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

Objection Deadline: April 29, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. (Atlantic Standard Time)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

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.1

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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 SALES TAX FINANCING 

CORPORATION, et al., 

 Debtor. 

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PROMESA 

Title III 

Case No. 17 BK 3284-LTS 

This Notice relates only to 

COFINA, and shall be filed in 

the lead Case No. 17 BK 3283-

LTS, and COFINA’s Title III 

Case (Case No. 17 BK 3284-

LTS) 

NOTICE OF FILING 

OF SECOND INTERIM FEE APPLICATION OF PROSKAUER 

ROSE LLP FOR COMPENSATION FOR SERVICES RENDERED AND 

REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES INCURRED AS ATTORNEYS FOR THE 

FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND MANAGEMENT BOARD FOR PUERTO RICO, 

AS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEBTOR, PUERTO RICO SALES TAX FINANCING 

CORPORATION, FOR THE PERIOD OCTOBER 1, 2017 THROUGH JANUARY 31, 2018 

 

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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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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on April 9, 2018, pursuant to this Court’s First Amended 

Order Setting Procedures for Interim Compensation and Reimbursement of Expenses of 

Professionals [ECF No. 1715] (the “Interim Compensation Order”), Proskauer Rose LLP, as 

attorneys for the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico, as representative 

of the Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corporation (the “Debtor”), filed the Second Interim 

Fee Application of Proskauer Rose LLP for Compensation for Services Rendered and 

Reimbursement of Expenses Incurred as Attorneys for the Financial Oversight and 

Management Board for Puerto Rico, as Representative of the Debtor, Puerto Rico Sales Tax 

Financing Corporation, for the Period October 1, 2017 through January 31, 2018 (the 

“Application”).

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that any response or objection to the 

Application by any party other than the Fee Examiner 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. 1512-1] (the “Case Management 

Procedures”), and (c) be filed with the Court and served on the entities below, so as to be 

received on or before April 29, 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, NY 10012, Attn: Professor 

Arthur J. Gonzalez, Oversight Board Member; 

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

as representative of The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, O’Neill & 

Borges LLC, 250 Muñoz Rivera Ave., Suite 800, San Juan, PR 

00918-1813, Attn: Hermann D. Bauer, Esq.; 

(c) the attorneys for the Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial 

Advisory Authority, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, Times Square 

Tower, 7 Times Square, New York, NY 10036, Attn: John J. 

Rapisardi, Esq., Suzzanne Uhland, Esq., and Diana M. Perez, Esq.; 

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

Advisory Authority, Marini Pietrantoni Muniz, LLC, Luis C. 

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Marini-Biaggi, Esq., MCS Plaza, Suite 500, 255 Ponce de León 

Ave., San Juan P.R. 00917; and Greenberg Traurig LLP, 200 Park 

Avenue, New York, NY 10166, Attn: Nancy A. Mitchell, Esq. and 

Nathan A. Haynes, Esq.; 

(e) the Office of the United States Trustee for the District of Puerto 

Rico, Edificio Ochoa, 500 Tanca Street, Suite 301, San Juan, PR 

00901 (re: In re: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico); 

(f) the attorneys for the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, 

Paul Hastings LLP, 200 Park Ave., New York, NY 10166, Attn: 

Luc A. Despins, Esq., Andrew V. Tenzer, Esq., Michael E. 

Comerford, Esq., and G. Alexander Bongartz, Esq.; 

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

Casillas, Santiago & Torres LLC, El Caribe Office Building, 53 

Palmeras Street, Ste. 1601, San Juan, PR 00901, Attn: Juan J. 

Casillas Ayala, Esq. and Alberto J.E. Añeses Negrón, Esq.; 

(h) the attorneys for the Official Committee of Retired Employees, 

Jenner & Block LLP, 919 Third Ave., New York, NY 10022, Attn: 

Robert Gordon, Esq. and Richard Levin, Esq., and Jenner & Block 

LLP, 353 N. Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60654, Attn: Catherine 

Steege, Esq. and Melissa Root, Esq.; 

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

Bennazar, García & Milián, C.S.P., Edificio Union Plaza, PH-A, 

416 Ave. Ponce de León, Hato Rey, PR 00918, Attn: A.J. 

Bennazar-Zequeira, Esq.; and 

(j) the Fee Examiner, Brady C. Williamson, Esq., Godfrey & Kahn 

S.C., One East Main Street, Suite 500, Madison, WI 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) all issues raised by the Fee Examiner are consensually resolved, the relief requested may be 

granted without a hearing. 

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that copies of all documents filed in these title 

III cases are available (a) free of charge by visiting https://cases.primeclerk.com/puertorico or by 

calling +1 (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. 

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Dated: April 9, 2018 

 San Juan, Puerto Rico 

Respectfully submitted, 

/s/ Martin J. Bienenstock 

Martin J. Bienenstock (pro hac vice) 

Paul V. Possinger (pro hac vice) 

Ehud Barak (pro hac vice) 

Maja Zerjal (pro hac vice) 

PROSKAUER ROSE LLP 

Eleven Times Square 

New York, NY 10036 

Tel: (212) 969-3000 

Fax: (212) 969-2900 

Email: mbienenstock@proskauer.com 

 ppossinger@proskauer.com 

 ebarak@proskauer.com 

 mzerjal@proskauer.com 

-and- 

/s/ Hermann D. Bauer 

Hermann D. Bauer 

USDC No. 215205 

/s/ Ubaldo M. Fernández 

Ubaldo M. Fernández 

USDC No. 224807

O’NEILL & BORGES LLC 

250 Muñoz Rivera Ave., Suite 800 

San Juan, PR 00918-1813 

Tel: (787) 764-8181 

Fax: (787) 753-8944 

Attorneys for the Financial Oversight and 

Management Board as Representative of the 

Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority 

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