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IN THE 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 et al., 

Debtors.1

PROMESA Title III 

Case No. 17 BK 3283-LTS 

(Jointly Administered) 

INFORMATIVE MOTION OF ASSURED GUARANTY CORP. 

 AND ASSURED GUARANTY MUNICIPAL CORP. 

REGARDING NOVEMBER 7-8, 2018 OMNIBUS HEARING 

To the Honorable United States District Court Judge Laura Taylor Swain and United States 

Magistrate Judge Judith Gail Dein: 

Assured Guaranty Corp. and Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp. (together, 

“Assured”) hereby submit this informative motion in compliance with the Order Regarding 

Procedures for Attendance, Participation and Observation of November 7-8, 2018, Omnibus 

Hearing (ECF No. 4103), and respectfully state as follows: 

1. Ellen V. Holloman, William J. Natbony, and Thomas J. Curtin will appear 

on behalf of Assured at the November 7-8, 2018 Hearing by video teleconference in Courtroom 

 

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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 (“Commonwealth”) (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 04780-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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17C of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Daniel Patrick 

Moynihan Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street, New York, NY 10007. 

2. Ms. Holloman, Mr. Natbony and Mr. Curtin reserve the right to be heard 

on any matter raised by any party at the hearing related to the Title III cases, or any adversary 

proceeding pending in the Title III Cases, or the interests of Assured. 

Dated: November 1, 2018 

 New York, New York 

CASELLAS ALCOVER & BURGOS P.S.C. 

/s/ Heriberto Burgos Pérez 

Heriberto Burgos Pérez 

USDC-PR No. 204,809 

Ricardo F. Casellas-Sánchez 

USDC-PR No. 203,114 

Diana Pérez-Seda 

USDC–PR No. 232,014 

E-mail: hburgos@cabprlaw.com 

 rcasellas@cabprlaw.com 

 dperez@cabprlaw.com 

P.O. Box 364924 

San Juan, PR 00936-4924 

Tel.: (787) 756-1400 

Fax: (787) 756-1401 

Counsel for Assured Guaranty Corp. and Assured 

Guaranty Municipal Corp. 

CADWALADER, WICKERSHAM & TAFT 

LLP 

/s/ Howard R. Hawkins, Jr. 

Howard R. Hawkins, Jr.* 

Mark C. Ellenberg* 

Ellen V. Holloman* 

William J. Natbony* 

Ellen M. Halstead* 

Gillian G. Burns* 

Thomas J. Curtin* 

Casey J. Servais* 

200 Liberty Street 

New York, New York 10281 

Tel.: (212) 504-6000 

Fax: (212) 406-6666 

Email: howard.hawkins@cwt.com 

 mark.ellenberg@cwt.com 

ellen.holloman@cwt.com 

 bill.natbony@cwt.com 

 gillian.burns@cwt.com 

 ellen.halstead@cwt.com 

 thomas.curtin@cwt.com 

 casey.servais@cwt.com 

* admitted pro hac vice 

Counsel for Assured Guaranty Corp. and 

Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp. 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that I filed this document electronically with the Clerk of the 

Court using the CM/ECF System, which will send notification of such filing to all parties of 

record in the captioned case. Further, I directed that the following counsel of record be served 

by U.S. Mail: 

Office of the United States Trustee for Region 21 

Edificio Ochoa 

500 Tanca Street, Suite 301 

San Juan, PR 00901-1922 

Mohammad Yassin 

Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial 

Advisory Authority (AAFAF) 

De Diego Ave. Stop 22 

San Juan, Puerto Rico 00907 

John J. Rapisardi, Esq. 

O’Melveny & Myers LLP 

7 Times Square 

New York, New York 10036 

Luis C. Marini-Biaggi, Esq. 

Marini Pietrantoni Muniz, LLC 

MCS Plaza, Suite 500 

255 Ponce de León Ave. 

San Juan, PR 00917 

Martin J. Bienenstock, Esq. 

Proskauer Rose LLP 

Eleven Times Square 

New York, New York 10036-8299 

Hermann D. Bauer, Esq. 

O’Neill & Borges LLC 

250 Muñoz Rivera Ave., Suite 800 

San Juan, PR 00918-1813 

Nancy A. Mitchell, Esq. 

Greenberg Traurig LLP 

200 Park Avenue 

New York, New York 10166 

Arturo Diaz-Angueira, Esq. 

Cancio, Nadal, Rivera & Diaz, P.S.C. 

403 Muñoz Rivera Ave. 

San Juan (Hato Rey), PR 00918-3345 

Luc A. Despins, Esq. 

Paul Hastings LLP 

200 Park Avenue 

New York, New York 10166 

Juan. J. Casillas Ayala 

Casillas, Santiago & Torres LLC 

El Caribe Office Building 

53 Palmeras Street, Suite 1601 

San Juan, PR 00901-2419 

Robert Gordon, Esq. 

Jenner & Block LLP 

919 Third Avenue 

New York, New York 10022 

A.J. Bennazar-Zequeira 

Bennazar, Garcia & Milian, C.S.P. 

Edificio Union Plaza PH-A piso 18 Avenida 

Ponce de Leon #416 

Hato Rey, PR 00918 

At New York, New York, 1st day of November, 2018. 

By: /s/ Howard R. Hawkins, Jr.

 Howard R. Hawkins, Jr.* 

 * Admitted pro hac vice 

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