Evan Jason Zucker

Bio:

Evan J. Zucker is Of Counsel in Blank Rome LLP’s Finance, Bankruptcy and Restructuring group.  Evan concentrates his practice on corporate reorganizations and related complex litigation in national and cross-border matters.  He frequently represents foreign representatives in Chapter 15 proceedings, creditors’ committees, secured creditors, indenture trustees, executory contract parties, and other key parties in interest.  In 2022, Evan was inducted as a member of the International Insolvency Institute and is currently serving as the Co-Chair of its USA/Canada/Caribbean Regional Committee and as one of its delegates to UNCITRAL Working Group V (Insolvency). Also in 2022, Evan was the recipient of Global Restructuring Review’s 40 Under 40 award and INSOL International’s Future Forty award. In 2019, Evan was the recipient of the American Bankruptcy Institute’s 40 Under 40 award. Additionally, prior to becoming a member of the International Insolvency Institute, Evan was the Chairperson for the International Insolvency Institute’s NextGen Program. Evan currently is also the Vice-Chair of the Chapter 11 Advisory Committee for the United States Bankruptcy Court for Eastern District of New York, a member of the Junior Lawyer Training Initiative for the United States Bankruptcy Court for Eastern District of New York, a member of INSOL International’s Technical Research Committee, and an active member of the American Bankruptcy Institute. Evan is the co-chair of Blank Rome LLP’s New York Pro Bono Committee. Evan is an adjunct professor on bankruptcy practice at St. John’s University School of Law, where he teaches both J.D. and LL.M classes. Evan routinely publishes and speaks on bankruptcy topics, including the model laws promulgated by UNCITRAL’s Working Group V, asset-tracing and judgment enforcement issues in insolvency proceedings, and the causes of retail insolvencies around the world.  Previously, Evan served as a law clerk to the Hon. Jerome Feller, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of New York.  Evan received his B.B.A., with High Distinction, from Emory University and his J.D., cum laude, from St. John's University School of Law.

Bar Admissions
New York; New Jersey; Eastern District of New York; Southern District of New York; District of New Jersey

