ph. D in Law), graduated Cum Laude with honors from Universidad Externado de Colombia. He specializes in public economic law, commercial law, and financial law. He has served as an advisor to the Inter-American Development Bank( IDB) on banking and securities reforms throughout Central and South America. He previously held the positions of Deputy Superintendent of Banks and Chairman of the Colombian Securities and Exchange Commission( now the Financial Superintendency of Colombia). He currently serves as Director of the Department, the LLM program, and the specializations in Financial and Securities Law and Fintech Law. He holds the title of Professor Emeritus at Universidad Externado de Colombia. He has served as an ad hoc Judge of the Third Section of the Colombian Council of State and of the Constitutional Court. He acts as arbitrator for the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce, the Business Recovery Mechanism of the same institution, and the Arbitration and Conciliation Center of the Superintendence of Companies. He has also been appointed as a court-designated promoter in multiple corporate restructuring proceedings. He participated as an Honorary Member of the Commission for the Implementation of the Secured Transactions Reform Project in Colombia. He is currently a member of the Banking Commission of the International Chamber of Commerce( ICC) in Colombia.
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. Justice Verónica F. Martínez Appellate Judge, Córdoba, Argentina She serves as a judge with special jurisdiction in corporate governance and bankruptcy law. With over three decades of experience as a judge, academic, and commercial law practitioner, she is also a member of INSOL International and actively engaged in cross-border insolvency discussions.
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