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

Objection Deadline: December 7, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. (Atlantic Standard Time)

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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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 

FOURTH 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 JUNE 1, 2018 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2018 

 

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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 (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 November 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 

Fourth 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 June 1, 2018 through 

September 30, 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 Seventh 

Amended Case Management Procedures [ECF No. 4086-1] (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 December 7, 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 VelazRivero 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: November 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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