David Zylberberg

David Zylberberg has guided companies and institutional creditors in some of the largest recent liability management exercises and recapitalizations, including the iHeart Media, E.W. Scripps and Bright Health Group transactions. He has deep experience with the latest legal tools for LMEs and other capital structure solutions.  He regularly advises the Firm’s sponsor clients and portfolio companies on both in-court and out-of-court restructurings, focusing particularly on the healthcare, media and real estate sectors.

David also maintains a significant bankruptcy litigation practice, having represented companies, creditors’ committees and insurers in numerous contested Chapter 11 cases, including plan objectors in Red River Talc (J&J) and the unsecured creditors committee in Zymergen.  He has litigated contested Chapter 15 proceedings implementing restructurings from Canada, the U.K. and Australia.

David’s representative experience includes:

Liability Management and Other Company-Side Engagements

• E.W. Scripps in its $1.3 billion liability management exercise
• iHeart Media in its $4.8 billion liability management exercise
• Bright Health Group in its out-of-court restructuring and recapitalization
• Fleet Farm in its out-of-court restructuring
• CWT in its out-of-court restructuring and recapitalization
• TNT Crane in its Chapter 11 cases
• Corp Group Banking in its Chapter 11 cases
• Cooper Standard in its $980 million liability management exercise
• JLL in its out-of-court recapitalization of Mede Analytics

Creditor and Litigation Engagements

• The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Zymergen, Inc.
• Numerous engagements for Biomed Realty (a Blackstone Real Estate portfolio company), as the largest creditor in Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 cases, as well as out-of-court restructurings
• Affiliates of Berkshire Hathaway in the Chapter 11 cases of its subsidiary, Whittaker, Clark and Daniels
• Travelers as lead objecting insurer in the Chapter 11 case of Red River Talc
• Certain insurers in the Chapter 15 cases (and related creditor-led CCAA proceedings) for Asbestos Corporation Limited
• Porsche in the Chapter 11 case of Northvolt
• Beazley in the Chapter 11 case of Numale Corporation

David received his J.D. from Columbia Law School in 2010, his M.Phil. and M.A. from Columbia University in 2007 and 2006, respectively, and his A.B. from Dartmouth College in 2004.