UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO

Morning Session:

Set: 9:30 AM (AST)

Started: 9:39 AM (AST)

Ended: 12:12 PM (AST)

Afternoon Session:

Set: 1:15 PM (AST)

Started: 1:21 PM (AST)

Ended: 3:00 PM (AST)

MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS

BEFORE U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE LAURA TAYLOR SWAIN

MAGISTRATE JUDGE JUDITH G. DEIN DATE: July 25, 2018

COURTROOM DEPUTY: Carmen Tacoronte

COURT REPORTER: Amy Walker

Siemens Transportation Partnership Puerto 

Rico, S.E. 

3:18-AP-030 (LTS)

Plaintiff, in 17-BK-3567 (LTS)

v.

Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation 

Authority, et al.

Defendants.

In Re: 

The Financial Oversight and Management 

Board for Puerto Rico

as representative of

3:17-BK-3283 (LTS)

(Jointly Administered)

The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, et al.

Debtors.

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Hon. Ricardo Antonio Rosselló Nevares, et al. 3:18-AP-080 (LTS)

Plaintiffs, in 17-BK-3283 (LTS)

v.

The Financial Oversight and Management 

Board for Puerto Rico, et al.

Defendants.

Hon. Thomas Rivera Schatz, et al. 3:18-AP-081 (LTS)

Plaintiffs, in 17-BK-3283 (LTS)

v.

The Financial Oversight and Management 

Board for Puerto Rico, et al.

Defendants.

Omnibus Hearing held.

I. Status Reports

1. Status report from the Oversight Board heard.

2. Response to questions regarding the joint status report filed in 3:18-AP-30 (LTS). [Docket 

Entry 66]. 

 Order to be issued.

II. Contested Matters

1. Creditors’ Committee’s Informative Motion re Renewed Rule 2004 Motion and Discovery 

Items. [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No. 3424]

 Order to be issued.

2. Independent Investigator’s Motion Establishing Certain Procedures in Connection with Final 

Report. [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No. 3427]

 Counsel for the Independent Investigator to submit revised proposed order.

3. Motion of Certain Secured Creditors of ERS for Relief from the Automatic Stay. [Case No. 17-

3283, ECF No. 3418]

 Final Hearing on the motion will be held on September 12, 2018.

 Automatic stay will remain in place pending the holding of the Final Motion Hearing.

 Order to be issued.

4. Creditors’ Committee Motion to Clarify or Amend Fourth Amended Notice, Case Management 

and Administrative Procedures. [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No. 3432]

 Proposed Re-stated Fifth Case Management Order to be submitted on presentment. 

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Afternoon Session:

III. Adversary Proceedings

1. Roselló Nevares et al. v. The Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico, et 

al., Case No. 18-ap-80 & Rivera - Schatz et al. v. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, et al., Case 

No. 18-ap-81

 Motion to Dismiss Complaint [Case No. 18-ap-80, ECF No. 16]

• Matter taken under advisement.

 Motion to Dismiss Complaint [Case No. 18-ap-81, ECF No. 26]

• Matter taken under advisement. 

IV. Adjourned Matters

1. Committee’s Motion to Compel the Debtors to Comply with Interim Compensation Orders 

[Case No. 17-3283, ECF No. 3604]

 This matter has been adjourned.

2. Report from the Fee Examiner regarding First Interim Applications for Compensation [Case 

No. 17-3283, ECF No. 2645, 2909 and 3613]

 This matter has been adjourned until the September 12, 2018 omnibus hearing.

3. Report from the Fee Examiner regarding Second Interim Applications for Compensation. [Case 

No. 17-3283, ECF No. 3193 and 3613]

 This matter has been adjourned until the September 12, 2018 omnibus hearing.

Applicant Docket Nos. Period

1. Proskauer Rose LLP (Attorneys for FOMB, as representative of 

Debtor Commonwealth) 2868 10/1/17 – 1/31/18

2. Proskauer Rose LLP (Attorneys for FOMB, as representative of 

Debtor COFINA) 2870 10/1/17 – 12/31/17

3. Proskauer Rose LLP (Attorneys for FOMB, as representative of 

Debtor ERS) 2872 10/1/17 – 1/31/18

4. Proskauer Rose LLP (Attorneys for FOMB, as representative of 

Debtor PREPA) 2876 10/1/17 – 1/31/18

5. Proskauer Rose LLP (Attorneys for FOMB, as representative of 

Debtor HTA) 2874 10/1/17 – 1/31/18

6. McKinsey & Company, Inc. Washington D.C. (Consulting Services 

Provider to FOMB) 2756 10/1/17 – 1/31/18

7. Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP (Financial Advisors to the 

Debtors) 3017 10/1/17 – 12/31/17

8. Luskin, Stern & Eisler LLP (Special Counsel to FOMB) 2729 10/1/17 – 1/31/17

Applicant Docket No. Period

1. McKinsey & Company, Inc. Washington D.C. 

(Consulting Services Provider to FOMB) 2073 5/3/17 – 9/30/17

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Applicant Docket Nos. Period

9. Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (Investment Banker and Financial 

Advisor to FOMB)* 2944 1/27/17 – 1/31/18

10. Andrew Wolfe (Independent Contractor to FOMB) 2718 10/1/17 – 1/31/18

11. Ankura Consulting Group, LLC (Financial Advisors to AAFAF) 2751 10/1/17 – 1/31/18

12. Ankura Consulting Group, LLC (Financial Advisors to PREPA) 2755 10/1/17 – 1/31/18

13. Zolfo Cooper (Financial Advisor to the Official Committee of

Unsecured Creditors) 2739 10/1/17 – 1/31/18

*An asterisk next to a name denotes that this is the first interim application filed by the applicant. 

s/Carmen Tacoronte

Carmen Tacoronte

Courtroom Deputy 

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