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. 17-3283-LTS 

(Jointly Administered) 

In re: 

The Financial Oversight and Management Board for 

Puerto Rico, 

as representative of 

The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority,

Debtor. 

PROMESA Title III 

Case No. 17-4780-LTS 

The Financial Oversight and Management Board for 

Puerto Rico, 

as representative of 

The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority,

Plaintiff/ CounterclaimDefendant, 

PROMESA 

Title III 

Adv. Proc. No. 19-00391-LTS 

(Jointly Administered) 

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); (v) Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (“PREPA”) (Bankruptcy Case No. 17-BK-4780-

LTS) (Last Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 3747); and (vi) Puerto Rico Public Buildings Authority 

(“PBA”) (Bankruptcy Case No. 19-BK-5523-LTS) (Last Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 3801) (Title 

III case numbers are listed as Bankruptcy Case numbers due to software limitations).

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Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory 

Authority, the Official Committee Of Unsecured 

Creditors of all Title III Debtors, Cortland Capital 

Market Services, Sola LTD., Solus Opportunities 

Fund 5 LP, Ultra Master LTD, Ultra Nb LLC, Union 

de Trabajadores de la Industria Electrica y Riego 

Inc., and Sistema de Retiro de los Empleados de la 

Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica, 

Intervenor-Plaintiffs, 

v. 

U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, 

Defendant/ Counterclaim-Plaintiff, 

The Ad Hoc Group of PREPA Bondholders, Assured

Guaranty Corp., Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp., 

National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation, and 

Syncora Guarantee, Inc., 

Intervenor-Defendants/ CounterclaimPlaintiffs. 

NOTICE OF APPEARANCE AND REQUEST TO RECEIVE NOTIFICATIONS 

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, pursuant to Rule 83D(a) of the Local Civil Rules of the 

United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Rules 2002, 9007, and 9010(b) of the 

Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure (the “Bankruptcy Rules”), made applicable to these 

proceedings by Section 310 of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability 

Act (“PROMESA”), 48 U.S.C. § 2170 et seq., and sections 102(1) and 1109(b) of title 11 of the 

United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”), made applicable to these proceedings by Section 

301 of PROMESA, Debra O’Gorman of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP hereby enters 

her appearance in the above-captioned Title III case (the “Title III Case”) as additional counsel to 

Syncora Guarantee, Inc. (“Syncora”). 

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PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that Syncora hereby requests, pursuant to Rules 

2002 and 9010 of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, that all notices given or required to 

be given, and all papers served or required to be served, be served upon the undersigned counsel, 

in addition to their other counsel of record: 

 Debra O’Gorman 

 debraogorman@quinnemanuel.com 

 Admitted Pro Hac Vice 

QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART 

& SULLIVAN, LLP 

 51 Madison Avenue, 22nd Floor 

New York, New York 10010-1603 

(212) 849-7000 

(212) 849-7100 

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that, pursuant to section 1109(b) of the 

Bankruptcy Code, the foregoing demand includes not only notices and papers referred to in 

PROMESA, the Bankruptcy Code, and the Bankruptcy Rules, but also includes, without limitation, 

any orders and notice of any application, complaint, demand, motion, petition, pleading, or request 

whether formal or informal, written or oral, and whether transmitted or conveyed by mail, e-mail, 

facsimile, telephone, telegraph, telex, hand delivery, overnight carrier, or otherwise filed or made 

with regard to the above-captioned Title III Case and any proceedings therein, all of which are to 

be sent to the attorney listed above. 

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the undersigned intend that neither this 

Notice of Appearance and Request to Receive Notifications nor any later appearance, pleading, 

proof of claim, claim, or suit shall constitute a waiver of the rights of Syncora: (i) to trial by jury 

in any proceeding so triable in the Title III Case or any case, controversy, or proceeding related to 

the Trial III Case; and (ii) to any other rights, claims, actions, defenses, setoffs, recoupments, or 

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remedies to which Syncora is or may be entitled, in law or in equity, all of which rights, claims, 

actions, setoffs, recoupments and remedies are expressly reserved. 

THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY CERTIFIES that on this same date, the foregoing was 

electronically filed with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system, which will send 

notification of such filing to all attorneys of record. 

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RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED. 

DATED: May 9, 2023 

/s/Sylvia M. Arizmendi 

USDC-PR 210714 

arizmendis@reichardescalera.com 

REICHARD & ESCALERA 

Rafael Escalera 

USDC No. 122609 

escalera@reichardescalera.com 

Carlos R. Rivera-Ortiz 

USDC-PR 303409 

riverac@reichardescalera.com 

255 Ponce de León Avenue 

MCS Plaza, 10th Floor 

San Juan, Puerto Rico 00917-1913 

Local Counsel to Syncora Guarantee, Inc. 

/s/Debra O’Gorman 

Admitted Pro Hac Vice 

debraogorman@quinnemanuel.com 

QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & 

SULLIVAN, LLP 

Susheel Kirpalani (pro hac vice)

susheelkirpalani@quinnemanuel.com

Daniel Salinas 

USDC-PR 224006 

danielsalinas@quinnemanuel.com 

Eric Kay (pro hac vice) 

erickay@quinnemanuel.com 

51 Madison Avenue, 22nd Floor 

New York, New York 10010-1603 

Counsel to Syncora Guratantee, Inc. 

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