Tulane Law Bankruptcy & Restructuring Symposium, The Bankruptcy Code Reimagined, panelist (2025)
INSOL Hong Kong, Cross-Border Developments: at the Cutting Edge of Cooperation, panelist (2025)
Indian Insolvency Law Academy 3rd Annual Conference, Mediation in Insolvency, panelist, Chief Guest (2025)
Singapore International Commercial Court Conference and Opening of the Legal Year, Insolvency Proceedings in the Singapore International Commercial Court, panelist (2025)
Clifford Chance – Webinar, Discussion of the Purdue Decision and its Potential Impact on Cross-Border Restructurings (if any), participant (2024)
American Bankruptcy Institute Delaware Views from the Bench, Independent Directors in Bankruptcy and Other Ethical Issues, panelist (2024)
Global Restructuring Review Live: Restructuring in America, The UK Restructuring Plan: Part 26A, panelist (2024)
National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, Should I Stay or Should I Go? : Clash & Coordination in Cross-Border Insolvency Proceedings, panelist (2024)
Judicial Insolvency Network, participant (2024)
International Insolvency Institute, 24th Annual Conference, Valuation in Corporate Reorganisations, panelist (2024)
INSOL, Stretching Insolvency, panelist (2024)
INSOL Judicial Colloquium, mock mediation participant (2024)
INSOL Fireside Chat, General Considerations of the Future of Cross-Border Restructuring & Recognition Between & Among Jurisdictions interviewee (2024)
National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, Thoughts on being a Judge in Delaware and in Singapore, key note speaker, roundtable participant (2024)
Fifth Circuit Bankruptcy Bench-Bar Conference, Issues Surrounding Third-Party Litigation Financing in Chapter 11 (Pre & Post Confirmation), panelist (2024)
American Bankruptcy Institute International Insolvency ADR Webinar, speaker, moderator (2024)
Ian Fletcher Moot Court Semi-Final, oral rounds judge (2024)
Singapore International Commercial Court Conference, Opening of the Legal Year, Insolvency Proceedings in the Singapore International Commercial Court, panelist (2024)
Dechert Distressed Investing Forum, Cross-Border Panel, participant (2023)
American Bankruptcy Institute Cross-Border Insolvency Program, Views from the Bench, panelist (2023)
Japan Institute for International Arbitration Research and Training, 5th Online Seminar, Use of Mediation in Insolvency, panelist (2023)
INSOL International, INSOL Tokyo 2023, Restructuring without Borders and the Concepts of Protectionism vs Universalism – What do the Judges Have to Say?, moderator (2023)
INSOL International, UNCITRAL, and World Bank Group, INSOL Tokyo 2023, Judicial Round Table, speaker (2023)
INSOL International, INSOL Tokyo 2023, ADR Colloquium, mock mediator (2023)
INSOL International and Sidley-Austin, LLP, Restructuring by the Bay: Will Singapore Become the New Restructuring Destination for APAC (and Beyond)?, panelist (2023)
Insolvency Practitioners’ Association of Singapore, Fireside Chat: Lessons for our Younger Selves, speaker (2023)
Singapore International Arbitration Centre, SIAC Symposium, The Next Generation of Disputes in International Arbitration, panelist (2023)
Indo-Pacific Judicial Colloquium on Intellectual Property, Innovation, and Technology, Challenges and Issues in International Litigation, panelist (2023)
INSOL International, World Bank Group, and Egyptian Ministry of Justice, MENA Roundtable, Capacity Building for Judges and Judicial e-Learning Tools, panelist (2023)
World Bank Group, Judicial Training for Beijing Judges, lecturer (2023)
Singapore International Commercial Court Conference, Opening of the Legal Year, Insolvency Proceedings in the Singapore International Commercial Court, panelist (2023)
American Bankruptcy Institute Winter Leadership Conference, Supersized Eye on Bankruptcy with Bill Rochelle, panelist (2022)
American Bankruptcy Institute Views from the Bench, Valuing the Difficult Asset, panelist (2022)
Inaugural Conference of the Singapore Global Restructuring Initiative, Singapore Management University, 16 Lessons from 16 Years on the Bench, Keynote Speaker (2022)
National Association of Attorneys General, Jurisdiction, Venue, and Forum Shopping in the Post-COVID Era, panelist (2022)
