Practice Areas
Corporate
Corporate Finance
Financial Restructuring
Private Equity
Admissions
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
New York
North Carolina
Education
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - J.D., honors
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Profile
Jared Zajac is a partner in Cadwalader’s Finance practice resident in the Charlotte office. Jared is active in Cadwalader’s leveraged lending, alternative capital, and financial restructuring practices, where he brings a unique blend of traditional finance and restructuring experience to advance and protect the interests of clients.
Jared represents financial institutions, investment funds, lenders, and borrowers in leveraged finance, acquisition financings, first and second lien financings, syndicated credit facilities, and debtor-in-possession financings. Jared's restructuring experience includes representing secured creditors, DIP lenders, and acquirers of distressed businesses.
Jared has been named one of the “500 Leading Dealmakers in America” by Lawdragon in 2024 and 2025.
Experience
- Represented the lead arranger and lender in providing a $335 million senior secured credit facility to a healthcare, life sciences, government, and cyber security services consulting firm.
- Represented the ad hoc committee of first lien term loan lenders in providing (i) debtor-inpossession financing in connection with the chapter 11 cases of APC Automotive Technologies LLC, one of the country’s largest aftermarket suppliers of brake, chassis, exhaust and emissions automotive parts, and (ii) an exit term loan facility to the reorganized debtor.
- Represented Fortress Investment Group, as first lien lender, in connection with providing debtor-in-possession financing in the chapter 11 cases of Craftworks Holdings, LLC, the nation’s leading operator and franchisor of steakhouses and craft beer brewery restaurants in the United States.
- Represented the ad hoc committee of first lien lenders and debtor-in-possession lenders in connection with the chapter 11 cases of Fairway Group Holdings Corp., an iconic New York supermarket chain.
- Represented the lead arranger and administrative agent in providing senior secured credit facilities for the acquisition of a government consulting firm by a privately held company.
- Represented a steering committee of first lien lenders under the first lien term loan credit facility for a leading automobile parts supplier.
- Represented the lead arranger and administrative agent in providing senior secured credit facilities for the acquisition of an energy and gas company by a privately held company.
- Represented a steering committee of first lien lenders under the secured term loan credit facility for Totes Isotoner Corporation.
- Represented Barings Finance LLC in the Chapter 11 cases of Hollander Sleep Products, LLC as (i) the prepetition term loan agent and a lender under prepetition term loan credit facility and (ii) the agent and a lender under a debtor-in-possession term loan facility.
- Represented the lead arranger and administrative agent in providing a senior secured term loan credit facility to an insurance company.
- Represented an investment fund in the strict foreclosure of a construction company.
- Represented the debtor-in-possession agent and lender to Aéropostale, Inc. and its affiliates in their Chapter 11 cases.
- Represented Banker Steel Company, in its capacity as debtor-in-possession lender and stalking horse purchaser, in connection with its acquisition of NYC Constructors Inc., a steel erection and fabrication company, pursuant to a section 363 bankruptcy sale.
- Represented the second lien lenders and successful bidders for substantially all of the assets of Chapter 11 debtor Allen’s Inc., a canned and frozen vegetable supplier.
- Represented the Financial Oversight and Management Board for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in the PROMESA proceedings of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
*Certain representations occurred prior to Jared's association with Cadwalader.
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