Debtwired!

In this episode, Debtwire's Amelia Weitzman is joined by Kirstie Hutchinson and Adam Caines, both private capital partners at Macfarlanes, to discuss documentation in Europe's mid-market. Listen in to hear how much the gradual loosening of documentation is putting direct lenders on the backfoot of borrowers, whether there are any new clauses that raise alarm bells, and much more.

Jennifer Daly, head of private credit and special situations at Paul Hastings talks to Madalina Iacob, co-managing editor of Debtwire North America about trends in the private credit market and her outlook on deal environment under the Trump administration. She delves into deal structures and the latest covenant protections that private lenders are requesting.

On the latest episode of the Debtwired! podcast, Laleh Bashirrad, managing director at BNP Paribas' leveraged syndicate team, speaks to Melina Chalkia, primary markets reporter of Debtwire North America, about the latest trends in the broadly syndicated market and the 2025 outlook. Bashirrad has over two decades of credit experience advising sponsors as well as large and midcap clients on capital...

In this episode, Debtwire's Amelia Weitzman is joined by Nael Khatoun, an MD and portfolio manager within Oaktree’s European private credit strategy. We dive into the newly formed partnership between Oaktree Capital and Lloyds Bank, a strategic alliance aiming to redefine private credit solutions in the UK’s highly competitive market. Our guest discusses how this collaboration is already creating...

Debtwire's Amelia Weitzman is joined by Ambarish Dash and Will Nevin, partners within Herbert Smith Freehill’s banking and finance division. Will is a London-based partner with over 20 years of experience in acquisition and leveraged finance, and Ambarish is also partner in the London office specializing in domestic and cross-border leveraged finance, particularly advising private equity sponsors...

On this episode of the Debtwired! Podcast, Ben Thompson, Head of EMEA Leveraged Finance Capital Markets at JP Morgan, discusses the outlook for primary issuance in the European leveraged loan and high-yield bond markets with Jelena Cvejic, Debtwire Europe’s Head of Leveraged Loans. As we are currently closing in on the second-busiest year ever in terms of gross volume in the European leveraged fin...

South Square Barrister Georgina Peters and Sarah Paterson, Professor of Law at LSE, discuss the court’s discretion when sanctioning a restructuring plan.

On the latest episode of the Debtwired! podcast, Mohamed Damak, Managing Director, Global Head of Islamic Finance at S&P Global Ratings, joins Debtwire CEEMEA's Mariam Meskin to delve into one of the latest developments in the sukuk market. AAOIFI, the Accounting and Auditing Organisation for Islamic Financial Institutions, last year published its draft of Shariah Standard No. 62, which — if a...

In this episode, Hossein Dabiri, Head of Court Reporting at Debtwire EMEA and Dawn Grocock, Senior Legal Analyst at Debtwire Europe, recap some of the key legal and court developments from the first half of the year.

In this episode with host Amelia Weitzman, a direct lending reporter at Debtwire Europe, you will hear from Peter Dahlen, who is Global co-head of leveraged finance at Clifford Chance. Peter has been a partner since 2013 and regularly advises corporate borrowers across leveraged finance, private credit and restructuring deals. We’ll hear his summary of market conditions this year so far, his expec...

On this episode Debtwire's Senior Legal Analyst Dawn Grocock speaks with Kirkland's Kon Asimacopoulos, Sean Lacey, Hannah Crawford and Kate Stephenson about the state of the restructuring market, the latest on UK restructuring plans, and where the Kirkland team see the market heading.

In this episode, Claire Matheson Kirton, a partner at White & Case, joins Debtwire CEEMEA’s Laura Gardner to explore the rise in investment from the Middle East into Africa. With China stepping back as a major financier across the continent, Gulf economies are jumping in to meet Africa's vast infrastructure and energy needs. GCC investors are seizing diversification opportunities in sectors su...

The podcast’s guest, Brian Himot, will also discuss the latest trends in private credit and opportunistic lending and several deals that SVP closed recently.

