Zachary McKay

Zachary McKay is a partner at Jackson Walker LLP in Houston, where he helps debtors and creditors across all industries navigate the chapter 11 bankruptcy process. He has experience in untangling lien validity, priority and value issues with a specific focus on statutory M&M and mineral liens. Mr. McKay also has represented hundreds of secured and unsecured oil and gas industry creditors ranging from small family-owned entities to the largest public companies in the world in all types of bankruptcy and restructuring settings. His litigation experience includes oilfield job disputes, construction contract disputes, lien litigation, stay litigation, claim defense, creditor committee representation, and preferential or fraudulent transfer defense in state and bankruptcy courts across the U.S. Prior to joining Jackson Walker, Mr. McKay managed the bankruptcy practice group of a Texas-based law firm primarily focused on energy, oil and gas, and real estate law. He is Board Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law. Mr. McKay received his B.B.A. from Texas A&M University and his J.D. from South Texas College of Law Houston, where he served as note and comment editor of the South Texas Law Review.