Insights

In today's mid-market, collateral is a dynamic, actively managed asset that can generate liquidity, reduce funding costs, unlock liability management options, and — in the wrong hands — erode a creditor's recovery without a single covenant being breached. Collateral enhancement has become a strategic imperative for borrowers, lenders, and specialty finance providers alike. It has also become a restructuring tool of the first order — one that skilled debt advisers and lawyers are increasingly deploying to shape outcomes that would previously have required formal insolvency proceedings. 

On July 30, 2026, partner Matthew F. Ferraro published an article with Dow Jones Risk Journal on “Five Steps for Secure Adoption of Agentic AI.” In the article, Mr. Ferraro – who counsels clients widely on the responsible adoption and deployment of artificial intelligence – explained that a compromised AI agent can do substantial damage before any human detects it.