Sovereign Debt Restructuring Roundtable

Thursday, October 12, 2017 11:30 AM - 5:00 PM EDT (UTC–04:00)
Private Event: Workshop
Speakers:
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The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) and the Centre for Banking and Finance Law (CBFL) will jointly hold a roundtable discussion on sovereign debt restructuring. 

The roundtable will discuss the Model on Sovereign Debt Restructuring and the leadership opportunities that it provides Singapore as the country advances its position as an international restructuring hub. The roundtable will explore the synergies that exist between the Model Law and the current corporate restructuring reforms in Singapore.

Discussion topics include:

  • Recent developments in sovereign debt
  • Sovereign Debt Restructuring Model Law
  • Debt restructuring in Singapore
  • Model Law and opportunities for Singaporean leadership

Lunch will be provided. 

Event Speakers

Mark Jewett

Mark Jewett, KC, is a CIGI senior fellow with experience in senior positions in both the public and private sectors. Over the course of his public service career, he was the general counsel and corporate secretary at the Bank of Canada, and senior assistant deputy minister in the Departments of Finance and Justice. 

Maziar Peihani
Oonagh E. Fitzgerald

Oonagh E. Fitzgerald was director of international law at CIGI from April 2014 to February 2020. In this role, she established and oversaw CIGI’s international law research agenda, which included policy-relevant research on issues of international economic law, environmental law, IP law and innovation, and Indigenous law.

Steven L. Schwarcz

Steven L. Schwarcz is a CIGI senior fellow and the Stanley A. Star Distinguished Professor of Law and Business at Duke University. Steven is an expert on systemic risk and financial regulation, corporate governance of systemically important firms, cross-border resolution measures and sovereign debt restructuring.

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