Estimated Hearing Date: November 7, 2018 at 9:30 a.m. (Atlantic Standard Time)

Objection Deadline: August 6, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. (Atlantic Standard Time)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

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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PROMESA

Title III

No. 17 BK 3283-LTS

(Jointly Administered)

In re:

THE FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND 

MANAGEMENT BOARD FOR PUERTO RICO,

as representative of 

THE EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF 

THE GOVERNMENT OF PUERTO RICO,

Debtor.

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PROMESA

Title III

Case No. 17 BK 3566-LTS

This Notice relates only to 

ERS and shall be filed in the 

Lead Case No. 17 BK 3283-LTS 

and ERS’s Title III Case (Case 

No. 17 BK 3566-LTS)

NOTICE OF FILING OF THIRD INTERIM FEE 

APPLICATION OF PROSKAUER ROSE LLP FOR COMPENSATION 

FOR SERVICES RENDERED AND REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES 

INCURRED AS ATTORNEYS FOR THE FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND 

MANAGEMENT BOARD FOR PUERTO RICO, AS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE 

DEBTOR, THE EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF THE GOVERNMENT OF

PUERTO RICO, FOR THE PERIOD FEBRUARY 1, 2018 THROUGH MAY 31, 2018

 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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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on July 16, 2018, pursuant to this Court’s Second 

Amended Order Setting Procedures for Interim Compensation and Reimbursement of Expenses 

of Professionals [ECF No. 3269] (the “Interim Compensation Order”),

 Proskauer Rose LLP, as 

attorneys for the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico, as representative of 

the Employees Retirement System of the Government of Puerto Rico (the “Debtor”), filed the

Third Interim Fee Application of Proskauer Rose LLP for Compensation for Services Rendered 

and Reimbursement of Expenses Incurred as Attorneys for the Financial Oversight and 

Management Board for Puerto Rico, as Representative of the Debtor, the Employees Retirement 

System of the Government of Puerto Rico, for the Period February 1, 2018 through May 31, 

2018 (the “Application”).

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 Fourth Amended Case 

Management Procedures [ECF No. 2839] (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 August 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, NY 10012, Attn: Professor Arthur J. 

Gonzalez, Oversight Board Member;

(b) the attorneys for the Financial Oversight and Management Board as 

representative of The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, O’Neill & Borges 

LLC, 250 Muñoz Rivera Ave., Suite 800, San Juan, PR 00918-1813, 

Attn: Hermann D. Bauer, Esq. (hermann.bauer@oneillborges. com);

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

Authority, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, Times Square Tower, 7 Times 

Square, New York, NY 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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(d) the attorneys for the Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory 

Authority, Marini Pietrantoni Muniz LLC, MCS Plaza, Suite 500, 255 

Ponce de León Ave., San Juan P.R. 00917, Attn.: Luis C. Marini-Biaggi, 

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

(cvelaz@mpmlawpr.com); 

(e) the Office of the United States Trustee for the District of Puerto Rico, 

Edificio Ochoa, 500 Tanca Street, Suite 301, San Juan, PR 00901 (re: 

In re: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico);

(f) the attorneys for the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, Paul 

Hastings LLP, 200 Park Ave., New York, NY 10166, Attn: Luc A. 

Despins, Esq. (lucdespins@paulhastings.com);

(g) the attorneys for the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, 

Casillas, Santiago & Torres LLC, El Caribe Office Building, 53 

Palmeras Street, Ste. 1601, San Juan, PR 00901, Attn: Juan J. Casillas 

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

Esq. (aaneses@cstlawpr.com);

(h) the attorneys for the Official Committee of Retired Employees, Jenner 

& Block LLP, 919 Third Ave., New York, NY 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);

(i) the attorneys for the Official Committee of Retired Employees, 

Bennazar, García & Milián, C.S.P., Edificio Union Plaza, PH-A, 416 

Ave. Ponce de León, Hato Rey, PR 00918, Attn: A.J. BennazarZequeira, Esq. (ajb@bennazar.org); 

(j) 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); 

(k) 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

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(l) attorneys for the Fee Examiner, Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., One East Main 

Street, Suite 500, Madison, WI 53703, Attn: Katherine Stadler 

(KStadler@gklaw.com).

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 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: July 16, 2018

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Martin J. Bienenstock

Martin J. Bienenstock (pro hac vice)

Paul V. Possinger (pro hac vice)

Ehud Barak (pro hac vice)

Maja Zerjal (pro hac vice)

PROSKAUER ROSE LLP

Eleven Times Square

New York, NY 10036

Tel: (212) 969-3000

Fax: (212) 969-2900

Email: mbienenstock@proskauer.com

 ppossinger@proskauer.com 

 ebarak@proskauer.com 

 mzerjal@proskauer.com 

-and-

/s/ Hermann D. Bauer

Hermann D. Bauer

USDC No. 215205

/s/ Ubaldo M. Fernández

Ubaldo M. Fernández

USDC No. 224807

O’NEILL & BORGES LLC

250 Muñoz Rivera Ave., Suite 800

San Juan, PR 00918-1813

Tel: (787) 764-8181

Fax: (787) 753-8944

Attorneys for the Financial Oversight and

Management Board as Representative of the 

Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority

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