September 2024

As many of you, perhaps most of you know, I retired from Dechert LLP at the end of June .  As Monty Python once said, “I’m not dead yet.”  I will continue to be an active participant in our industry through my investment vehicle, Jackstay Ventures LLC, and in other ways.  You will all continue to see CrunchedCredit”

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I really don’t want to talk about ESG.  (Actually, I do but pretend I don’t to bolster my well-earned reputation for balance…Hah!).  ESG is so politically fraught…one person’s lodestar is another shibboleth.  Tribal totem of the left and right!  You get on the wrong side of this amongst the majority of the chattering class (e.g., any whiff of failure…

If it really didn’t matter, all this electioneering drama would be good fun, wouldn’t it?  Throw in some sex and a car chase and this would work on Netflix!  Regrettably, in the real world, it is less than entirely amiable.  

It is probably true that most of us are anxious as the election carries so many notes…