Andy Serbe interviews a series of restructuring experts on what their takeaways for this year were, and predictions for '26, from Altice fights to sector issues

In this episode of the Debtwired podcast, Deutsche Bank’s Chief Investment Officer for the Americas Deepak Puri joins Alvaro Ledgard to break down the market outlook for 2026.

In this episode of Debtwired! Jayme Goldstein, co-chair of Paul Hastings financial restructuring group, and Tyler Cowan, global head of restructuring and liability management at Lazard, join Debtwire co-managing editor, Madalina Iacob, to discuss how the restructuring landscape has evolved over the past decade and what’s shaping the next wave of restructurings.

In this episode, DLA Piper’s Matt Schwartz breaks down how AI is transforming private credit — from deal sourcing and underwriting to negotiation, monitoring, and regulation.

This episode breaks down the rapid Chapter 11 collapse of First Brands Group, the warning signs Wall Street missed, and the legal and financial battles now shaping its restructuring. Debtwire experts Tim Hynes, Kunyi Yang, Sara Tapinikes, and Taylor Harrison explain the risks facing secured lenders, unsecured creditors, and trade claim holders as the case moves through a contentious process.

In this episode of the Debtwired podcast, Blackstone’s Rick Campbell joins Melina Chalkia, Debtwire’s primary market reporter for North America, to discuss how the landscape for infrastructure financing is evolving.

In this episode of Debtwired!, James Pade, partner and managing director at Clearlake Capital Group, joins Debtwire co-managing editor, Madalina Iacob, to discuss investing opportunities after Clearlake consolidated its credit arms under one roof.

Gijs de Reuver, managing director in Houlihan Lokey's restructuring team, discusses diminishing creditor protection and the rise in creditor-on-creditor violence.

Ryan Mulcunry of GA Group joined Debtwire's Senior Reporter Danielle Saba on Debtwired to talk about filling in the lending gaps for retailers and the evolution of asset dispositions.

Debtwire's Jou Yu speaks to Brigade's Pavlin Kumchev on how credit strategies like cheap options and tail risks can be applied - to our lives, as he has detailed in his chart-topping book Solving Life: Mastering Decision Making with Investment Wisdom

On the latest episode of #Debtwired podcast, AlixPartners Turnaround Specialist Holly Etlin joins Danielle Saba to share her insights on how retail companies are diversifying their supply base, negotiating with vendors to pay part of the bill when tariffs take effect, as well as how there needs to be a changes to assumption leases laws in court to see fewer liquidations. Tune in to hear her retail restructuring outlook for 2025 and beyond. #retailbankruptcies #retailrestructurings #assumptionleaselaw

Fabian Chrobog, founder and CIO of NorthWall Capital, discusses various opportunities in the European credit markets, including NPLs and legal assets, with Debtwired. #debtwire #europeancredit #privatecredit #highyield

In this episode of Debtwired, SMBC Americas’ Ben Millard joins Debtwire’s reporter Melina Chalkia to break down how the aviation debt markets have evolved post-COVID, from loyalty-backed financings to the emergence of aircraft CLOs.

On the Debtwired! podcast, Robert von Finckenstein and Chris Hall at Interpath, join Johannes Koch, restructuring reporter at Debtwire, to delve into the mechanics of rising distress in European private credit – a trend both speakers expect will continue to captivate the market with more restructurings and debt-to-equity swaps.

On the latest episode of the Debtwired! Podcast, James Hogarth, a Partner at long-short European credit fund PVTL Point, joins Debtwire Europe’s Head of High Yield Adam Samoon to discuss the outlook for the high yield automotive sector.

In this episode of Debtwired! Dan Dooley, CEO at MorrisAnderson, joins Debtwire senior reporter Danielle Saba, to discuss the state of burger and pizza restaurant brands and their franchisees, restructuring triggers and processes, along with what signs to watch for special situations to come.

In this episode of the Debtwired! Podcast, Horst Fuerpass, partner at Falkensteg, joins Johannes Koch, restructuring reporter at Debtwire, to talk about the precarious and often overlooked role of trade credit insurers in financial restructurings.

On the latest episode of the Debtwired! Podcast, Clark Nicholls, CIO of Aucit Investment Management, joins Debtwire Europe’s Head of High Yield Adam Samoon to discuss trade ideas in European high yield. #highyield #highyieldbonds #bonds #debtwired

In this episode of Debtwired!, Brian Resnick, partner in Davis Polk's restructuring group and head of the firm’s Liability Management & Special Opportunities practice, joins Debtwire co-managing editor, Madalina Iacob, to discuss the current state of restructurings, how LMEs have evolved in the past year, what creative workaround structures he has seen post the Fifth Circuit decision in Serta, and the evolution of Davis Polk’s preeminent restructuring practice.

In this episode of the Debtwire podcast, Justin Lee, partner at Weil, Gotshal & Manges, joins Melina Chalkia, Debtwire’s primary market reporter for North America, to unpack the evolving landscape of liability management exercises.