Dechert Distressed Investing Forum, Enter the Dragon: Recent Updates from Asia, interviewee (2022)
National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, The Role of International Courts and Forums in Insolvency Dispute Resolution Past, Present, and Future, panelist (2022)
National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, Public Discourse in the Bankruptcy Code, panelist (2022)
International Insolvency Institute and American Bankruptcy Institute, International Insolvency & Restructuring Symposium, Leaving the Fold, interviewee (2022)
Singapore Insolvency Conference 2022, Judicial Colloquium, panelist (2022)
Federal Bar Association ADR Section, Webinar, The Nuts and Bolts of Building a Successful ADR Practice, panelist (2022)
Singapore International Commercial Court, Debt Restructuring in the Asia-Pacific, panelist (2022)
Asian Business Law Institute, Webinar, Cross Border Restructuring: Recognition of Foreign Proceedings under Singapore Regime and U.S. Chapter 15, panelist (2022)
University of Chicago, Judicial Valuation – Judge’s Roundtable, panelist (2022)
International Insolvency Institute, 22nd Annual Conference, Analysis and Discussion of the “Gibbs” Principle, panelist (2022)
Insolvency Issues Asia, Vlog Series, Ashok Kumbar: In Conversation with Judge Christopher S. Sontchi, interviewee (2022)
Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors, 38th Annual Bankruptcy & Restructuring Conference, The Role of Independent Directors Serving on the Board of Distressed Companies, panelist (2022)
American Bankruptcy Institute, ABI NYC Conference, Recent Confirmation Developments, panelist (2022)
Delaware State Bar Association, Fireside Chat with Judge Sontchi, Judge Stickles and Judge Goldblatt, panelist (2022)
Turnaround Management Association, Fireside Chat with Judge Sontchi and Judge Shannon, panelist (2022)
International Insolvency Institute, 21st Annual Conference, Distressed Investing Issues in Cross-Border Cases, panelist (2021)
National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges Annual Meeting, You Be the Judge, Judicial Roundtable on Ethics Topics, and Speeding Out of the Pandemic: Courts, Practitioners and the Road Ahead, panelist (2021)
Turnaround Management Association, 2021 Mid-Atlantic Networking Summit, panelist (2021)
INSOL, INSOL Virtual 2021, Export Ban on the U.S. Bankruptcy Code?, panelist (2021)
American Bankruptcy Institute, New York City Bankruptcy Conference, Recent Confirmation Developments and Judicial Roundtable, panelist (2021)
American Bankruptcy Institute, Annual Spring Meeting, Circuit and District Splits on Important Commercial Issues with Bill Rochelle, panelist (2021)
International Insolvency Institute, Brexit: Aspects on Insolvency & Restructuring, View from North America, moderator (2021)
University of Texas, Jay L. Westbrook Bankruptcy Conference, Delaware v. Texas, panelist (2020)
New York Institute of Credit, Virtual Smorgasbord, Judges Roundtable, panelist (2020)
The University of Chicago Law School Center on Law and Finance, Founders’ Committee Event, The Distressed Debt World During the Coronavirus Pandemic, panelist (2020)
American Bankruptcy Institute, Views from the Bench, Dilemmas of an Official Committee, panelist (2020)
INSOL/World Bank Group Virtual Judicial Forums, Americas Forum, panel moderator (2020)
American Bankruptcy Institute, Annual Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop, Judges’ Round and Round, participant (2020)
American Bar Association Tax Section, 2020 Midyear Tax Meeting, Selected Issues Where Taxes Meet the Bankruptcy Court, panelist (2020)
Delaware State Bar Association, Mediation in Delaware Courts 2019, Mediation Programs and Practices in Delaware’s Federal Courts, panelist (2019)
American Bankruptcy Institute and Delaware State Bar Association, Delaware Views from the Bench, panelist (2019)
American Bankruptcy Institute, Annual Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop, Great Debates, debater (2019)
World Bank Group and INSOL International, Judicial Workshop Turkish Cypriot Community, lecturer (2019)
Turnaround Management Association, Fireside Chat, interviewee (2019)
American Bankruptcy Institute, Annual Spring Meeting, ABI Talks: Should the mandatory appointment of official committees of unsecured creditors be abolished?, speaker (2019)
Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors, Advanced Restructuring and Plan of Reorganization Conference, 2018 – A Year in Review from the Perspectives of Judges and Attorneys, panelist (2018)
Credit Research Foundation, 2018 CRF Credit and Accounts Receivable Forum, Bankruptcy Judge Panel – Three Judges/One Verdict, panelist (2018)
The American College of Bankruptcy Third Circuit Fellows, Rutgers Center for Corporate Law and Governance, and Rutgers Institute for Professional Education, Bankruptcy 2018: Important Decisions of the Last Twelve Months, panelist (2018)
American Bankruptcy Institute, Annual Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop, Great Debates, debater (2018)
American Bankruptcy Institute, New York City Bankruptcy Conference, Judges’ Roundtable: Selected Current Topics; and Momentive Aftermath, panelist (2018)
INSOL International, UNCITRAL, and World Bank Group, 1st North American Judicial Roundtable on Insolvency, participant (2018)
The M&A Advisor, 2018 Distressed Investing Summit, Faster, Higher Returns: With Ponzi Schemes All That Glitters Is Not Gold, panelist (2018)
American Bankruptcy Institute, Eye on Bankruptcy, guest (2017)
American Bar Association, Business Law Section Fall Meeting, Bankruptcy for Breakfast, panelist (2017)
American Bankruptcy Institute, Views from the Bench, Dealing with Directors, panelist (2017)
National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges Annual Meeting, The Evolution of the Capital Stack and the Tectonic Shift in the Players at the Table, panelist (2017)
American Bankruptcy Institute and DSBA, Delaware Views from the Bench, Hot Topics, panelist (2017)
American Bankruptcy Institute, Annual Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop, Judicial Round-and-Round, panelist (2017)
American Bankruptcy Institute, Annual Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop, Let’s Dip into the DIP Order, panelist (2017)
American Law Institute, Young Scholars Medal Conference, Law and Corporate Finance: Credit Markets and Corporate Reorganization, panelist (2017)
INSOL International, UNCITRAL, and The World Bank, 12th Multinational Judicial Colloquium on Insolvency, Nortel – Lessons Learned, panelist (2017)
12th Annual University of Chicago Booth School of Business Credit, Restructuring, Distressed Investing & Turnaround Conference, Legal Panel, panelist (2017)
Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors, Advanced Restructuring and Plan of Reorganization Conference, 2016 – A Year in Review from the Perspectives of Judges and Attorneys, panelist (2016)
American Bankruptcy Institute, Complex Financial Restructuring Program, speaker (2016)
Insolvency Practitioners Association of Singapore and The Law Society of Singapore, 3rd Regional Insolvency Conference, The Role of the Judiciary in Relation to Facilitating and Regulating Cross Border Insolvency, panelist (2016)
INSOL International, Chapter 15 and Cross-Border Practice in the District of Delaware, panelist (2016)
Delaware State Bar Association, Bench and Bar Conference, Current Ethical Issues and Dilemmas: What’s New and What’s News, panelist (2016)
Federal Judicial Center, National Workshop for Bankruptcy Judges, Valuation Issues, panelist (2016)
American Bankruptcy Institute, Association of Insolvency & Restructuring Advisors and The University of Texas School of Law, VALCON 2016: Emerging Valuation Issues in Bankruptcy and Beyond, Judicial Panel, panelist (2016)
INSOL International, Annual Regional Conference, The “Art of Judging” in Cross-Border and Multinational Cases, panelist (2016)
INSOL International, The World Bank and Hawkamah (Forum for Insolvency Reform in MENA), MENA Roundtable, Building Institutional Capacity – Judges and Regulators, panelist (2016)
American Bankruptcy Institute, Delaware Views from the Bench, The Evolving Dynamics of Secured Lending and the Rights of Secured Creditors, panelist (2015)
Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors, Advanced Restructuring and Plan of Reorganization Conference, 2015 – A Year in Review from the Perspectives of Judges and Attorneys, panelist (2015)
American Bankruptcy Institute and Georgetown Law School, Bankruptcy 2015: Views from the Bench, Issues Affecting Private-Equity and Hedge Funds, panelist (2015)
Turnaround Management Association, TMA Annual, KEIPS, KERPS, Retentions and Other Compensation Packages, panelist (2015)
American Bankruptcy Institute, 33rd Annual Spring Meeting, Reconsidering Safe Harbors for Repurchase Agreements, moderator (2015)
10th Annual University of Chicago Booth School of Business Credit, Restructuring, Distressed Investing & Turnaround Conference, The Future of Secured Lending, panelist (2015)
INSOL International, UNCITRAL, and The World Bank, 11th Multinational Judicial Colloquium on Insolvency, The Role of the Model Law in Promoting Effective Cross-Border Insolvency, panelist (2015)
Delaware State Bar Association: Bankruptcy Section, Mediating Commercial Disputes in Bankruptcy, Getting to Mediation, panelist (2014)
American Bankruptcy Institute, 6th Annual Mid-Level Professional Development Program, Is Selling the New Reorganizing?, panelist (2014)
Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors, Advanced Restructuring and Plan of Reorganization Conference, 2014 – A Year in Review from the Perspectives of Judges and Attorneys, panelist (2014)
American Bankruptcy Institute and Georgetown Law School, Bankruptcy 2014: Views from the Bench, Sales Panel: New Risks for Credit-Bidding, panelist (2014)
Turnaround Management Association, TMA Annual, Hot Topics, panelist (2014)
Harvard Law School Bankruptcy and Corporate Restructuring Project, Can Bankruptcy Work for Highly Safe-Harbored Financial Firms?, roundtable participant (2014)
Turnaround Management Association, Mid-Atlantic Regional Symposium, Judicial Roundtable, panelist (2014)
The Bankruptcy Bar Association for the Southern District of Florida, 30th Annual Weekend Retreat, group leader (2014)
American Bankruptcy Institute, 32nd Annual Spring Meeting, Best Practice Tips for Oral and Written Advocacy, panelist (2014)
National Centre for Business Law of The University of British Columbia, 11th Annual Review of Insolvency Law Conference, Corporate Groups, panelist (2014)
National Judicial Institute (Canada), Emerging Challenges, Recent Developments in Chapter 15: Center of Main Interest (COMI), Recognition of Foreign Proceedings and Sale of U.S. Assets, speaker (2014)
American Bankruptcy Institute, 25th Annual Winter Leadership Conference, The Latest in Chapter 363 Sales, panelist (2013)
American Bankruptcy Institute, Delaware Views from the Bench, Hot Topics, panelist (2013)
Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors, Advanced Restructuring and Plan of Reorganization Conference, 2013 – A Year in Review from the Perspectives of Judges and Attorneys, panelist (2013)
American Bankruptcy Institute and Georgetown Law School, Bankruptcy 2013: Views from the Bench, It’s a Small World, After All: Cross-Border Bankruptcies, panelist (2013)
American Bankruptcy Institute, 19th Annual Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop, Financial Advisors Roundtable: The Value of Valuations and the Payment of Success Fees, panelist (2013)
Turnaround Management Association, Mid-Atlantic Regional Symposium, Judicial Roundtable (2013)
American Bankruptcy Institute, New York City Bankruptcy Conference, Valuation Panel: What’s Missing in the Valuation, panelist (2013)
American Bankruptcy Institute, 24th Annual Winter Leadership Conference, Advising the Corporate Entity, panelist (2012)
Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors, Advanced Restructuring and Plan of Reorganization Conference, 2012 – A Year in Review from the Perspectives of Judges and Attorneys, panelist (2012)
The Canadian Institute’s 12th Annual Forum on Insolvency and Restructuring Law, Meeting the Challenges of Cross-Border Insolvencies & Restructurings: Examining Trends and Streamlining Procedures, panelist (2012)
American Bankruptcy Institute and Georgetown Law School, Bankruptcy 2012: Views from the Bench, Avoidance Actions, panelist (2012)
American Bankruptcy Institute, 17th Annual Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop, Section 1129(a) Issues, panelist (2012)
American Bankruptcy Institute, 30th Annual Spring Meeting, Bankruptcy Court Jurisdiction and Beyond: Stern v. Marshall and Other Sticky Jurisdiction Issues, panelist (2012) – voted “Best of ABI.”
