Banking and finance.

Partner in the finance team specialising in asset-based lending, acquisition finance and non-contentious restructuring and insolvency work. Zak recently led the team acting for PNC Business Credit on substantial asset-based lending facilities for the MBI of the cakes division of McCambridge Group Holdings plc backed by NBGI private equity. He led the teams advising the administrators of the Cardale group, the Brilliant Media group, Silver Spring Soft Drinks and Axminster Carpets on the sales of the businesses and assets issues relating to the administrators’ appointment, duties and distributions to creditors.

Trained Mills & Reeve; qualified 2001; partner 2010 to date. Trainee solicitor, Mills & Reeve 1999-2001; solicitor 2001-03; senior solicitor 2003-06; associate 2006-10. Current directorships: governor, Norwich City College of Further and Higher Education 2006 to date.

Caister High School, Caister, Norfolk; East Norfolk Sixth Form College, Gorleston, Norfolk; University of Nottingham (1997 LLB).

Golf, football, cricket (playing and spectating).