On this episode, we speak with Maples Group’s Kat Burke about the Irish restructuring toolkit and in particular, its potential as an implementation route for global workouts. Kat is Of Counsel in the Dispute Resolution & Insolvency team at Maples Group, Dublin. She is an Irish, English, US and BVI qualified corporate restructuring lawyer and has experience in key restructuring jurisdictions in...

On this episode of the Debtwired! podcast, Till Schweizer, Managing Director at Partners Group, joins Debtwire Europe’s Jelena Cvejic to discuss the current demand and supply dynamics in the leveraged loan market, and CLO positioning in light of a generally strong market and an increasing number of underperforming credits. Till Schweizer has been with Partners Group since 2007 and has 18 years of...

DLA Piper’s David Manson unpacks the key lessons from Germany-focused real estate business Aggregate Holdings’ contested restructuring plan process before the English High Court in an interview with Debtwire Europe’s Hossein Dabiri.

On the latest episode of the Debtwired! Podcast, Hannah Gates answers a range of questions on how private credit and bank lending markets are converging in new and unforeseen ways with Debtwire Europe’s Johannes Koch. Hannah specialises in lender-side domestic and cross-border leveraged finance transactions across the credit spectrum. Her practice covers acquisition and event-driven finance, and o...

On the Debtwired! Podcast, Carson Block, CEO of Muddy Waters, joins Debtwire Europe’s Head of High Yield Adam Samoon to discuss short selling trades in credit. Muddy Waters has exposed accounting issues and fraud at many global companies. This podcast examines what operational characteristics provide fundamentals for good short trades and monitors examples of trades that have been implemented. A n...

In this episode, we speak with Freshfields’ Craig Montgomery and Lindsay Hingston about Adler’s landmark restructuring plan, considering some of the key takeaways for future UK restructuring plans. German real estate group Adler’s UK restructuring plan secured its place in legal history recently as the English Court of Appeal allowed an appeal by a group of dissenting noteholders, overturning the...

In this episode, we speak with Simmons and Simmons’ Christopher Kranz and Simon Kirschner, about the German StaRUG procedure, with a focus on the innovative Softline restructuring. The German Act on the Stabilisation and Restructuring Framework for Businesses (StaRUG) came into force on 1 January 2021, implementing the EU Restructuring Directive – which obliges all EU member states to establish pr...

Dominik Spanier, MD at Lincoln International, joins Debtwire’s Johannes Koch to look at the year ahead for private debt in the German-speaking region and scour the market for challenges and opportunities for debt advisors. #privatedebt #Europe #Germany #LincolnInternational #debtadvisor

Florian Kluge, MD and COO Investor Relations at Ardian, joins Debtwire’s Johannes Koch to talk about how the fundraising market is developing and explore whether private debt has reached its peak. Florian Kluge joined Ardian in 2017. As managing director he is engaged in the firm’s fundraising efforts and closely involved in the firm’s relationships with investors in Germany, Austria and the UK. F...

Lee Buchheit, Honorary Professor at the University of Edinburgh Law School, talks about the use of value recovery instruments to resolve sovereign debt workouts with Debtwire's Laura Gardner. Lee takes us back to the origins of these tools, which were first used as part of the 1990s Brady-era debt restructurings. While in principle used to sweeten the deal for bondholders agreeing to significant u...

On the Debtwired! Podcast, Goldman Sachs Head of EMEA Leveraged Finance Dominic Ashcroft joins Debtwire Europe’s Head of High Yield Adam Samoon to discuss the outlook for the European LevFin market. LevFin volumes have staged a comeback this year though issuance still remains below recent historical levels. This podcast explores the future for leveraged finance issuance and whether the year-to-dat...

Lazard Managing Director Pierre Cailleteau joins Debtwire's Laura Gardner on the podcast to discuss domestic debt restructuring as part of sovereign debt negotiations. Pierre explains the difficulties a government is presented with when it chooses to restructure its domestic debt, the risks it can bring to its economy and why these exercises must be carefully calibrated. He also goes through three...