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41st International Financial Law Conference

6 May - 8 May 2026

Session information

Lender-on-lender violence

Friday 8 May (1545 - 1700)

Committee(s)

Banking & Financial Law Committee (Lead)
Securities and Capital Markets Committee (Lead)

Description

Lender on lender violence” has moved from a US phenomenon to a global restructuring strategy, reshaping capital structures from New York to Paris and beyond. The panel will bring together US, European and cross-border perspectives to examine how uptiers, dropdowns, distressed disposals and co-operation agreements are being deployed and challenged across jurisdictions. It will explore whether courts, drafting and market discipline will curb these liability management tactics, and whether engineered creditor hierarchies are now a permanent feature of global finance.

Session / Workshop Chair(s)

Jean-Francois Adelle	Jeantet, Paris, France; Member, Banking & Financial Law Committee Advisory Board
Victoria Judd	Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman , London, England; Chair, Structured Finance Subcommittee

Speakers

Bianca Boorer	9fin, London, England
Ryanne Elkerbout-Kok	De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Sung Pak	Paul Weiss, New York, New York, USA
Javier Sánchez	Cuatrecasas, Barcelona, Spain

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