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

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

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO

PROMESA

Title III

No. 17-BK-03283 (LTS)

(Jointly Administered)

NOTICE OF FILING OF THE SECOND INTERIM APPLICATION OF

LUSKIN, STERN & EISLER LLP, AS SPECIAL COUNSEL TO THE 

FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND MANAGEMENT BOARD FOR PUERTO RICO 

FOR PROFESSIONAL COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES 

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

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on March 19, 2018, pursuant to this Court’s First 

Amended Order Setting Procedures for Interim Compensation and Reimbursement of Expenses 

of Professionals [Docket No. 1715] (the “Interim Compensation Order”), Luskin, Stern & Eisler

LLP, as Special Counsel to the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico, 

filed the Second Interim Application of Luskin, Stern & Eisler LLP, as Special Conflicts Counsel 

to the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico for Professional 

Compensation and Reimbursement of Expenses, for the Period from October 1, 2017 through 

January 31, 2018 (the “Application”).2

 

1 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) 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); (iv) Puerto Rico Highways 

and Transportation Authority (“HTA”) (Bankruptcy Case No. 17 BK 3567-LTS) Last Four Digits of Federal Tax 

ID: 3808); 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).

2 Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Application.

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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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 [Docket No. 1512] (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 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 

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Avenida Ponce de León, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00917, Attn: Luis C. MariniBiaggi, 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.

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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 the Application and 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: San Juan, Puerto Rico Respectfully submitted,

March 19, 2018

/s/ Michael Luskin

Michael Luskin (admitted pro hac vice)

Lucia T. Chapman (admitted pro hac vice)

Stephan E. Hornung (admitted pro hac vice)

LUSKIN, STERN & EISLER LLP

Eleven Times Square

New York, New York 10036

Telephone: (212) 597-8200

Facsimile: (212) 974-3205

luskin@lsellp.com

chapman@lsellp.com

hornung@lsellp.com

Special Counsel to the Financial Oversight and 

Management Board for Puerto Rico

/s/ Hermann D. Bauer

Hermann D. Bauer

USDC No. 215205

O’NEILL & BORGES LLC

250 Muñoz Rivera Ave., Suite 800

San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918-1813

Telephone: (787) 764-8181

Facsimile: (787) 753-8944

Co-Attorneys for the Financial Oversight and 

Management Board for Puerto Rico

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