Mann & Associates global were delighted to be one of the sponsors of the INSOL London 2026 conference, held in April 2026. We attended the conference and met many old friends there, as well as making new ones.
The conference brought together global restructuring and insolvency professionals to examine the mounting geopolitical, financial and technological pressures reshaping international markets. It is a symptom of the ‘new world’ that geopolitical fragmentation is dominating the news space, leading business conversations and causing many of us to reconsider the way we think about the key things in our lives – not just in terms of business, but in personal and family life, too.
In the same breath there appears to be a downgrading of institutional trust leading to technological disruption on restructuring outcomes. Many of the speakers were very interesting on this, leading fascinating conversations about the change in trust between governments, investors, corporations and courts. It is true that this has become a central factor in economic resilience and market stability.
Of course Artificial intelligence (AI) was discussed, not only as the stand out information and transformational tool of the 20s, but one that arrives hand-in-hand as a potential systemic risk, particularly in fraud detection, asset tracing, investigations, and enforcement. At the same time, participants stressed the continuing importance of human judgment, governance, and evidential scrutiny in AI-assisted processes.
For Mann & Associates global this lies at the centre of much of what we do. Our forensic accounting and court-evidence work around the world depends largely on making sense of mountains of information which may hide distracting or misleading information … and it is our job to distinguish one from the other.
The conference also highlighted the evolving role of private capital, especially private credit, in distressed and special situations. Panels explored how private capital now plays a central role in refinancing and restructuring, while also creating new challenges around underwriting discipline, transparency and cross-border enforcement.
Looking ahead, the conference identified several trends likely to shape the profession over the coming years: heightened geopolitical volatility, stronger judicial oversight and coherence across jurisdictions, expanded private capital influence, and deeper AI adoption across restructuring and asset recovery. Collectively, these themes underscored the need for restructuring professionals to adapt to increasingly complex, interconnected, and technology-driven global markets.
We look forward to ongoing conversations.