Estimated Hearing Date: March 13, 2019 at 9:30 a.m. (AST) 

Objection Deadline: December 6, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. (AST) 

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NOTICE OF FILING OF THIRD 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, 2018 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2018 

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on November 16, 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 Third 

 

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) 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). 

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.1

 

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Title III 

No. 17 BK 3283-LTS 

Re: ECF 3269 

(Jointly Administered) 

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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, 2018 through 

September 30, 2018 (the “Application”).2

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that any response or objection to the 

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

Interim Compensation Order, and the Seventh Amended Case Management Procedures [ECF No. 

4086] (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 December 6, 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. 

(mbienenstock@proskauer.com) and Ehud Barak, Esq. (ebarak@proskauer.com), and 

Proskauer Rose LLP, 70 West Madison Street, Chicago, IL 60602, Attn: Paul V. 

Possinger, Esq. (ppossinger@proskauer.com); 

(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. 

(hermann.bauer@oneillborges.com); 

(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. (jrapisardi@omm.com), 

Suzzanne Uhland, Esq. (suhland@omm.com), and Diana M. Perez, Esq. 

(dperez@omm.com); 

 

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 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 Second Amended Order Setting 

Procedures for Interim Compensation and Reimbursement of Expenses of Professionals [ECF No. 3269] (the “Interim 

Compensation Order”). 

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

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

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

(lmarini@mpmlawpr.com) and Carolina Velaz-Rivero Esq. 

(cvelaz@mpmlawpr.com); 

(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. 

(lucdespins@paulhastings.com); 

(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. 

(jcasillas@cstlawpr.com) and Alberto J.E. Añeses Negrón, Esq. 

(aaneses@cstlawpr.com); 

(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. 

(rgordon@jenner.com) and Richard Levin, Esq. (rlevin@jenner.com), and Jenner & 

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

(csteege@jenner.com) and Melissa Root, Esq. (mroot@jenner.com); 

(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. (ajb@bennazar.org); 

(k) the Puerto Rico Department of Treasury, PO Box 9024140, San Juan, PR 00902-

4140, Attn: Reylam Guerra Goderich, Deputy Assistant of Central Accounting 

(Reylam.Guerra@hacienda.pr.gov); Omar E. Rodríguez Pérez, CPA, Assistant 

Secretary of Central Accounting (Rodriguez.Omar@hacienda.pr.gov); Angel L. 

Pantoja Rodríguez, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Internal Revenue and Tax Policy 

(angel.pantoja@hacienda.pr.gov); Francisco Parés Alicea, Assistant Secretary of 

Internal Revenue and Tax Policy (francisco.pares@hacienda.pr.gov); and Francisco 

Peña Montañez, CPA, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury 

(Francisco.Pena@hacienda.pr.gov); 

(l) attorneys for the Fee Examiner, EDGE Legal Strategies, PSC, 252 Ponce de León 

Avenue, Citibank Tower, 12th Floor, San Juan, PR 00918, Attn: Eyck O. Lugo 

(elugo@edgelegalpr.com); and 

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

Main Street, Suite 500, Madison, Wisconsin 53703, Attn: Katherine Stadler 

(KStadler@gklaw.com).

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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) 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 Application and all 

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

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: November 16, 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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