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.

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PROMESA

Title III

No. 17 BK 3283-LTS

(Jointly Administered)

Re: ECF No. 3472

AMENDED INFORMATIVE MOTION REGARDING ATTENDANCE 

AT THE JULY 25–26, 2018 OMNIBUS HEARING

To the Honorable United States District Judge Laura Taylor Swain:

The Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority (“AAFAF”) through its 

undersigned counsel, hereby states and prays as follows. 

1. The undersigned, appearing in this proceeding on behalf of AAFAF, hereby 

respectfully submits this informative motion in response to the Court’s order entered on July 10, 

2018 [ECF No. 3472] regarding the July 25–26, 2018 omnibus hearing.

2. John J. Rapisardi and Peter Friedman of O’Melveny & Myers LLP seek to be heard 

in connection with the Defendants’ Notice of Motion Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(1) and 

 

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).

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12(b)(6) to Dismiss Plaintiffs’ Complaint Dated July 5, 2018 [Adv. Proc. No. 18-00080, ECF No. 

16]. In connection with this matter, Elizabeth McKeen of O’Melveny & Myers LLP and 

Mohammad Yassin, Chief Legal Officer of AAFAF, request to be seated at counsel table but do 

not seek to be heard.

3. William Sushon of O’Melveny & Myers LLP seeks to be heard in connection with 

the following:

a. Creditors’ Committee’s Informative Motion Regarding Renewed Rule 2004 

Motion and Discovery Items to be Addressed at July 25, 2018 Omnibus 

Hearing [Case No. 17-3283, ECF No. 3424]; and

b. Motion of the Independent Investigator for an Order: (I) Establishing 

Procedures for Resolving any Confidentiality Dispute in Connection with 

Publication of the Independent Investigator’s Final Report; (II) Approving 

the Disposition of Documents and Information; (III) Relieving the 

Independent Investigator from Certain Discovery Obligations; (IV) 

Exculpating the Independent Investigator in Connection with the 

Investigation and Publication of the Final Report; and (V) Granting Related 

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

4. Mauricio O. Muñiz-Luciano and Carolina Velaz-Rivero of Marini Pietrantoni 

Muñiz LLC seek to be heard in connection with the following:

a. Urgent Motion to Compel the Puerto Rico Department of Treasury to 

Comply with the First and Second Amended Orders Setting Procedures for 

Interim Compensation and Reimbursement of Expenses of Professionals

[Case No. 17-3283, ECF No. 3513];

b. COFINA Agent’s Urgent Motion to Compel the Puerto Rico Department of 

Treasury to Comply with the Orders Setting Procedures for Interim 

Compensation and Reimbursement of Expenses of Professionals [Case No. 

17-3283, ECF No. 3544]; and

c. Official Committee Of Unsecured Creditors’ (A) Urgent Motion, Pursuant 

To Bankruptcy Code Section 105(a), To Compel Debtors To Comply With 

Interim Compensation Orders And (B) Joinder In Motions Of Retiree 

Committee And COFINA Agent To Compel Compliance With Same [Case 

No. 17-3283; ECF No. 3604].

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Dated: July 19, 2018

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Respectfully submitted,

/s/ John J. Rapisardi

John J. Rapisardi 

Suzzanne Uhland

Peter Friedman

William Sushon

(Admitted Pro Hac Vice)

O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP

7 Times Square

New York, NY 10036

Tel: (212) 326-2000

Fax: (212) 326-2061

Attorneys for the Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency 

and Financial Advisory Authority 

/s/ Mauricio O. Muñiz Luciano

Mauricio O. Muñiz-Luciano 

USDC No. 220914

Carolina Velaz-Rivero

USDC No. 300913

MARINI PIETRANTONI MUÑIZ LLC

MCS Plaza, Suite 500

255 Ponce de León Ave.

San Juan, Puerto Rico 00917

Tel: (787) 705-2171

Fax: (787) 936-7494

Attorneys for the Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency 

and Financial Advisory Authority

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