Mr George Zobitz > 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 George Zobitz
Work Department
Corporate
Position
Jed Zobitz is the Managing Partner of Cravath’s Corporate Department. He works in all areas of the Firm’s corporate practice. Currently, his practice focuses on complex syndicated loan transactions, including acquisition and leveraged finance and asset‑based lending, as well as securities, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate representations.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Finance > Commercial lending
(Leading lawyers)Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP is most distinguishable for its market-leading lender tailored advice, which is primarily sourced from the firm’s New York office and is supplemented by expertise on borrower matters, particularly in relation to working capital facilities, multicurrency, asset-based financings, leveraged spin-offs and direct lending transactions. Leadership of the practice is divided between managing partner George Zobitz, focused on complex syndicated loan and direct lending transactions, Tatiana Lapushchik, noted for her recent involvement in the acquisition of CMC Materials by Entegris through the arrangement of $3bn worth of senior secured credit facilities, and Stephen Kessing, a key name among financial institutions, corporate borrowers and private equity sponsors. Also active, Matthew Kelly stands out for his representation of administrative agents, lead arrangers and bookrunners. Michael Goldman retired from the practice in 2022.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading lawyers United States > Finance > Commercial lending
- Commercial lending 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