Joe Zujkowski
Partner
New York
joe.zujkowski@lw.com
+1.212.906.1286
PRACTICES
- Restructuring & Special Situations
INDUSTRIES
- Energy & Infrastructure
- Healthcare & Life Sciences
- Hospitality, Gaming & Leisure
- Retail & Consumer Products
EDUCATION
- JD, Boston University School of Law, 2007
- BA, Boston College, 2004
LANGUAGES SPOKEN
PROFILE
Joe Zujkowski represents clients in high-stakes restructurings and financial transactions.
Joe advises debtors, ad hoc creditor groups, and individual creditors across a broad range of industries on:
- In-court restructurings
- Out-of-court restructurings
- Complex financing transactions
Before joining Latham, he was a partner at another global law firm. Joe has also served as the co-head of restructuring at a former international law firm and as an adjunct professor at Cardozo School of Law.
EXPERIENCE
Joe’s experience includes representing:
- The ad hoc committee of Belk’s first-lien lenders*
- The ad hoc committee of Mallinckrodt term loan lenders*
- The ad hoc committee of Lumen Technology secured lenders*
- The ad hoc committee of Tradesmen term loan lenders*
- The ad hoc committee of Vericast secured lenders*
- The ad hoc committee of Cumulus secured lenders*
- The ad hoc committee of Thrasio secured lenders*
- Isagenix International in its out-of-court balance sheet restructuring, achieving nearly unanimous creditor support*
- An ad hoc group of Talen Energy rescue financing lenders*
- RGCX in its out-of-court restructuring, achieving nearly unanimous creditor support*
- The ad hoc group of unsecured noteholders in Bruin Energy’s chapter 11 cases*
- The ad hoc group of first-lien lenders in Remington Arms’ chapter 11 cases*
- The Puerto Rico government in all aspects of its debt restructuring*
- The ad hoc committee of second-lien noteholders in LINN Energy*
- The largest term lender in Peabody Energy*
- An ad hoc noteholder group in appealing confirmation of the Peabody plan of reorganization to the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit*
- Colt Defense in its chapter 11 cases*
- The ad hoc committee of second-lien noteholders in Halcon Resources*
- Avenue Capital in Quiznos’ chapter 11 cases*
- The trustee for certain pass-through certificate holders in Edison Mission Energy’s chapter 11 cases*
- Bondholder groups in the Homer City Funding, AES Eastern Energy, and Dynegy chapter 11 cases*
- The US Department of Treasury and the Presidential Task Force with respect to the restructuring of Chrysler, General Motors and Delphi*
- Icahn Associates and certain of its affiliates, as the largest prepetition and post-petition lender, and auction participant in Blockbuster’s chapter 11 cases*
- Secured lenders in radio station operator Inner City Media’s the chapter 11 case*
- The agent for secured lender groups in Station Casinos’ and BLB/Twin River Casinos’ chapter 11 cases*
*Matter handled prior to joining Latham