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Debtwired! — 103 episodes

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Puerto Rico at a crossroads: ten years after the fiscal crisis

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Advancing the ball for lenders with a new LME game plan with Greg Cass and Michael Chaisanguanthum

3

Moelis restructuring co-heads discuss the evolution of distress, LMEs and Chapter 11 filings

4

'Shareholding as a service' in Germany

5

Oaktree Capital's Olivia Guthorn on finding value in stressed healthcare credit, sizing AI risk, and lessons from two decades of opportunistic investing

6

Hilco’s Ian Fredericks discusses current forces reshaping retail distress

7

The Fossil restructuring, and getting creative outside of Chapter 11 with Weil

8

Gaming outlook for 2026 and beyond

9

German restructurings: Kirkland's Christian Halasz on StaRUG's evolution

10

FTI Consulting Talks Consumer Products Group Trends, LMEs and GLP-1 influence

11

Inside middle-market direct lending with PGIM's Matthew Harvey

12

An ad hoc discussion of ad hoc lender groups

13

Arcmont's Mattis Poetter on the 2026 outlook for Europe private credit

14

2026 Playbook: AI disruption, LME & Chapter 11 trends

15

Life after Petrofac: South Square’s Matthew Abraham discusses fairness, forum shopping and voting through the lens of Argo Blockchain restructuring plan

16

Full recoveries, untangling, and stories at FTX with Sullivan & Cromwell

17

ConvergeOne ruling: What it means for excluded lenders and the future of RSAs

18

Debtwired Miami 2025: Takeaways and predictions for year's end

19

Deutsche Bank Private Bank's CIO Deepak Puri on 2026 Market Outlook

20

Understanding today’s restructuring playbook, in and out of the courtroom, with Jayme Goldstein and Tyler Cowan

21

Private credit in the age of AI: Lender perspectives with DLA Pipers Matt Schwartz

22

First Brands: Red flags missed, fights ahead, and what creditors can recover

23

Blackstone’s Campbell on financing the AI and energy transition boom

24

Clearlake’s Pade weighs in on deal flow, LMEs and reputation

25

Houlihan Lokey's Gijs de Reuver on the erosion of creditor protections

26

GA Group’s Ryan Mulcunry on retailers’ increasing need for transition capital and the evolution of asset dispositions

27

Brigade Capital's Pavlin Kumchev on Solving Life

28

Are Retail Companies Fixable in Modern Day Restructurings?

29

NorthWall Capital’s Fabian Chrobog on protecting against the downside

30

SMBC's Ben Millard talks aviation credit despite turbulence

31

Rising distress in private credit with Interpath’s Robert von Finckenstein and Chris Hall

32

Navigating the high yield autos sector

33

Restaurant Franchisees Navigating Restructuring Challenges

34

How trade credit insurers could gate crash restructurings with Horst Fuerpass

35

High Yield trade thoughts with Clark Nicholls

36

Davis Polk's Brian Resnick on LMEs, restructurings and his music passion

37

Weil’s Justin Lee weighs in on LMEs amid market uncertainty

38

Scott Greenberg on the state of LMEs, group formation and cross border co-ops

39

Credit opportunities during market volatility with Oaktree’s Hinchman and Parker

40

From Data Centers to Solar ABS – Inside Esoteric ABS with Conning’s Nowakowski

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Bain Capital’s Michael Ewald on private credit opportunities amid volatility

42

Private Capital, Public Interest: The Rise of Alternative Investing with Claire Madden

43

Private Credit and Real Estate: Gravis’s Albane Poulin on Infrastructure Debt

44

JP Morgan's Thomas Kennedy on investment opportunities amid rising uncertainty

45

The impact of the NPL directive in Germany with W&C’s Dennis Heuer

46

Structuring Success: Securing the Right Debt Deal for Every Business, with Danyal Khan

47

PGIM’s Engin Okaya on private credit opportunities and the use of AI in investments

