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Our Distressed Situations podcast series offers an informative perspective on managing the risks and complications inherent in restructuring and insolvency situations. Reed Smith’s lawyers cover notable insolvency-related issues, trends and regulatory developments impacting a cross section of industries.
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Friday Jan 27, 2023
Five things to consider when you have a defaulted loan
Friday Jan 27, 2023
Friday Jan 27, 2023
In this episode, Amber Sefert of Trimont Real Estate Advisors joins Reed Smith partner Keith Aurzada to discuss the basics to loan defaults and workouts.
Thursday Aug 18, 2022
Know the options: The Cape Town Convention
Thursday Aug 18, 2022
Thursday Aug 18, 2022
Kathleen Garrett is joined by Andrew Harper to review the Cape Town Convention. They discuss questions such as what is the Cape Town Convention, and how does it apply to the aviation industry in insolvency proceedings? What and whom does it apply to? What are the biggest challenges facing Cape Town Convention aviation-related restructures?
Thursday Jul 14, 2022
Distressed UK energy supply market: A whistle-stop tour
Thursday Jul 14, 2022
Thursday Jul 14, 2022
Kathleen Garrett takes you on a whistle-stop tour of distress in the UK energy supply market in Q4 2021, the applicable insolvency procedures, and likely reform measures six months on.
Tuesday Jun 14, 2022
Tuesday Jun 14, 2022
As part of our commitment to help clients know the options, London-based Reed Smith Restructuring & Insolvency partner Kathleen Garrett explores the positions of global courts regarding which insolvency proceedings fall within the ambit of Alternative A of Article XI of the Aircraft Protocol to the Cape Town Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment (CTC), and what this means for frequently needed restructuring reliefs, such as repudiation and amendment of contracts and repossession of affect assets.
Thursday Dec 09, 2021
Independent directors in distressed situations
Thursday Dec 09, 2021
Thursday Dec 09, 2021
Reed Smith partner Keith Aurzada is joined by former bankruptcy judge Leif Clark for a discussion of how independent directors can assist in navigating difficult waters for members of boards of directors.
Wednesday Nov 17, 2021
Investment bankers and distress: Protection and optionality
Wednesday Nov 17, 2021
Wednesday Nov 17, 2021
President and Head of Restructuring and Distressed M&A of Gordian Group, Peter Kaufman, discusses the value of investment banking services to distressed companies. Joined by Reed Smith partner Keith Aurzada, Peter gives a “lighting round” description of a number of investment banking terms and concepts (and the occasional movie reference).
Tuesday Nov 09, 2021
Mediation: When time is of the essence
Tuesday Nov 09, 2021
Tuesday Nov 09, 2021
Reed Smith partner Keith Aurzada and principal at Novo Advisors, retired Reed Smith partner Claudia Springer tackle the subject of mediation in difficult financial disputes. Claudia shares insight into how mediation helps parties understand the value of settlement and resolution, over allowing important disputes to linger.
Tuesday Oct 26, 2021
The beauty industry: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
Tuesday Oct 26, 2021
Tuesday Oct 26, 2021
The beauty industry is being disrupted by various business and legal issues. Danielle Garno, a Reed Smith partner who focuses her practice on this industry, provides her insights in this constantly changing sector.
Thursday Oct 14, 2021
Understanding working capital improvement
Thursday Oct 14, 2021
Thursday Oct 14, 2021
Reed Smith’s Keith Aurzada joins John Little of Deloitte Transactions and Business Analytics LLP for a discussion of just what working capital is, and how improving working capital can lead to cash balance improvements.
Tuesday Sep 28, 2021
The current state of the beauty industry
Tuesday Sep 28, 2021
Tuesday Sep 28, 2021
Mike Musso of KPMG joins Reed Smith’s Keith Aurzada for a discussion about the beauty industry. Mike provides valuable insight into recent disrupters in the industry including fragmentation, the direct-to-consumer phenomenon, and the impacts of COVID-19.