Pretty cool stuff… Crain’s NY has written extensively about the bankruptcy boom and what it means for the abundance of restructuring talent we have here in NYC. They quoted me on my thesis that the lawyer crowd has replaced the finance crowd in many of our best steakhouses. Here’s the piece, from the New York,…
NY Steakhouse
Bankruptcy Bubble Bonanza in the Big Apple
The bankruptcy boom has kept New York law firms and restructuring shops humming throughout the downturn as companies and whole industries have fallen apart. From Crain’s New York: The 1,217 corporate bankruptcy filings in New York’s Southern District so far this year are nearly double the number filed in second-place Delaware over the same period,…
People I Can Do Without: Winter '09
The greatest stand-up comedian of all time*, George Carlin, had a bit in the late 80’s called “People I Can Do Without“. While his version included people like “a dentist who has blood in his hair”, I will keep mine strictly investment-related. The Reformed Broker’s “People I Can Do Without” Magazine editors and advertising executives…
