Is this you? As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work.
Claim your profile
Articles by Mitchell McVeigh
2026 Midterms Preview: What Divided Government Could Mean for Financial Services, Healthcare, Data Centers, AI, Tariffs, Funding
Summary by AI at Octus The Nov. 3 midterm elections could alter the balance of power in Washington if Democrats take control of the House of Representatives or the Senate. This article analyzes how the midterms could affect private credit and financial services, healthcare, data centers and energy, broader AI policy, tariffs and the upcoming lame-duck session. The Nov.
Legislative Coverage: How the Upcoming Democratic Congress Could Try to Rein in Trump’s Tariffs
Summary by AI at Octus Democrats’ landslide victory in the midterm elections could increase the likelihood that the next Congress passes legislation reining in President Donald Trump’s tariffs. Although any legislation would require two-thirds majorities from both the House of Representatives and Senate to overcome the president’s likely veto, Nov. 3 results could open the door to more defections by congressional Republicans.
Repeat Restructurings and Approaching Maturities Could Drive 2027 Activity, Says Jefferies’ Finger
✨ Summary by AI at Octus Some companies that completed liability management exercises over the past two years may need another adjustment to their balance sheet or a comprehensive restructuring in 2027. Approaching maturities, including in private credit, could also contribute to activity, according to Jeffrey Finger, managing director and co-head of the U.S. capital structure solutions group at Jefferies.
Private Credit Lenders Encourage Forced Sales for Distressed Software Companies Amid Refinancing Struggles
View From the Market By Software companies in the private credit market are dealing with the aftermath of the SaaSpocalypse. Sponsors are being forced to sell the companies that fail to find ways to extend debt maturities, according to Eugene Lee, managing director at Lincoln International. “We’re starting to see more signs of stress within software private credit.
LME Boom Puts New Pressure on Distressed Companies’ Communications, Says FTI’s Chesley
The increasing trend of liability management transactions and out-of-court restructurings has made communications increasingly more important as companies deal with creditor groups forming earlier, information leaking faster and operational stakeholders reacting to signs of distress, according to Rachel Chesley, senior managing director and head of restructuring communications at FTI Consulting.
Healthcare Distress Splits Restructuring Playbook Across Hospitals, Medical Practices and Senior Living Spaces, Says King & Spalding’s Wilson
✨ Summary by AI at Octus Distress in the healthcare sector is being driven by increasingly different restructuring dynamics across senior living facilities, private equity-backed medical practices and rural hospitals - depending on the type of debt, payor mix and operational challenges, according to Thad Wilson, bankruptcy & insolvency litigation partner at King & Spalding LLP.
Cahill’s Joel Moss Discusses Amend-and-Extend of Distressed Companies’ Debt
View From the Market By The more challenging amend-and-extend transactions often resemble or take the form of liability management exercises revolving around discount capture, pricing, maturity and documentation, according to Joel Moss, chair of Cahill’s bankruptcy and restructuring group.
Life Insurers Now Dominate Private Credit, as Mark Walter Scrutiny Grows
✨ Summary by AI at Octus This week as market participants continued to digest the news around Mark Walter and two of the life insurance companies under his control, Octus’ Jared Muroff took a look at some of the reasons life insurers have become some of the largest players in private credit. Editor’s Note: The Americas Special Sits and Distressed Weekly will not be published on Friday, Sept 4. It will resume on Friday, Sept 11.
Braskem Idesa Files for Chapter 11 While Refinancing Pressures Mounts
✨ Summary by AI at Octus We are deep into August and many of the distressed mavens who would otherwise opine on topical situations are no doubt soaking up the last bits of summer. While commentary might be sparse, the news was not. Sponsor-backed credits dominated this week's distressed situations, with balance sheet pressure surfacing across sectors from travel and leisure to software and building products.
Compute Futures Could Pave the Way for Compute Hedging, Says Cahill Gordon’s Kalbaugh
✨ Summary by AI at Octus One of the biggest, and hardest to analyze, risks in the burgeoning market for debt tied to AI data centers is determining the future value of the graphics processing units in the data center and the compute power they provide. Gary Kalbaugh, head of Cahill Gordon's commodities futures and derivatives group, said that he expects that the establishment of futures contracts for compute can help solve the problem and eventually lead to hedging covenants in loan documents.
Pillsbury Winthrop’s Andrew Troop Looks Back on Lessons of Purdue Pharma Case; Outlines Flashpoints Between Bankruptcy Law and Federal Healthcare Regulators
✨ Summary by AI at Octus With the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy case finally concluding on May 1, Andrew Troop, a partner at Pillsbury Winthrop’s insolvency and restructuring practice, reflected on the case and his firm’s involvement where it represented the nonconsenting states and the District of Columbia.
Show More
loading
Actions
Is this you?
As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work.Get in touch with Mitchell
Contact Mitchell, search articles and posts on X, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place.
Learn more about Muck Rack