Jay Sakalo

Jay M. Sakalo is a partner in the Business Finance & Restructuring and Corporate Practice at Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod, LLP in Miami, and represents clients throughout the financial spectrum, from structuring and restructuring complex financings on behalf of lenders, to representing secured creditors and purchasers in bankruptcy proceedings. He focuses on the representation of private-equity funds, hedge funds, alternative lenders, borrowers and issuers. As the practice group leader for the firm’sBusiness Finance & Restructuring and Corporate Practices, Mr. Sakalo has experience in the real estate finance, hospitality, health care, aviation and gaming industries. He is a frequent speaker on restructuring and bankruptcy topics, and has been listed in Chambers USA, The Best Lawyers in America, FloridaSuper Lawyers and Florida Trends Legal Elite, among others. Mr. Sakalo is a member of ABI and theBankruptcy Bar Association of the Southern District of Florida, The Florida Bar’s Business Law Section and the United Way of Miami-Dade’s Finance and Administration Committee. He received his B.S.B.A.with honors in finance from the University of Florida in 1995 and his J.D. with honors in 1998 from theUniversity of Florida Levin College of Law.