Estimated Hearing Date: June 6, 2018 at 9:30 a.m. (AST)

Objection Deadline: April 9, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. (AST)

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NOTICE OF FILING OF AMENDED FIRST INTERIM APPLICATION OF DLA PIPER 

FOR ALLOWANCE OF COMPENSATION FOR SERVICES RENDERED 

AND FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES AS COUNSEL TO THE 

PUERTO RICO FISCAL AGENCY AND FINANCIAL ADVISORY 

AUTHORITY AND THE PUERTO RICO TREASURY DEPARTMENT 

FOR THE PERIOD FROM JUNE 1, 2017 THROUGH JANUARY 31, 2018

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on March 19, 2018, DLA Piper LLP (US) and 

DLA Piper (Puerto Rico) LLC (together, “DLA Piper”), as authorized counsel to the Puerto 

Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority (“AAFAF”), the entity authorized to act 

on behalf of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the Puerto Rico Treasury Department, filed 

the First Interim Application of DLA Piper for Allowance of Compensation for Services 

 

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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 (Bankruptcy Case No. 17 BK 3284-LTS) (Last Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 8474); (iii) 

Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority (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 

(Bankruptcy Case No. 17 BK 3566-LTS) (Last Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 9686); and (v) Puerto Rico Electric 

Power Authority (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).

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO

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In re: 

THE FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND 

MANAGEMENT BOARD FOR PUERTO RICO, 

 as representative of 

THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO, et al., 

 Debtors.

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Title III

No. 17 BK 3283-LTS

Re: ECF 1715

(Jointly Administered) 

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Rendered and for Reimbursement of Expenses as Counsel to the Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and 

Financial Advisory Authority and the Puerto Rico Treasury Department for the Period from 

June 1, 2017 through January 31, 2018 [ECF No. 2753] (the “Application”).2

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that on March 21, 2018, DLA Piper filed 

an amended Application.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that any response or objection to the

amended Application must (a) be in writing, (b) conform to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy

Procedure, the Interim Compensation Order, and the Third Amended Case Management 

Procedures [ECF No. 1512] (the “Case Management Procedures”), and (c) be filed with the 

Court and served on the undersigned and the entities below, so as to be received on or before 

April 9, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. (AST) (the “Objection Deadline”):

(a) the Financial Oversight and Management Board, 40 Washington Square

South, Office 314A, New York, New York 10012, Attn: Professor Arthur J. 

Gonzalez, Oversight Board Member;

(b) the attorneys for the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto

Rico as representative of the Debtors, Proskauer Rose LLP, Eleven Times 

Square, New York, New York 10036, Attn: Martin J. Bienenstock, Esq., Paul 

V. Possinger, Esq., Ehud Barak, Esq., and Maja Zerjal, Esq.;

(c) the attorneys for the Financial Oversight and Management Board as

representative of Debtors, O’Neill & Borges LLC, 250 Muñoz Rivera Avenue, 

Suite 800, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918-1813, Attn: Hermann D. Bauer, Esq.;

(d) the attorneys for the Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory

Authority, O’Melveny & Meyers LLP, Times Square Tower, 7 Times Square, 

New York, New York 10036, Attn: John J. Rapisardi, Esq., Suzzanne Uhland, 

Esq., and Diana M. Perez, Esq.;

(e) the attorneys for the Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory

Authority, Marini Pietrantoni Muñiz, LLC, MCS Plaza, Suite 500, 255 Avenida 

 

2 AAFAF has requested that DLA Piper submit this interim application for compensation and reimbursement. DLA 

Piper reserves its right to argue that it is not subject to the requirements of the First Amended Order Setting 

Procedures for Interim Compensation and Reimbursement of Expenses of Professionals [ECF No. 1715] (the 

“Interim Compensation Order”).

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Ponce de León, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00917, Attn: Luis C. Marini- Biaggi, 

Esq., Carolina Velaz-Rivero, Esq., and María T. Álvarez-Santos, Esq.;

(f) the Office of the United States Trustee for the District of Puerto Rico, 

Edificio Ochoa, 500 Tanca Street, Suite 301, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00901 (re: In 

re: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico);

(g) the attorneys for the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, Paul

Hastings LLP, 200 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10166, Attn: Luc A. 

Despins, Esq., Andrew V. Tenzer, Esq., Michael E. Comerford, Esq., and G. 

Alexander Bongartz, Esq.;

(h) the attorneys for the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, Casillas 

Santiago & Torres LLC, El Caribe Office Building, 53, Palmeras Street, Suite 

1601, San Juan, Puerto Rico 009001, Attn: Juan J. Casillas Ayala, Esq. and 

Alberto J.E. Aenses Negron, Esq.;

(i) the attorneys for the Official Committee of Retired Employees, Jenner &

Block LLP, 919 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10022, Attn: Robert 

Gordon, Esq. and Richard Levin, Esq., and Jenner & Block LLP, 353 N. Clark 

Street, Chicago, Illinois 60654, Attn: Catherine Steege, Esq. and Melissa Root, 

Esq.;

(j) the attorneys for the Official Committee of Retired Employees, Bennazar,

García & Milián, C.S.P., Edificio Union Plaza, PH-A, 416 Avenida Ponce de 

León, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico 00918, Attn: A.J. Bennazar-Zequeira, Esq.; and

(k) the Fee Examiner, Brady C. Williamson, Esq., Godfrey & Kahn S.C., One

East Main Street, Suite 500, Madison, Wisconsin 53703.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that if (a) no objection is timely filed and

served in accordance with the Interim Compensation Order and Case Management Procedures 

and (b) any issues raised by the Fee Examiner are consensually resolved, the requested relief 

may be granted without a hearing.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that copies of the amended Application 

and all documents filed in the title III cases are available (a) free of charge by visiting

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https://cases.primeclerk.com/puertorico or by calling (844) 822-9231, and (b) on the 

Court’s website at http://www.prd.uscourts.gov, subject to the procedures and fees set forth 

therein.

Dated: March 21, 2018

San Juan, Puerto Rico Respectfully submitted,

DLA Piper (Puerto Rico) LLC

Edificio Ochoa, Suite 401

500 Calle de la Tanca

San Juan

00901-1969

Puerto Rico

/s/ José A. Sosa-Lloréns

José A. Sosa-Lloréns

USDC-PR No. 208602

jose.sosa@dlapiper.com

AND

DLA Piper LLP (US)

1251 Avenue of the Americas 

New York, New York 10020

Phone (212) 335-4500

Fax (212) 335-4501

/s/ Rachel Ehrlich Albanese

Rachel Ehrlich Albanese (admitted pro hac vice)

rachel.albanese@dlapiper.com

Counsel to Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and 

Financial Advisory Authority and the Puerto Rico 

Treasury Department 

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