Legal Lens

In this episode, Legal Lens host Andy Serbe talks with Nate Catez of Moelis & Company about litigation finance, the growing market, and its applications both in and out of restructuring situations.

This month, Legal Lens host Andy Serbe kicks off 2024 with Justin Alberto, a partner at Cole Schotz, to talk about his work representing committees in cases like Purdue, mass torts in bankruptcy, special/local counsel engagements, and much more.

Host Andy Serbe sits down with megacase connoisseur Ira Dizengoff of Akin Gump to talk about dealmaking, his restructuring takeaways from 2023, and big issues for 2024 in our final episode of the year.

Host Andy Serbe sits down this month with Brian Cumberland, the head of Alvarez & Marsal's restructuring compensation practice, to talk about bonus plans, incentives, retention, and other comp issues facing companies going through restructuring.

Host Andy Serbe sits down with Judge Shelley Chapman, who retired from the Southern New York #bankruptcy bench in 2022, for a conversation about megacases including #Purdue Pharma and #Lehman Brothers, her time on the court, and her return to private practice with Willkie Farr & Gallagher.

In a far-ranging conversion, host Andy Serbe sits down with Joel Cohen, managing partner of Stout's NYC office, to talk asset tracing, cross-border issues, bankruptcy alternatives, and other key elements of advising distressed situations.

This month, ADR specialist Ken Feinberg joins host Andy Serbe to talk about managing major settlement funds, mediation, and the shift of mass tort cases into Chapter 11 as their venue of choice in recent years as seen in LTL Management, Purdue Pharma, and others.

Legal Lens host Andy Serbe sits down with Seth Lieberman of Pryor Cashman to discuss his path to restructuring, his practice representing indenture trustees, and some of the major cases under his purview such as Silicon Valley Bank, Celsius Network, and Diamond Sports Group. #restructuring trends #lawtwitter #Finance

In this month’s episode of Legal Lens, legal analyst Aileen Ramia speaks with Josh Sussberg about his foray into law and bankruptcy, trends in bankruptcy over the course of his career, and his views on where the restructuring and distressed industries may be headed given the current macroeconomic environment. Josh is a partner in the restructuring practice group of Kirkland & Ellis LLP and a m...

On this episode of Legal Lens, legal analyst Aileen Ramia speaks with Judge Robert E. Gerber (ret.) to discuss his observed trends in bankruptcy over the course of his extensive career as well as his philosophies concerning bankruptcy generally. Judge Gerber served for 15 years as a United States bankruptcy judge in the Southern District of New York where he presided over a broad array of cases pr...

On this episode of Legal Lens, legal analyst Aileen Ramia speaks with Judge Robert E. Gerber (ret.) to discuss his observed trends in bankruptcy over the course of his extensive career as well as his philosophies concerning bankruptcy generally. Judge Gerber served for 15 years as a United States bankruptcy judge in the Southern District of New York where he presided over a broad array of cases pr...

In this episode, legal analyst Aileen Ramia speaks with corporate restructuring attorney Kathlene Burke regarding the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v. Coughlin case that is pending before the United States Supreme Court. The case, which goes to the intersection of bankruptcy and Federal Indian law, brings to the forefront the issue of whether the Bankruptcy Code abrogates...