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NY Knicks Success a Win for Lenders Who Propped Up Broadcaster

Just a year before the New York Knicks rode a double-digit winning streak to the NBA Finals, the company that broadcasts its games was thrown a lifeline to avoid a potential bankruptcy filing. Now, the lenders who backed that restructuring are likely cheering on the team’s success.

Jalen Brunson #11 of the New York Knicks dribbles the ball against Dennis Schroder #8 of the Cleveland Cavaliers during the fourth quarter in Game Two of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals at Madison Square Garden on May 21, 2026 in New York City. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement.
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Cox Group Took 20% Bridge Loan for Iberdrola Mexico Deal

Spanish utility Cox ABG Group SA took a bridge loan to help fund a $4.2 billion asset acquisition in Mexico and placed shares as collateral.

A wind turbine at the Puylobo wind farm, operated by Iberdrola SA, in Zaragoza, Spain, on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025. Spanish energy giant Iberdrola SA posted a slump in fourth-quarter earnings, denting its performance in a year marked by soaring profits from its expanding power networks business.
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Citadel’s Yearslong Spirit Bet Faces New Risk on US Rescue Plan

Ken Griffin’s Citadel has been intertwined in Spirit Aviation Holdings Inc.’s bankruptcies over the past two years. It even parted ways earlier this year with a portfolio manager after a series of losses that included a soured bet on the distressed budget carrier.

Spirit Airlines signage at LaGuardia Airport
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Canada’s Cineplex Is Gauging Interest From Potential Buyers

Cineplex Inc., Canada’s largest movie theater chain, is shopping itself to potential buyers in a bid to combine with a rival.

A customer buys concessions inside a Cineplex Cinemas movie theater in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on Monday, Feb. 3, 2020. Britain's Cineworld Group Plc is on track to become North America's biggest operator of movie theaters with its plan to buy Canada's Cineplex Inc. for C$2.15 billion ($1.64 billion).
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Paramount M&A Loan Cut to $49 Billion as Lending Group Swells

Bank of America Corp. and Citigroup Inc. have sold down a multi-billion dollar bridge loan backing Paramount Skydance Corp.’s takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. to a wider group of banks, a key step in one of the biggest M&A financings of the year.

Paramount Studios in Los Angeles.
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Hedge Funds, Oil Companies Meet in Venezuela to Chart a New Era

Dozens of hedge-fund and oil-company executives are gathering this week in Caracas, where Venezuela’s acting president, Delcy Rodriguez, signaled an interest in re-opening the nation’s economy to foreign businesses, according to people familiar with the matter.

The Simon Bolivar Towers, center, and National Assembly building, center left, in Caracas.
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Hedge Funds, Oil Companies Meet in Venezuela to Chart a New Era

Dozens of hedge-fund and oil-company executives are gathering this week in Caracas, where Venezuela’s acting president, Delcy Rodriguez, signaled an interest in re-opening the nation’s economy to foreign businesses, according to people familiar with the matter.

The Simon Bolivar Towers, center, and National Assembly building, center left, in Caracas.
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AMC’s Deutsche Bank Loan Rewards Market Return Within Year

AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. turned to an existing creditor to refinance debt after turbulence in public markets derailed a planned bond and loan sale — though the deal includes incentives to bring it back to investors before long.

An AMC movie theater in New York, US, on Monday, Feb. 5, 2024. AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. is scheduled to release earnings figures on February 28.
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Kennedy-Wilson Bondholders Organize to Push Back on Tender Offer

A group of investors holding a majority of Kennedy-Wilson Inc. bonds plan to skip the company’s debt exchange offer and instead seek a cash payment, according to people familiar with the matter.

William McMorrow, chairman and chief executive officer of Kennedy-Wilson Holdings Inc., speaks at the annual Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., on Monday, April 29, 2013. The conference brings together hundreds of chief executive officers, senior government officials and leading figures in the global capital markets for discussions on social, political and economic challenges.
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Braskem Idesa, Creditors Discuss Loan for Potential Chapter 11

Mexico’s Braskem Idesa SAPI is in talks with creditors for finance that would fund the company through a potential Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding in the US, according to people familiar with the matter.

Water vapor is released from a tower during construction at the Etileno XXI ethylene-polyethylene plant in this aerial photo taken above Coatzacoalcos, Mexico, on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015. The facility, a joint project between the Brazilian company Braskem SA and Mexico's Grupo Idesa SA, plans to begin production by year-end. Photographer: Susana Gonzalez/
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Optimum Says Kirkland Quitting Proves Wall Street ‘Cartel’

Optimum Communications Inc. said a top law firm’s withdrawal from representing it under pressure from Apollo Global Management, Ares Management, Oaktree Capital Management and others showed that they were participating in a cartel against it.

Signage on the building that houses Kirkland & Ellis LLP law firm in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, April 21, 2025. The agreement between the Trump administration and five leading law firms is likely to further shake a legal profession in upheaval as the administration has threatened or implemented executive orders cutting off their lawyers’ access to security clearances and government buildings, often in retribution for perceived political slights.
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Kirkland Star Lawyer’s Antitrust Warning Sowed Seeds of His Own Exit

For the better part of 15 years at law firm Kirkland & Ellis, David Nemecek made a career out of exploiting loose lending agreements to perfect what would become a well-worn dance in the world of distressed corporate debt: Craft a debt overhaul too good for one set of a company’s creditors to pass up while leaving other creditors with scraps and buying precious time for the company’s private equity owners to avoid losses.

David Nemecek, former Kirkland partner, during the Bloomberg Global Credit Forum in Los Angeles last June
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