Mr Joseph Zavaglia > Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP Offices
WORLDWIDE PLAZA
825 EIGHTH AVENUE
NEW YORK 10019-7475
United States
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Mr Joseph Zavaglia
Work Department
Corporate
Position
Joseph D. Zavaglia is a partner in Cravath’s Corporate Department. He is a generalist corporate lawyer who advises financial institutions and corporate clients in a wide variety of matters, including securities offerings, syndicated loan transactions and mergers and acquisitions.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
(Leading lawyers)Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP is a longstanding leader in high-yield debt, with an especially strong record in underwriter-side engagements. It managed a series of impressive deals in 2022, including advising the initial purchasers on the $1.54bn 144A/Reg S high-yield senior secured notes offering by CHS/Community Health Systems. Joseph Zavaglia, head of leveraged finance at the firm, is noted for his major focus on high-yield debt transactions. Craig Arcella, co-head of finance, is another prominent figure in underwriter-side high-yield debt engagements. Andrew Pitts, William Fogg and Scott Bennett are also key members of the capital markets group, all of whom have a track record in high-yield debt matters.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading lawyers United States > Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings United States > Finance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Fintech
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Antitrust > Merger control
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense