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YesCare (Corizon Health): Texas Two-Step Case Study

Dec 12, 2025

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24 min read

YesCare (Corizon Health): Texas Two-Step Case Study

Substandard medical care, mass tort claims, and a Texas Two-Step case study.

Consumer & Retail

Rough Justice Resolution: Weight Watchers Prepackaged Chapter 11

Dec 5, 2025

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38 min read

Rough Justice Resolution: Weight Watchers Prepackaged Chapter 11

How impaired creditors may have marked a pragmatic alternative in bankruptcy

Deep Dives

Nov 28, 2025

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39 min read

Intrum, a Transatlantic Turnaround

How a European Debt Collector Executed a Texas Prepack

Consumer & Retail

Washington Prime Group: From Tenant Churn to Balance-Sheet Failure

Nov 21, 2025

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32 min read

Washington Prime Group: From Tenant Churn to Balance-Sheet Failure

How a combination of secular headwinds and COVID-induced macroeconomic shock drove one of the largest U.S. operators of shopping malls into Chapter 11

Tech, Media & Telecom

Audacy Deep Dive, From Radio Pioneer to an Impaired DIP

Nov 14, 2025

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29 min read

Audacy Deep Dive, From Radio Pioneer to an Impaired DIP

A breakdown of the mechanics that turned a short-term DIP into a high-upside equity play

Tech, Media & Telecom

Silicon Carbide’s Champion Stumbles: Wolfspeed’s Path to Bankruptcy

Oct 31, 2025

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48 min read

Silicon Carbide’s Champion Stumbles: Wolfspeed’s Path to Bankruptcy

How an expected beneficiary of the semiconductor boom collapsed from its largest bet on silicon carbide

KKR

Oct 17, 2025

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43 min read

Thames Water Part 3, The Last Drops?

A debt-ridden utility caught up between hedge funds fighting for scraps, all while the public watches on

Deep Dives

Oct 14, 2025

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31 min read

Thames Water Part 2, Sink or Swim?

The years that pushed Britain’s biggest utility to an all out national crisis

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Thames Water Part 1, How the Tap Ran Dry

Oct 10, 2025

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46 min read

Thames Water Part 1, How the Tap Ran Dry

From a privatization dream to a public liability nightmare, an in-depth analysis of the utility giant’s unravelling

Consumer & Retail

The Container Store’s Prepack Chapter 11: From Organization to Reorganization

Oct 3, 2025

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30 min read

The Container Store’s Prepack Chapter 11: From Organization to Reorganization

A commoditized product set and intense e-commerce competition that ultimately pushed The Container Store into bankruptcy, and a prepack to extend looming maturities

Tech, Media & Telecom

Core Scientific: The $9 Billion AI Comeback Story

Sep 12, 2025

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31 min read

Core Scientific: The $9 Billion AI Comeback Story

How one of America’s largest bitcoin miners reinvented itself through Chapter 11

Consumer & Retail

Aug 29, 2025

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31 min read

Bed Bath & Bankrupt

How a failed private-label strategy, aggressive financial engineering, and eroded stakeholder confidence led to Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.’s liquidation

Consumer & Retail

Bird Global: From VC Unicorn to Chapter 11

Aug 8, 2025

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5 min read

Bird Global: From VC Unicorn to Chapter 11

What began as the fastest unicorn in VC history ended with a bankruptcy filing, a 97% shareholder wipeout, and Apollo walking away with the keys

Industrials

(G)rounded, (O)verleveraged, and (L)anding in Chapter 11: GOL Restructuring Deep Dive

Aug 1, 2025

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11 min read

(G)rounded, (O)verleveraged, and (L)anding in Chapter 11: GOL Restructuring Deep Dive

Low-cost carrier business models, the Boeing 737 MAX crisis, and a fascinating case of FX volatility-related airline bankruptcy

Industrials

American Tire Distributors, In-Court LME

Jul 25, 2025

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10 min read

American Tire Distributors, In-Court LME

How ATD’s bankruptcy reshaped DIP financing and signaled a shift toward intra-class conflict in Chapter 11

Technical Lesson

A ‘New Look’ at fairness: Company Voluntary Arrangement Primer

Jul 18, 2025

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4 min read

A ‘New Look’ at fairness: Company Voluntary Arrangement Primer

An overview of an English restructuring tool and a comparative discussion on fairness in restructuring

