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N. Theodore Zink, Jr.

Partner

Practice Description

Ted Zink has more than 22 years of experience in bankruptcy, workouts and creditors’ rights. Mr. Zink has handled various bankruptcy situations and troubled credit workouts, including the representation of debtors in pre-packaged and conventional Chapter 11 cases, advising agent banks in the out-of-court restructuring of syndicated facilities, and representing secured and unsecured lenders in Chapter 11 and cross-border insolvencies.

Representative Matters

  • Represented the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Asarco, LLC, a debtor-in-possession in a Chapter 11 case in the Southern District of Texas.
  • Represented WestLB as agent for a syndicate of lenders in the Verasun Chapter 11 cases.
  • Represented a syndicated lending group in connection with the out-of-court restructuring of a large Venezuelan manufacturer.
  • Represented Chivor S.A. E.S.P. in its successful pre-packaged Chapter 11 case in the Southern District of New York.
  • Represented KBC Bank N.V. as agent in two troubled loan situations in which Enron Corporation was swap counter-party.
  • Defended Dexia Bank in a fraudulent transfer action brought in the Enron bankruptcy cases.
  • Represented a European bank group in Lernout-Hauspie and Dictaphone Chapter 11 cases.
  • Represented ATC Group Services Inc., in its pre-negotiated Chapter 11 case pending in the Southern District of New York.
  • Represented the official committee of unsecured creditors in the Pocket Communications, Inc. Chapter 11 case involving the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) C-block wireless telecommunications licenses.
  • Represented the unsecured creditors’ committee in the New York Post bankruptcy.
  • Represented SCI Television, Inc. and Busse Broadcasting Corporation in their respective pre-packaged Chapter 11 cases.
  • Represented purchases of businesses at Section 363 sales.

Honors

Mr. Zink is listed in New York Super Lawyers (2010) for bankruptcy and creditor/debtor law.

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Practice Areas

Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring

Regions

North America

United States

Canada

Education

  • University of Notre Dame, B.B.A., 1976
  • Washington University in St. Louis, Olin School of Business, M.B.A., 1978
  • Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, J.D., 1984

Admissions

1984

Missouri

1991

Illinois

1996

New York

Languages

English