Widener Law School, The Institute of Delaware Corporate and Business Law, Fiduciary Duties at the Intersection of Federal Bankruptcy and State Corporate Law, Stern v. Marshall and Other Jurisdictional Issues Relating to Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claims Arising in Connection with Bankruptcy Cases, panelist; Judicial Roundtable (2012)
American Bankruptcy Institute, Delaware Views from the Bench, “Claims Trading/2019: ‘Whose Case Is It Anyway?’” panelist (2011)
6th Annual University of Chicago Booth School of Business Distressed Investing and Restructuring Group Conference, “Legal Panel,” panelist (2011)
American Bankruptcy Institute, 29th Annual Spring Meeting, “Termination of Retiree Benefits: Everything You Need to Know about § 1114 and the Termination of At-Will Benefits,” panelist (2011)
19th Annual Conrad B. Duberstein Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition, judge (2011)
American Bankruptcy Institute, 22nd Annual Winter Leadership Conference, Great Debates, “Resolved: The Mandatory Disclosure Set out of Bankruptcy Rule 2019 Apply to Ad Hoc Committees and Lender Groups,” debater (2010)
American Bankruptcy Institute and Georgetown Law School, Bankruptcy 2010: Views from the Bench, “Ethics: A New Take on ‘When in Doubt, Disclose,’” panelist (2010)
5th Annual University of Chicago Booth School of Business Distressed Investing and Restructuring Group Conference, “Legal Panel,” panelist (2010)
American College of Bankruptcy, Class XXI – Induction Ceremony and Events, “Best Practices,” panelist (2010)
American Bankruptcy Institute and University of Texas – Austin, VALCON 2010: Risks, Restructurings, Real Estate and Retail, “Judicial Panel: Valuation Issues,” panelist (2010)
National Judicial Institute (Canada), “Cross Border Insolvency Issues,” panelist (2010)
American Bankruptcy Institute, Legislative Symposium, “Safe Harbor or Charybdis: Do the Provisions on Forward Contracts, Swaps, Repurchase Agreements and Other Derivatives Need Fixing?” panelist (2009)
Insolvency Institute of Canada, Annual Conference, “Cross Border Insolvency Issues,” panelist (2009)
American Bankruptcy Institute and University of Texas – Austin, VALCON 2009: Risks, Restructurings, Real Estate and Retail, “Judicial Panel: Valuation Issues,” panelist (2009)
American Bankruptcy Institute, Delaware Views from the Bench, “Views on Valuation Issues,” panelist (2008)
American Bankruptcy Institute and Georgetown Law School, Bankruptcy 2008: Views from the Bench, “The New Wave of Retail Bankruptcies,” panelist (2008)
American Bankruptcy Institute, 13th Annual Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop, “Understanding Today’s Capital Markets,” panelist (2008)
American Bankruptcy Institute, Views from the Beltway, keynote speaker (2008)
Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors, Advanced Restructuring and Plan of Reorganization Conference, “Restructurings Under the 2005 Bankruptcy Amendments – A Year in Review,” panelist (2007)
Delaware State Bar Association, Fundamentals of Civil Litigation, “Bankruptcy Issues,” panelist (2007)
American Bankruptcy Institute, Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop, “BAPCPA Solutions: KERPs, MIPs and Workarounds,” panel moderator (2007)
Delaware State Bar Association, Summer Associate Program, panelist (2006 -2007)
Delaware State Bar Association, Bankruptcy Section, “Gambling with DIP Financing,” panel moderator (2007)
American Bankruptcy Institute, Delaware Views from the Bench, “Global Crossings: Current Developments in Cross-Border Cases,” panelist (2006)