Private Credit Bubble & First Brands Bankruptcy
When the private credit market hit $1.5 trillion, it caught everyone's attention-but recent high-profile defaults are raising serious questions about what comes next.Taylor Sherman heads restructuring and dispute resolution at CohnReznick Advisory, advisingacross the capital structure on Chapter 11s, out-of-court workouts, and turnaround mandates fordebtors, lenders, and equity stakeholders.Matthew Wright is a Channel Islands insolvency practitioner specialising in offshore fundfailures, asset tracing, and recovery work for investors, managers, and regulators-drawing onlessons from Lehman, MF Global, and Madoff.They dissect recent blow-ups like First Brands and Tricolor, and compare the very differentrestructuring toolkits available under US Bankruptcy Code versus offshore regimes. Whetheryou're advising investors, fund managers, or directors navigating distressed situations, thisconversation delivers practical insights from both sides of the Atlantic.