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AI at the Inflection Point: Where disruption meets restructuring.

AI at the Inflection Point. Where disruption meets restructuring. A TMA program.

A new TMA webinar series

Understand how AI changes distress, value and recovery.

AI is changing the questions you need to ask on your next engagement. Join TMA to explore the risks, recognize the opportunities and strengthen your response.

10 planned webinarsA yearlong exploration
60 minutes per sessionExpert discussion and live Q&A
Built around your workFrom emerging risk to recovery

Why this program. Why now.

AI belongs in the
restructuring conversation.

A business model under pressure. An investment that fails to deliver. A new way to analyze a company’s recovery options. AI can enter an engagement from several directions, and its impact varies by industry.

TMA’s AI at the Inflection Point brings experts together to tackle the questions turnaround and restructuring professionals are facing now and will face next. Explore how AI affects corporate distress, investment decisions and the tools practitioners use to restore value.

Start here · The first webinar

Registration is open

NOVEMBER
17
Tuesday, 2026
Time
11 a.m.–noon Central12–1 p.m. Eastern
Format
Live online webinar60 minutes

AI at the Inflection Point

Selling Cognitive Labor

BPO/CX, Legal & Professional Services, Staffing

What happens when AI changes the economics of the work a company sells? Explore the operational, financial and workforce risks facing businesses built on knowledge work, including business process outsourcing (BPO), customer experience (CX), consulting and professional services.

Join the discussion to explore:

  • How revenue displacement, margin compression and shifting customer demand can signal AI-related distress.
  • How to distinguish AI disruption from other pressures on a business.
  • Where AI fits into an engagement as a risk, an investment and a recovery tool.

Webinar access details will be sent before the event. Visit the registration page for the latest event information.

Explore the planned series

Follow the questions.
Build your perspective.

The program moves from industry exposure to investment risk, professional responsibilities and practical tools for the workout.

Topics shown reflect the planned program. Additional dates, session details and sequencing will be announced as they are confirmed.

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Industry disruption

Selling Cognitive Labor: BPO/CX, Legal & Professional Services, StaffingFirst webinar · November 17, 2026

How AI changes the economics of knowledge work, with implications for customer relationships, workforce continuity and recovery.

The Consumer Shelf: Retail, Restaurants & Consumer Products

How AI may reshape pricing, customer behavior and margins alongside existing sources of consumer-sector distress.

The Epicenter: Software & SaaS

The interaction of changing business models, recurring revenue assumptions and leveraged software investments.

Regulated & Slower-Moving: Healthcare and Financial Services

How regulation influences the pace of AI disruption and the options available in a restructuring.

Investment and execution risk

The AI Build-Out: Data Centers, Capex and the Debt Question

Investment, financing, customer concentration and infrastructure risks within the AI industry itself.

When the Cure Becomes the Disease: The Failed-Savings Trap

How poorly governed AI spending and implementation can undermine a company’s recovery.

Do the Agents Have a Runway? The Durability of AI-Native Companies

Business models, pricing, competitive advantages and customer economics behind emerging AI providers.

Practitioner judgment and recovery tools

Valuation Under Substitution Risk

How to assess enterprise value when technology challenges a company’s future earnings.

Fiduciary Duty and AI in the Courtroom

Professional oversight and verification when AI supports consequential analysis or court submissions.

The Practitioner’s Toolkit: AI in the Workout

Practical applications in cash-flow forecasting, contract diligence, research and recovery, with attention to developing the next generation of practitioners.

Who should participate

For the people working
through the inflection point.

Designed for TMA members and other professionals who assess risk, advise businesses and help restore value.

  • Restructuring lawyers
  • Investment bankers
  • Financial advisors
  • Chief restructuring officers
  • Private-credit lenders
  • Distressed investors
  • Valuation professionals
AI at the Inflection Point. Where disruption meets restructuring.

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The conversation begins November 17.

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