Sovereign Debt Conference

Economics and Law of Sovereign Debt: the Eurozone, Argentina, and Beyond

Monday 9 September 2013

London Business School
LT2 – Lower Ground Floor, Sainsbury Building

Programme
List of Participants

09.00-10.30

Session 1: Cyprus, Greece and Implications

Chair:

Richard Portes (LBS and CEPR)

Cyprus/Greece - Landon Thomas (New York Times)
Greece - Elias Papaioannou (London Business School and CEPR)
Cyprus – Alex Michaelides (Imperial College London and CEPR)
Italy - Silvia Ardagna (Goldman Sachs)

10.30-11.00

Coffee

11.00-12.30

Session 2: Eurozone Countries at Risk (then and now)

Chair:

Louka Katseli (University of Athens and CEPR)

Portugal – Pedro Teles (Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Bank of Portugal and CEPR)
Spain – Jose Manuel Campa (IESE and CEPR)
Ireland – Philip Lane (Trinity College Dublin and CEPR)
Euro Area Contingent Debt – Mitu Gulati (Duke University)

12.30-13.30

Lunch

13.30-15.00

Session 3: Argentina, Pari Passu and the Future of Vulture Litigation

Chair:

Mitu Gulati (Duke University)

Joseph Cotterill (Financial Times)
Jacques-Alexandre Genet (Genet Colboc Goubault)
Henrik Enderlein (Hertie School of Governance, Berlin)
Felix Salmon (Reuters)

15.00-15.30

Coffee

15.30-17.00

Session 4: Debt restructuring regimes

Chair:

Daniel Cohen (CEPREMAP, PSE and CEPR)

Jeromin Zettelmeyer (EBRD and CEPR)
Richard Portes (LBS and CEPR)
Reza Baqir (IMF)

17:00-18:00

Drinks Reception (Garden Room)

*Organisers: Daniel Cohen (CEPREMAP, PSE and CEPR), Mitu Gulati (Duke University), Richard Portes (LBS and CEPR), Jeromin Zettelmeyer (EBRD and CEPR)

All listed speakers are confirmed.
We are grateful for financial support from London Business School.