Mr. Zachary H. Smith

Zachary H. Smith is a partner and the chair of Moore & Van Allen PLLC?s Bankruptcy & Financial Restructuring practice, based in Charlotte, N.C. His recent representations include FirstBank Puerto Rico as senior pre-petition secured lender in various chapter 11 cases in Puerto Rico, Florida and New York, as well as cross-border matters, and in proceedings under the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act; Ares Management as senior secured lender in a chapter 11 case in the Eastern District of North Carolina; the court-appointed receiver of a British Virgin Islands-based resort; distressed venture capital start-up Filip Technologies, Inc. and its domestic, U.K. and Norway affiliates in chapter 11 cases; and counsel to Putnam Bridge Funding in the successful acquisition and revitalization of Marina Puerto del Rey, the largest Caribbean marina. Ms. Smith was selected by Law360 as one of five national Bankruptcy Rising Stars in 2013 and by Turnarounds & Workouts as one of 12 national Outstanding Young Restructuring Lawyers in 2013. He authored ?The Section 363 Sale Process: Key Considerations for the Prepetition Secured Lender? for The International Comparative Legal Guide to Lending and Secured Finance, published in 2017, and is a Senior Lecturing Fellow at Duke Law School. Mr. Smith was a member of ABI?s inaugural ?40 Under 40? class in 2017, and he is an advisory board member and vice-chair of ABI?s Caribbean Insolvency Symposium. He also is a graduate of the Juilliard School and has given solo piano performances at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center. Mr. Smith received his A.B. cum laude from Harvard University and his J.D. cum laude from Boston University School of Law.