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Debtwired! — 100 episodes

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'Shareholding as a service' in Germany

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

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Hilco’s Ian Fredericks discusses current forces reshaping retail distress

4

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

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Gaming outlook for 2026 and beyond

6

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

7

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

8

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

9

An ad hoc discussion of ad hoc lender groups

10

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

11

2026 Playbook: AI disruption, LME & Chapter 11 trends

12

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

13

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

14

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

15

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

16

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

17

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

18

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

19

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

20

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

21

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

22

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

23

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

24

Brigade Capital's Pavlin Kumchev on Solving Life

25

Are Retail Companies Fixable in Modern Day Restructurings?

26

NorthWall Capital’s Fabian Chrobog on protecting against the downside

27

SMBC's Ben Millard talks aviation credit despite turbulence

28

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

29

Navigating the high yield autos sector

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Restaurant Franchisees Navigating Restructuring Challenges

31

How trade credit insurers could gate crash restructurings with Horst Fuerpass

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High Yield trade thoughts with Clark Nicholls

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

34

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

35

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

36

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

37

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

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

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

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

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

43

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

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

45

Navigating the Mixed Terrain of Mid-Market Documentation with Macfarlanes

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

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

48

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

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

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JP Morgan’s Ben Thompson discusses LevFin market outlook

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Restructuring Plans: Discretion, Distribution of Benefits and Bargaining

52

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

53

1H24 Court and Legal Round Up

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

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

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

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SVP Private Credit

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

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

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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

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Muddy Waters deep-dive short ideas explored with Carson Block

63

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

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Softline StaRUG – an innovative takeover restructuring plan

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

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

67

Value Recovery Instruments in sovereign restructurings with Lee Buchheit

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LevFin issuance volumes, competition and challenges discussed with Goldman Sachs

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Domestic debt restructuring: a sovereign's dilemma

70

Distressed debt, restructuring and debt advisory with Lazard

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

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The Rise of NPLs in the Middle East

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How a New York state law could affect sovereign debt restructurings

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Are emerging market sovereigns facing a debt crisis?

75

Talking distressed with David Turetsky of White & Case

76

Navigating market volatility with Michael Korengold of Enhanced Capital

77

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

78

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

79

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

80

Niche credit investing with HighVista Strategies’ Raphael Schorr

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Akerman’s Patrick Johnson, Jr on adversary proceedings

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Impact Investing insights with Michael Korengold of Enhanced Capital

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

84

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

85

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

86

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

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

88

Bain’s Michael Ewald on private credit strategy

89

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

90

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

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

92

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

93

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

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

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Lise Stewart discusses organizational performance and culture

96

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

97

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

98

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

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Valuation trends, mass tort liabilities

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