Tech, Media & Telecom

Global Eagle Restructuring: Lessons From a Satellite-Internet SPAC Rollup

Jul 11, 2025

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27 min read

Global Eagle Restructuring: Lessons From a Satellite-Internet SPAC Rollup

A cautionary tale in leverage, capital structure, and rescue financing gone wrong

Deep Dives

Jun 27, 2025

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7 min read

Eye Care Leaders Chapter 11 Deep Dive

How insurance fraud dragged an unconventional software rollup into Chapter 11

Consumer & Retail

Jun 13, 2025

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11 min read

Tupperware Chapter 11 Deep Dive

A closer look at Tupperware’s direct-selling model, traditional out-of-court restructurings, and ultimate acquisition by secured lenders

Industrials

Overview of Section 363, Credit Bidding, and Fisker Case Study

Jun 6, 2025

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11 min read

Overview of Section 363, Credit Bidding, and Fisker Case Study

Technical Explanation, Offensive vs. Defensive Bids, and a Perfect Chapter 11 Example

Consumer & Retail

BurgerFi Restructuring: From Better Burgers to Bankruptcy

May 30, 2025

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9 min read

BurgerFi Restructuring: From Better Burgers to Bankruptcy

An ill-timed acquisition and premium positioning in a post-pandemic consumer landscape that pushed BurgerFi into bankruptcy, and a textbook loan-to-own strategy to save the company.

Consumer & Retail

(Trash)io: The Stumble from Scale and Short-Term Solutions

May 23, 2025

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17 min read

(Trash)io: The Stumble from Scale and Short-Term Solutions

From doubling revenue every 73 days for years to Chapter 11

Industrials

Zips Car Wash, a Quick Private Credit Chapter 11

May 13, 2025

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2 min read

Zips Car Wash, a Quick Private Credit Chapter 11

A case study in how opaque private credit markets can distort risk, delay recognition of impairment, and mislead investors to the real credit quality of their portfolios

Deep Dives

Too Broke to Smile: SmileDirectClub Chapter 11 Deep Dive

May 2, 2025

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10 min read

Too Broke to Smile: SmileDirectClub Chapter 11 Deep Dive

A litigation-riddled company, challenges in healthcare regulations, and the fascinating dynamic of insider structures within a Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Tech, Media & Telecom

Equitable Subordination Primer and LightSquared Case Study

Apr 25, 2025

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10 min read

Equitable Subordination Primer and LightSquared Case Study

Billionaires Fighting in Bankruptcy Court

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YesCare (Corizon Health): Texas Two-Step Case Study

Rough Justice Resolution: Weight Watchers Prepackaged Chapter 11

Intrum, a Transatlantic Turnaround

Washington Prime Group: From Tenant Churn to Balance-Sheet Failure

Audacy Deep Dive, From Radio Pioneer to an Impaired DIP

Silicon Carbide’s Champion Stumbles: Wolfspeed’s Path to Bankruptcy

Thames Water Part 3, The Last Drops?

Thames Water Part 2, Sink or Swim?

Thames Water Part 1, How the Tap Ran Dry

The Container Store’s Prepack Chapter 11: From Organization to Reorganization

Core Scientific: The $9 Billion AI Comeback Story

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Bird Global: From VC Unicorn to Chapter 11

(G)rounded, (O)verleveraged, and (L)anding in Chapter 11: GOL Restructuring Deep Dive

American Tire Distributors, In-Court LME

A ‘New Look’ at fairness: Company Voluntary Arrangement Primer

Global Eagle Restructuring: Lessons From a Satellite-Internet SPAC Rollup

Eye Care Leaders Chapter 11 Deep Dive

Tupperware Chapter 11 Deep Dive

Overview of Section 363, Credit Bidding, and Fisker Case Study

BurgerFi Restructuring: From Better Burgers to Bankruptcy

(Trash)io: The Stumble from Scale and Short-Term Solutions

Zips Car Wash, a Quick Private Credit Chapter 11

Too Broke to Smile: SmileDirectClub Chapter 11 Deep Dive

Equitable Subordination Primer and LightSquared Case Study

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