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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.
Publications
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"Vitro: Defining 'Manifestly Contrary' To US Policy," Law360, May 8, 2012
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International Restructuring NewsWire, February 2011
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"Counterparties' Rights Under Derivative Contracts with a Debtor," International Restructuring Newswire," (co-author), International Restructuring NewsWire, January 2009
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"Non-Statutory Insider Status: Closeness Not Enough," (co-author), Law 360, October 22, 2008
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"An Unsecured Creditor's Rights to Recover Attorneys' Fees: Highlighting the Section 502/Section 506 Dispute," (co-author), Pratt's Journal of Bankruptcy Law, June 2007
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"Vitro: Defining 'Manifestly Contrary' To US Policy," Law360, May 8, 2012
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International Restructuring NewsWire, February 2011
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"Counterparties' Rights Under Derivative Contracts with a Debtor," International Restructuring Newswire," (co-author), International Restructuring NewsWire, January 2009
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"Non-Statutory Insider Status: Closeness Not Enough," (co-author), Law 360, October 22, 2008
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"An Unsecured Creditor's Rights to Recover Attorneys' Fees: Highlighting the Section 502/Section 506 Dispute," (co-author), Pratt's Journal of Bankruptcy Law, June 2007
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"Failure to Timely Record Mortgage May Jeopardize such Mortgage in a Mortgagor Bankruptcy," Client Alert, May 7, 2007
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"Are There Any Limits to Mandatory Subordination Under Section 510(b) of the Bankruptcy Code?," (co-author), Pratt's Journal of Bankruptcy Law, March 2007
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"US Bankruptcy Code-Chapter 15: The Early Returns," (co-author), Insolvency Intelligence, March 2007
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"The Yukos Chapter 15 Case: The Story of How a United States Bankruptcy Court's Pragmatic Approach to a Novel Problem Aided a Russian Receiver to Protect Assets Located in the Netherlands," (co-author), INSOL International, October 2006
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"Court Rejects Attempt to Cancel Contract in Bankruptcy," Project Finance NewsWire, (co-author), September 2006
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"The Effect of Bankruptcy on Letters of Credit as Security for Real Property Leases," Bloomberg Corporate Law Journal, August 2006
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"Third Circuit Panel Circumscribes 'Deepening Insolvency' Cause of Action," Client Alert, July 10, 2006
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"When Will Equity be Heard in Chapter 11?," Journal of Bankruptcy Law, June 2006
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"Buyers of Bankruptcy Claims Should Proceed With Caution," Client Alert, April 11, 2006
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"Third Circuit Reverses Substantive Consolidation Decision in Owens Corning Bankruptcy Case," Journal of Bankruptcy Law, October 2005
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"Are Subsidiaries Really Bankruptcy Remote?," Project Finance NewsWire, (co-author), October 2005
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"Second Circuit Decision Limits Non-Debtor Party Releases," Client Alert, September 1, 2005
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"Recent Amendments to the Bankruptcy Code Affecting Commercial Entities," INSOL International, July 2005
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"Recent Amendments to the United States Bankruptcy Code Affecting Commercial Entities," Client Alert, May 2005
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"District Court Decision Negates Bank Guarantees Granted by Fortune 500 Affiliates," Client Alert, November 29, 2004
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"Anticipating A Possible Bankruptcy," Project Finance NewsWire, (co-author), October 2002
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Project Finance NewsWire, October 2002
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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
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1984
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Missouri
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1991
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Illinois
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1996
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New York
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Languages
English
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