48

Navigating the Mixed Terrain of Mid-Market Documentation with Macfarlanes

49

Paul Hastings' Jennifer Daly on private credit trends and deal structure

50

BNP Paribas’ Laleh Bashirrad on leveraged finance trends and 2025 outlook

51

Lloyds & Oaktree's Strategic Edge in Sponsor-Backed Lending

52

Private Credit FIG Trends- Q&A with Herbert Smith Freehills' Finance Partners

53

JP Morgan’s Ben Thompson discusses LevFin market outlook

54

Restructuring Plans: Discretion, Distribution of Benefits and Bargaining

55

AAOIFI Shariah Standard No. 62 with S&P's Mohamed Damak

56

1H24 Court and Legal Round Up

57

Q3 shows early signs of thaw in a frozen M&A market-- with Clifford Chance

58

The state of the restructuring market and future outlook with Kirkland and Ellis

59

The Middle East's investment push into Africa with White & Case

60

SVP Private Credit

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Ireland as an international restructuring hub with Maples Group's Kathlene Burke

62

LevLoan market dynamics and CLO positioning with Partners Group's Till Schweizer

63

Key takeaways from Aggregate Holdings' restructuring with DLA Piper

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Can we call private credit, private credit anymore? with A&O’s Hannah Gates

65

Muddy Waters deep-dive short ideas explored with Carson Block

66

Adler: Freshfields’ lawyers unpack lessons from the Court of Appeal

67

Softline StaRUG – an innovative takeover restructuring plan

68

Private debt market and advisory opportunities with Lincoln's Dominik Spanier

69

Fundraising across assets and in private debt with Ardian’s Florian Kluge

70

Value Recovery Instruments in sovereign restructurings with Lee Buchheit

71

LevFin issuance volumes, competition and challenges discussed with Goldman Sachs

72

Domestic debt restructuring: a sovereign's dilemma

73

Distressed debt, restructuring and debt advisory with Lazard

74

FIM Partner's Charlie Robertson on Africa's recent slew of military coups

75

The Rise of NPLs in the Middle East

76

How a New York state law could affect sovereign debt restructurings

77

Are emerging market sovereigns facing a debt crisis?

78

Talking distressed with David Turetsky of White & Case

79

Navigating market volatility with Michael Korengold of Enhanced Capital

80

Jeffrey Stevenson of VSS talks economic downturn, de-risking and private credit

81

Market volatility, potential distressed cycle, and health care with Sidley’s Thomas Califano

82

DIP financing, creditor-on-creditor violence, and other restructuring trends with King & Spalding’s Michael Handler

83

Niche credit investing with HighVista Strategies’ Raphael Schorr

84

Akerman’s Patrick Johnson, Jr on adversary proceedings

85

Impact Investing insights with Michael Korengold of Enhanced Capital

86

Post-bankruptcy insights with FTI’s Omar Aguilar and Robert Del Genio

87

Taking the pulse of health care with Alvarez & Marsal’s Paul Rundell

88

Weakening lender protections, restructuring trends and ESG talk with Mayer Brown’s Lucy Kweskin

89

Talking retail sector turning points with A&M’s Goulding and Ritter

90

PODCAST: Jeffrey Stevenson of VSS talks investment strategy, infrastructure, industry multiples and more

91

Bain’s Michael Ewald on private credit strategy

92

Talking supply chain and commodity disruption with Carl Marks MD Peter Keogh

93

Talking inflation concerns and investment strategies with M-3 Partners MDs Adams and Lall

94

A&M’s Rick Kozole and Chuck Moore on auto industry challenges

95

André Wright of Standard International Group on comeback potential for cruise industry and Caribbean economy

96

FTI's Dave Katz and Sanjeev Khemlani discuss findings of 2021 US loan market survey

97

David Prager of Kroll gives the 4-1-1 on the restructuring marketplace

98

Lise Stewart discusses organizational performance and culture

99

Latham & Watkins real estate co-chair Michael Haas talks about the state of CRE

100

A&M’s Dombrowski and Price on restructuring slowdown and capital market fever

101

Lowenstein Sandler's Jeffrey Cohen on retail case studies, VC-backed tech restructurings, distress in 2021

102

Valuation trends, mass tort liabilities

103

Gregory Fox of Goodwin on bankruptcy trends in 2020, landlord negotiations and 2021 predictions