Professional Publications & Speaking Engagements

• Evan Zucker, Olya Antle, Katharina Crinson, UNCITRAL Judgments Model Law: Five Years On, International Corporate Rescue, Vol. 20, Issue 4 (July 2023)
• Conference Chair, International Insolvency Institute’s Conference for the 5th Anniversary of Model Law Recognition and Enforcement of Insolvency-Related Judgments (New York, April 2023)
• Evan J. Zucker, United States of America, International Asset Tracing in Insolvency (edited by Felicity Toube), Oxford Press (forthcoming in 2023)
• Michael B. Schaedle & Evan J. Zucker, U.S. Court Authorizes Service of Subpoena on U.S. Nationals through Social Media While Prohibiting the Issuance of a Subpoena on Foreign Nationals Abroad, Mainbrace (March 2023)
• Panelist, Chapter 15 Update/Recognition Issues, American Bankruptcy Institute’s Caribbean Insolvency Symposium (Grand Cayman, February 2023)
• Lecturer, Masters in Business Restructuring Program, Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Madrid (Madrid, June 2022, November 2022, February 2023)
•  Panelist, Chapter 11 vs. Restructuring Plans, INSOL Talks Podcast (January 2023)
• Panelist, Insolvency Practitioners’ Experience with the MLCBI, United Nations Commission on International Trade Law’s Conference Dedicated to the 25^th Anniversary of the Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency (Vienna, December 2022)
• Featured Speaker, Practitioner Insights, INSOL International’s I-Read (December 2022)
• Rick Antonoff & Evan J. Zucker, Must Foreign Debtors have Property in the United States to be Eligible for Relief Under Chapter 15 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code?, Mainbrace (March 2022) and reprinted in Pratt’s Journal of Bankruptcy Law (September 2022)
• Panelist, The Procedural Life of a Subchapter V Bankruptcy Case – Let’s Get Granular, Eastern District of New York Chapter 11 Lawyers Advisory Committee (March 2022)
• Panelist, Cross-Border Insolvency and Fraud Litigation Update, American Bankruptcy Institute’s Caribbean Insolvency Symposium (Key Largo, February 2022)
• Michael B. Schaedle & Evan J. Zucker, Don’t Ignore Bankruptcy Code’s Chapter 15 in Civil Actions; It Ends the Unpredictable Ad Hoc Comity Analysis, Mainbrace (December 2021)
• Panelist, UNCITRAL Working Group V Updates, American Bankruptcy Institute’s International Insolvency & Restructuring Symposium and Cross-Border Insolvency Program (November 2021)
• Lecturer, International and Comparative Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency, O.P. Jindal Global University, India (November 2021)
• Ira L. Herman & Evan J. Zucker, Lenders and Small Businesses: A New Dynamic under Subchapter V of Chapter 11, American Bar Association Commercial Law Newsletter (September 2021)
• Michael B. Schaedle & Evan J. Zucker, District Court Enforces German Stay, Ignoring Bankruptcy Code’s Chapter 15, The Banking Law Journal (September 2021)
•  Ira L. Herman, Evan J. Zucker, and Mathew E. Kaslow, Fundamental Procedural Fairness: The Sine Qua Non for the Enforcement of Third-Party Releases Authorized in a Foreign Proceeding, XL ABI Journal 7, 30-31, 49-50 (July 2021) (reprinted in abridge format in The Temple 10-Q, April 2022)
• Panelist, Commercial Arbitration as an ADR Mechanism Related to Insolvency Proceedings, International Chamber of Commerce México (February 2021)
• R. Adam Swick and Evan J. Zucker, The Decentralized Response of the United States to the Current Pandemic, Norton Journal of Bankruptcy Law and Practice, Vol. 29 No. 4 (October 2020)
•  Evan J. Zucker, The Seven Commandments for Virtual Hearings, Eurofenix, INSOL Europe (Summer 2020)
• Rick Antonoff & Evan J, Zucker, Protecting the Supply Chain: U.S. Government Studies the Role of Federal Agencies in Ocean Carrier Bankruptcies, Mainbrace (June 2020) and reprinted in Pratt’s Journal of Bankruptcy Law (October 2020)
• Panelist, Dealing with Distressed Loans & Companies, Pacific Western Bank Webinar (June 2020)
• Panelist, Dining in Distress: Mitigating Economic Distress by Unlocking and Preserving Value Through a Corporate Restructuring for the Restaurant Industry, Blank Rome/BDO Webinar (June 2020)
• Panelist, Insolvency and Restructuring at the Time of Covid 19: Focus on the USA, International Insolvency Institute NextGen Webinar Series (May 2020)
• Contributor, American Bankruptcy Institute’s Global Responses to Limit the Economic Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic (February 2020)
• Michael B. Schaedle & Evan J. Zucker, Enforcement of an Insolvency-Related Judgment Does Not Require Recognition under Chapter 15, Mainbrace (November 2019) and reprinted in Pratt’s Journal of Bankruptcy Law (February 2020)
• Panelist, Perspectives and Updates on the Growing Cross-Border Practice, American Bankruptcy Institute’s Cross-Border Insolvency Program (New York, November 2019)
• Panelist, UNCITRAL Updates: Recognition and Enforcement of Insolvency Related Judgments, Enterprise Insolvencies and Small and Medium-Size Enterprises, American Bankruptcy Institute’s International Insolvency and Restructuring Symposium (Paris, November 2019)
• Eric Danner, Ulf Pechartscheck, Wesley Roslyn-Smith, and Evan Zucker, Analyzing the Causes of Retail Insolvencies Around the World, Norton Journal of Bankruptcy Law and Practice, Vol. 28 No. 5 (October 2019)
• Ira L. Herman & Evan J. Zucker, Noteholders Beware: Contract Rights and Choice of Law Provisions in an Indenture are Property Rights for Purposes of Commencing a Chapter 15 Case, American Bar Association Commercial Law Newsletter (August, 2019)
• Rick Antonoff & Evan J. Zucker, Update on UNCITRAL Insolvency Working Group, Mainbrace (July 2019) and reprinted in Pratt’s Journal of Bankruptcy Law (October 2019)
• Panelist, Analyzing the Causes Retail Insolvencies Around the World, International Insolvency Institute NextGen Leadership Program (Barcelona, June 2019)
• Panelist, Recognition and Enforcement of Insolvency Related Judgments, International Insolvency Institute Annual Conference (Barcelona, June 2019)
• Rick Antonoff & Evan J. Zucker, Court-to-Court Communication and Letters of Request in Cross-Border Litigation and Asset Tracing, Mainbrace (April 2019)
• Evan J. Zucker & Rick Antonoff, Special Report, UNCITRAL’s Model Law on Recognition and Enforcement of Insolvency-Related Judgments - a universalist approach to cross-border insolvency, INSOL International (March 2019)
• Michelle A. Gitlitz, Grant E. Buerstetta, & Evan J. Zucker, Client Alert: QuadrigaCX’s Insolvency: Problems in Tracing and Recovering Cryptocurrency When Keys Stored in Cold Wallets Are Missing (February 2019) and republished by INSOL International
• Rick Antonoff & Evan J. Zucker, A Powerful Tool for Tracing Foreign Assets in the U.S., Law360 (March 2018)
• Steven B. Smith & Evan J. Zucker, Floating Ashore: An Overview of Puerto Rico’s Financial Crisis and Potential Restructuring Alternatives, The Bankruptcy Strategist, Volume 31, Number 8 (June 2014)