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.

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

Bar Qualification

  • New York

Education

  • JD, Boston University School of Law, 2007
  • BA, Boston College, 2004