UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO

In re:

The Financial Oversight and Management Board 

for Puerto Rico,

as representative of

The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 

Debtors.1

PROMESA

Title III

No. 17 BK 3283-LTS

(Jointly Administered)

In re:

The Financial Oversight and Management Board 

for Puerto Rico,

as representative of

Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, 

Debtor.

PROMESA

Title III

No. 17 BK 4780-LTS

NOTICE OF APPEARANCE AND REQUEST TO RECEIVE NOTIFICATIONS

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, pursuant to Rule 83D(a) of the Local Civil Rules of the 

United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Rules 2002, 9007, and 9010(b) of the 

Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure (the “Bankruptcy Rules”), made applicable to these 

proceedings by Section 310 of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability 

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 The Debtors in these Title III Cases, along with each Debtor’s respective Title III case number and the 

last four (4) digits of each Debtor’s federal tax identification number, as applicable, are the (i) Commonwealth of 

Puerto Rico (Bankruptcy Case No. 17 BK 3283- LTS) (Last Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 3481); (ii) Puerto Rico 

Sales Tax Financing Corporation (“COFINA”) (Bankruptcy Case No. 17 BK 3284-LTS) (Last Four Digits of Federal 

Tax ID: 8474); (iii) Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority (“HTA”) (Bankruptcy Case No. 17 BK 3567-

LTS) (Last Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 3808); (iv) Employees Retirement System of the Government of the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (“ERS”) (Bankruptcy Case No. 17 BK 3566-LTS) (Last Four Digits of Federal Tax 

ID: 9686); and (v) Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (“PREPA”) (Bankruptcy Case No. 17 BK 4780-LTS) (Last 

Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 3747). (Title III case numbers are listed as Bankruptcy Case numbers due to software 

limitations). 

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Act (“PROMESA”), 48 U.S.C. § 2170 et seq., and sections 102(1) and 1109(b) of title 11 of the 

United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”), made applicable to these proceedings by Section 

301 of PROMESA, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP and Reichard & Escalera, LLC

hereby enter their appearance in the above-captioned Title III case of the Puerto Rico Electric 

Power Authority (the “Title III Case”) as co-counsel to Syncora Guarantee, Inc. (“Syncora”). 

Syncora hereby requests, pursuant to Rules 2002 and 9010 of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy 

Procedure, that all notice given or required to be given in these cases be served upon the 

undersigned counsel:

Susheel Kirpalani 

Daniel Salinas

Eric Kay

QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART 

& SULLIVAN, LLP 

51 Madison Avenue, 22nd Floor 

New York, New York 10010-1603 

Telephone: (212) 849-7000 

Facsimile: (212) 849-7100 

Email: susheelkirpalani@quinnemanuel.com 

 danielsalinas@quinnemanuel.com

 erickay@quinnemanuel.com 

 

Rafael Escalera 

Sylvia M. Arizmendi 

Carlos R. Rivera-Ortiz

Joshua Rodríguez-Rivera

REICHARD & ESCALERA, LLC

255 Ponce de León Avenue 

MCS Plaza, 10th Floor 

San Juan, Puerto Rico 00917-1913 

Telephone: (787) 777-8888 

Facsimile: (787) 765-4225 

Email: escalera@reichardescalera.com 

 arizmendis@reichardescalera.com 

 riverac@reichardescalera.com

jrodriguez@reichardescalera.com

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that, pursuant to section 1109(b) of the 

Bankruptcy Code, the foregoing demand includes not only notices and papers referred to in 

PROMESA, the Bankruptcy Code, and the Bankruptcy Rules, but also includes, without limitation, 

any orders and notice of any application, complaint, demand, motion, petition, pleading, or request 

whether formal or informal, written or oral, and whether transmitted or conveyed by mail, e-mail, 

facsimile, telephone, telegraph, telex, hand delivery, overnight carrier, or otherwise filed or made 

with regard to the above-captioned Title III Case and any proceedings therein, all of which are to 

be sent to the attorneys listed above. 

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PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the undersigned intend that neither this 

Notice of Appearance and Request to Receive Notifications nor any later appearance, pleading, 

proof of claim, claim, or suit shall constitute a waiver of the rights of Syncora: (i) to trial by jury 

in any proceeding so triable in the Title III Case or any case, controversy, or proceeding related to 

the Trial III Case; and (ii) to any other rights, claims, actions, defenses, setoffs, recoupments, or 

remedies to which Syncora is or may be entitled, in law or in equity, all of which rights, claims, 

actions, setoffs, recoupments and remedies are expressly reserved. 

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I HEREBY CERTIFY that I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk of the Court 

using the CM/ECF system, which will send notification of such filing to all attorneys of record. 

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED. 

In San Juan, Puerto Rico, October 14, 2022

REICHARD & ESCALERA QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & 

SULLIVAN, LLP 

By : _______________________________

/s/ Rafael Escalera 

Rafael Escalera 

USDC No. 122609 

escalera@reichardescalera.com 

/s/ Sylvia M. Arizmendi 

Sylvia M. Arizmendi 

USDC-PR 210714 

arizmendis@reichardescalera.com

/s/ Carlos R. Rivera-Ortiz 

Carlos R. Rivera-Ortiz 

USDC-PR 303409 

riverac@reichardescalera.com 

/s/ Joshua Rodríguez-Rivera

Joshua Rodríguez-Rivera

USDC-PR 308601

jrodriguez@reichardescalera.com

255 Ponce de León Avenue 

MCS Plaza, 10th Floor 

San Juan, Puerto Rico 00917-1913 

Susheel Kirpalani (pro hac vice) 

susheelkirpalani@quinnemanuel.com 

Daniel Salinas 

USDC-PR 224006 

danielsalinas@quinnemanuel.com 

Eric Kay (pro hac vice) 

erickay@quinnemanuel.com 

51 Madison Avenue, 22nd Floor 

New York, New York 10010-1603 

Co-Counsel for Syncora Guarantee, Inc.

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