UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO 

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In re: ) PROMESA 

 ) Title III 

THE FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND )

MANAGEMENT BOARD FOR PUERTO RICO, ) 

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No. 17 BK 3283-LTS 

 as representative of )

 

THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO, et al.,

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) (Jointly Administered)

Debtors.1

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In re: ) PROMESA 

 ) Title III 

THE FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND ) 

MANAGEMENT BOARD FOR PUERTO RICO, ) 

)

 as representative of ) 

 

THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO 

(“COMMONWEALTH”), 

) 

) 

No. 17 BK 3283-LTS 

Debtor. 

 

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NOTICE OF FILING 

OF FIRST INTERIM FEE APPLICATION OF 

ALVAREZ & MARSAL NORTH AMERICA, LLC 

FOR COMPENSATION FOR SERVICES RENDERED AND REIMBURSEMENT OF 

EXPENSES INCURRED AS ADVISOR FOR THE FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT 

AND MANAGEMENT BOARD FOR PUERTO RICO, AS REPRESENTATIVE 

OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO FOR THE PERIOD 

FROM AUGUST 9, 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”), Alvarez & Marsal North 

America, LLC as advisor for the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico, as 

representative of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (the “Debtor”), filed the First Interim Fee 

Application of Alvarez & Marsal North America, LLC for Compensation for Services 

Rendered and Reimbursement of Expenses Incurred as Advisor for the Financial Oversight 

and Management Board for Puerto Rico, as Representative of the Debtor, the Commonwealth 

of Puerto Rico, for the Period August 9, 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 Fourth 

Amended Case Management Procedures [ECF No. 2839] (the “Case Management Procedures”), 

and be filed with the Court and served on the entities below, so as to be received on or before 

December 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) 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) attorneys for the Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory 

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

York, NY 10036, Attn: John J. Rapisardi, Esq. (jrapisardi@omm.com), Suzanne 

Uhland, Esq. (suhland@omm.com), and Diana M. perez, Esq. 

(dperez@omm.com). 

(d) 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); 

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(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) 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) 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) 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) 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 

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) 

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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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