Buying E&P Assets From Bankruptcy:
How To Get Ahead In The Line

When: Anytime, at your convenience.
Where: Your Computer
Cost: $100

This webinar will also be available on demand at any time after the live broadcast.

Overview:
While E&P assets have long traded hands through bankruptcy proceedings, the current economic environment is squeezing many cash-strapped oil and gas companies to where many more than usual will be forced to seek relief from creditors through a Chapter 11 filing. Most of these filings result in a liquidation of assets. How does an opportunistic acquirer prepare to navigate the legal maze to buy assets from bankrupt companies? What strategies can give buyers an advantage? What are the pros and cons of buying assets from bankruptcy? These experts will answer these questions and more in “Buying E&P Assets Out Of Bankruptcy” webinar moderated by A&D Watch editor, Steve Toon.

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Featured Speakers:

Rhett G. Campbell
Partner, Thompson & Knight LLC

Rhett G. Campbell represents clients in corporate reorganization and business and commercial litigation, with a special emphasis on creditors' rights and bankruptcy matters. He is experienced in all aspects of business bankruptcy and particularly in energy bankruptcies, in which he represents public and private companies, creditors' committees, bondholders, large and small service companies, individual working interest owners and operators, exploration, and production companies. He also serves as an expert witness in oil and gas bankruptcy matters. Campbell's complex business litigation expertise includes business ownership disputes and fraud, negligence, and multiparty cases. Campbell is board certified in Business Bankruptcy Law and Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy.

Michael W. Mitchell
Senior managing director, Mitchell Energy Advisors

Mike Mitchell formed MEA in April 2003. Since forming MEA, Mr. Mitchell has led the origination in, structuring and completion of M&A, recapitalization and financial advisory engagements with an aggregate value of approximately $1 billion. He has 24 years of extensive oil and gas finance experience. Prior to forming Mitchell Energy Advisors, Mr. Mitchell served as managing director and Dallas office head of the energy investment banking group for Friedman Billings Ramsey & Co. During his tenure at FBR, Mitchell completed M&A assignments with an aggregate transaction value exceeding $900 million. He was formerly president and managing director of EnCap Energy Advisors LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of El Paso Corp., specializing in providing comprehensive corporate finance advisory services to the energy industry with a focus on the E&P sector. Prior to EnCap Advisors, Mitchell was senior vice president and managing director of Bank One Corp.'s North American Independents Group, which focused on the exploration and production sector of the oil and gas industry. Mitchell received his BBA from the University of Texas at Austin with dual majors in Finance and Petroleum Land Management. He is also a graduate of Southwestern Graduate School of Banking at Southern Methodist University.

Steven T. Almrud
Bank of America / Merrill Lynch
Director, Global Markets & Investment Banking Group - Houston

Steve Almrud is a Director at Bank of America / Merrill Lynch & Co, responsible for project origination and execution in the Houston energy group. Mr. Almrud joined Merrill Lynch in 2006 as part of the acquisition of Petrie Parkman & Co. where he had worked since 1993. In his 16 year career in oil and gas investment banking, Mr. Almrud has worked on merger, acquisition, divestiture and financing transactions for Devon Energy, Halliburton (RTA), Petrohawk, O¹Brien Energy, McMoRan Oil & Gas, Equitable Resources, Lyco Energy, Pablo Energy, Chroma Energy, Southern Mineral Corporation, Quintana Petroleum, Petsec Energy, Monterey Resources, Sanchez Oil & Gas, KN Energy, Coda Energy and Wiser Oil. Additionally, he helped establish the Restructuring Group at Petrie Parkman and was involved in several strategic advisory and reorganization transactions, including assignments for KCS, Southern Mineral, EnRe Energy, Coho Oil & Gas, Friede Goldman, Agrifos and Classic Communications.
Mr. Almrud earned his B.A. degrees in Economics and Managerial Studies from Rice University in 1993.

Steve Toon
Contributing editor, Oil and Gas Investor

Steve Toon is editor of A&D Watch newsletter and the online A&D research center A-DCenter.com as well as a staff editor for Oil and Gas Investor magazine and OilandGasInvestor.com. He joined Hart Energy Publishing and the Oil and Gas Investor group in 2007 with more than 20 years of business-to-business and consumer publication experience. Prior to joining Hart, Steve was an A&D specialist buying and selling distressed residential properties in Houston. He has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Baylor University.