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✈️ Does airline Chapter 11 fly by the same rules as any other restructuring? Yes, but aviation and healthcare are the only two sectors where not knowing the industry means not knowing your options. The regulatory wrapper alone - FAA, DOT, DOJ, citizenship tests - changes everything. As Sidley Austin LLP's Anne Wallace highlighted: "This is not a widget company. Regulations are there because this is a company that is day-to-day flying humans from point A to point B." This is just one of our five must-know takeaways from 9fin’s webinar on airline Chapter 11 restructuring in a new era, featuring partners from Kirkland & Ellis, Pillsbury, and Sidley Austin. Discover the factors changing the flight path of airline distress right now: https://lnkd.in/eRXn8CWh

What happens when a business’s remaining hard assets are machines tied to a model under intense regulatory pressure? 🏧 In this clip, 9fin's Dan Mika and Cat Corey discuss the difficult outlook for crypto ATM operators, where lenders may be left looking to recover value from the machines themselves. The challenge, he argues, is that the business model is hard to defend from both an economic and regulatory standpoint ⚖️ Full episode here: https://lnkd.in/eY9zTHbb

In case you missed it, we recently had the pleasure of hosting bankers, lawyers, and finance professionals for an evening of candid conversation with Stefano Ritondale from Artorias, diving into the US-Mexico national security situation and its implications for markets. A huge thank you to Stefano and to everyone who joined us. We’re committed to growing our Latin America presence, and we look forward to seeing you all again soon. Until next time, Mexico! 🇲🇽

Buy the rumour, sell the fact: credit markets reward those who can see and act on information first 🔭 That's why we built 9fin AI Chat. Move from question to conviction faster with fully cited answers grounded in 9fin's proprietary debt market intelligence. Ask it to screen for opportunities, deep-dive into a credit, or track how a situation is evolving in real time. It works across 9fin's full dataset, built and calibrated by credit, distressed and legal analysts who know what good looks like. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eqwdWZes

Imagine getting paid $25,000 before your first day on the job. That's what next year's Big Law summer associates are being offered before they've even finished their first year of law school, with firms now competing for future associates nearly 18 months before they start. As one lawyer told 9fin: "Once one firm does it, all of the firms that perceive themselves to be peer firms have to do the same." The trend highlights just how intense the battle for legal talent has become. How else are law firms enticing the next generation of lawyers? Find the answer here: https://lnkd.in/ey4nWCV2

Introducing the next generation of AI tools for debt capital markets. AI Chat and Research Grid are the first expressions of our vision for 9fin AI, helping credit professionals move from question to conviction faster. Built on a decade of proprietary debt market intelligence, every output is cited, traceable to source and grounded in the workflows professionals rely on every day. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/eTPTsWcc

Big week in Mexico City. 🇲🇽🥂 We hosted TWO events last week, bringing together bankers, lawyers, and other finance experts. The first was a panel alongside IWIRC exploring the USMCA review and how it will impact financial services — a topic that's very much front of mind across the market right now. The second was an intimate dinner featuring a fascinating discussion with Stefano Ritondale from Artorias Intelligence about the state of play in the US-Mexico national security situation and how that can impact markets. A huge thank you to our panelists, to IWIRC for their partnership, and to everyone who joined us across both nights. We're committed to the Latin America region and look forward to seeing everyone again soon. If we didn't get a chance to catch up properly, please don't hesitate to reach out at marketing@9fin.com.

Proskauer Rose LLP on infrastructure debt. The ongoing saga with First Brands Group, LLC. Kirkland & Ellis’s “apology tour”. Airline chapter 11s. And how guarding against LMEs can feel like fighting a hydra ⚔️ What do all these things have in common? We covered all and more in the previous issue of The Memo — our newsletter covering the best of 9fin's news and analyses across the US markets. Want to get all this intel delivered to your inbox every two weeks? Simply join the mailing list here: https://lnkd.in/evRKGTCY

Thanks to AFME for including 9fin data in its latest report 👀 Notably, the analysis highlights our price spread data between the direct lending and broadly syndicated loan markets, a key trend to watch in Q1 2026 as the BSL market continues to claw back share.

If you had to describe the mood in private credit markets right now, what's the one word or phrase you'd use, and why? Our US private credit editor, Shubham Saharan: Defensive. There's been a lot of chatter in the first half of 2026, in a way that I have not seen in years past. And it's quite interesting to see how folks are reacting to private credit being placed under a microscope a little bit more than it has historically. Shubham sets the scene for our state of private credit whitepaper with a look at the trends reshaping the market so far — BDC redemptions, documentation post-First Brands, secondary sales, and more. Check out her interview below. For the full whitepaper, email marketing@9fin.com.