Zachary I. Shapiro

Overview

Zach Shapiro is “a go-to source” who “offers creative and out-of-the-box solutions” (Chambers USA).  

Zach represents the full range of parties in all types of bankruptcy proceedings, including debtors, secured and unsecured creditors, lenders, landlords, official committees, independent directors, purchasers, governmental units, and other parties in interest in chapter 7, chapter 11, and chapter 15 bankruptcy cases and out-of-court restructurings.

Clients report that Zach “is an excellent and compelling communicator” (Chambers USA, 2024). “When Zach is giving you advice, you are getting the benefit of his extensive experience…. He grabs the reins of the mechanics of cases” (Chambers USA).

Zach also provides advice and legal opinions in connection with a wide variety of transactions, including “true lease” and “true sale” opinions.

PRACTICES

Bankruptcy & Corporate Restructuring

Select Experience

• Advanta Corp.: Counsel to debtors
• AWI Delaware, Inc.: Counsel to secured lender
• Avadim Health, Inc.: Counsel to prepetition and postpetition lender and purchaser
• Basic Energy Services, Inc.: Counsel to debtors
• Bicent Holdings LLC: Counsel to independent directors
• Brooks Brothers Group, Inc.: Counsel to debtors
• Bumble Bee Holdings, Inc.: Counsel to prepetition and post-petition lender
• CCC Atlantic LLC: Counsel to secured lender
• Chef Solutions Holdings, LLC: Counsel to debtors
• Claim Jumper Restaurants, LLC: Counsel to stalking horse purchaser
• Claire’s Stores, Inc.: Counsel to debtors
• Consolidated Infrastructure Group, Inc.: Counsel to debtor
• Cordillera Golf Club, LLC: Counsel to class action plaintiffs
• Cosi, Inc.: Counsel to postpetition lender
• Dallas Stars, L.P.: Counsel to debtors
• Edgenet, Inc.: Counsel to purchaser
• Emerge Energy Services LP: Counsel to debtors
• Endeavour Operating Corporation: Counsel to debtors
• Energy Alloys, Inc.: Counsel to debtors
• Entertainment Publications, LLC: Counsel to purchaser
• ExGen Texas Power, LLC: Counsel to debtors
• Exide Holdings, Inc.: Counsel to debtors
• FKF Madison Group Owner, LLC: Counsel to secured lender and reorganized debtors
• Frederick’s of Hollywood, Inc.: Counsel to debtors
• Friendly Ice Cream Corporation: Counsel to landlord
• F-Squared Investment Management, LLC: Counsel to debtors
• Golfsmith International Holdings, Inc.: Counsel to debtors
• GNC Holdings, Inc.: Counsel to franchisee
• Gulfmark Offshore, Inc.: Counsel to debtors
• GSE Environmental, Inc.: Counsel to secured lenders
• Harry & David Holdings, Inc.: Counsel to debtors
• Homer City Funding, LLC.: Counsel to debtor
• HSH Delaware GP LLC: Counsel to debtors
• Insys Therapeutics, Inc.: Counsel to debtors
• Javo Beverage Company, Inc.: Counsel to Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors
• LBI Media, Inc.: Counsel to debtors
• Libbey Glass Inc.: Counsel to debtors
• Life Settlements Absolute Return I, LLC: Counsel to secured lender and purchaser
• Lighthouse Resources Inc.: Counsel to various state agencies in Montana
• Longview Power, LLC: Counsel to debtors
• Lucky’s Market Parent Company, LLC: Counsel to secured lender and sponsor
• MACH Gen LLC: Counsel to debtors
• MSD Performance, Inc.: Counsel to debtors
• NE Opco, Inc.: Counsel to debtors
• Oncure Holdings, Inc.: Counsel to debtors
• PCAA Parent, LLC: Counsel to debtors
• Perkins & Marie Callendar’s, LLC: Counsel to debtors
• Phoenix Payment Systems, Inc.: Counsel to debtor
• PES Holdings, LLC: Counsel to secured lender
• Premier International Holdings Inc. (d/b/a Six Flags): Counsel to debtors
• Proliance International, Inc.: Counsel to debtors
• Pronerve Holdings, LLC: Counsel to purchaser
• RentPath Holdings, Inc.: Counsel to debtors
• Residential Capital, LLC: Counsel to independent directors
• REVA Medical, Inc.: Counsel to secured lender
• Rock US Holdings Inc.: Counsel to purchaser
• Samuels Jewelers, Inc.: Counsel to debtors
• School Specialty, Inc.: Counsel to secured lender
• Secure Home Holdings LLC: Counsel to secured lender
• Shiloh Industries, Inc.: Counsel to debtors
• Signature Styles, LLC: Counsel to purchaser
• Simplexity, LLC: Counsel to secured lender
• Specialty Products Holding Corp.: Counsel to debtors
• Swift Energy Company: Counsel to debtors
• Suntech America, Inc.: Counsel to debtors
• The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc.: Counsel to landlord
• The Weinstein Company: Counsel to debtors
• TECT Aerospace Group Holdings, Inc.: Counsel to debtors
• Things Remembered, Inc.: Counsel to secured lender
• Tidewater Inc.: Counsel to debtors
• Vantage Drilling International: Counsel to debtors
• VIVUS, Inc.: Counsel to debtors
• WMC Mortgage, LLC: Counsel to debtor
• Zohar III, Corp: Counsel to purchaser

Education

• Temple University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2007
  Temple Law Review
• Colorado College, B.A., Economics and Mathematics, 2003

Pro Bono Activities

• Legal Counsel to 501(c)(3) organization

Recognition

• Chambers USA, since 2021
• The Best Lawyers in America, since 2021
• Super Lawyers, 2021
• Delaware Today Top Lawyer, 2021

Bar Admissions

• Delaware, 2008
• United States District Court, District of Delaware, 2009