James J. Mazza, Jr.

James J. Mazza, Jr. is a partner in the Corporate Restructuring Department of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in its Chicago office, where he represents debtors, creditors, asset-purchasers and private-equity investors in corporate restructuring transactions, both in and out of court, involving clients’ interests across the globe. His experience extends to a wide variety of industries, including automotive, airlines, energy, financial services, health care, gaming, real estate and retail. He also regularly advises companies’ management and boards of directors regarding fiduciary duty issues in financially distressed situations. Mr. Mazza’s representative clients include TridentUSA Health Services, a nationwide mobile diagnostics health care provider; SunEdison, Inc., a renewable energy project developer, in its chapter 11 case (the largest filed in 2016) and successful emergence from bankruptcy; Exide Technologies, a global transportation and industrial battery manufacturer, in its successful chapter 11 restructuring of more than $600 million of debt; C&S Wholesale Grocers as the co-chair of the official committee of unsecured creditors in the second chapter 11 case of the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company (A&P), a grocery store chain; Unified Grocers as co-chair of the official committee of unsecured creditors in the chapter 11 case of Haggen, Inc., a grocery store chain; and Dynegy Inc. in connection with certain corporate transactions. Prior to joining Skadden in 2012, his representative matters included handling major chapter 11 cases for Visteon Corp. (auto supplier), A&P (grocer), Calpine Corp. (power producer) and UAL Corp. (parent of United Airlines). In 2014, Mr. Mazza was recognized as one of the nation’s “Outstanding Young Restructuring Lawyers” by Turnaround & Workouts. He also has been named to Chambers USA, The Best Lawyers in America and IFLR1000, where he is listed as Highly Regarded. Mr. Mazza received his B.A. cum laude in 1997 from Vanderbilt University and his J.D. magna cum laude in 2001 from the University of Illinois College of Law.