Mr Stephen Zide > Dechert LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
Dechert LLP Offices
Three Bryant Park, 1095 Avenue of the Americas
NEW YORK, NY 10036-6797
NEW YORK
United States
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Mr Stephen Zide
Work Department
Financial Restructuring
Position
Partner
Career
Stephen D. Zide represents a diverse range of clients in Chapter 11 bankruptcy and out-of-court restructuring matters. Mr. Zide has led numerous high-profile restructurings across a number of industries and his clients include both official and ad hoc creditor and equity committees, debtors, bondholders, investors and secured lenders.
On the creditor side, Mr. Zide advises on clients on distressed and bankrupt companies with complex corporate and capital structures. He provides incisive analysis and advice leveraging his extensive experience investigating and litigating fraudulent conveyance, fiduciary duty, intercreditor and valuation disputes; developing, negotiating and confirming Chapter 11 plans; negotiating and litigating cash collateral orders, debtor-in-possession financing, and equity commitment agreements; and developing and implementing rights offerings. Mr. Zide’s practice representing creditors is complimented by his experience representing distressed companies, and assisting debtors in navigating the complex legal, financial and operational issues that arise in Chapter 11.
Education
- Queens College, The City University of New York, B.A., Political Science, 1999, magna cum laude
- Brooklyn Law School, J.D., 2004, magna cum laude, Notes and Comments Editor – Journal of Law and Policy, CALI Excellence for the Future Awards in Securities Arbitration and New York Civil Practice, The American Bankruptcy Award Journal Student Prize, Carswell Merit Scholar
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Real estate > Real estate finance
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Finance > Fintech
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Tax > International tax
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Antitrust > Merger control
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation