Sullivan & Worcester LLP

Sullivan & Worcester LLP

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Amy A. Zuccarello

Amy A. Zuccarello

Work Department

Litigation/Bankruptcy

Position

Amy, a member of the firm's management committee, represents borrower and creditor clients in all aspects of distressed transactions, complex bankruptcy proceedings and out-of-court restructurings. Amy’s practice includes a focus in the area of corporate trust, and she has experience representing indenture trustees, agents, collateral trustees, bondholders, lenders and investors in a wide range of complex asset-backed and unsecured financings and corporate debt restructurings, both inside and outside of Chapter 11. Amy has provided advice to clients across numerous industries, including retail, transportation, senior housing and hospital, recreation, real estate, insurance, clean and alternative energy, municipal distress, mining, military housing, financial services, medical devices and intellectual property.

Equally comfortable as both a bankruptcy lawyer and a transactional lawyer, Amy has specialized experience negotiating aircraft sales and leases, public and private asset securitizations, real estate project financings and other structured transactions. Amy regularly advises secured lenders on perfection and remedial issues under the UCC and provides non-consolidation opinions, true lease opinions and true sale opinions on behalf of bankruptcy-remote, special purpose entities. Amy is also the co-chair of the firm's Ethics and Professional Responsibility Committee.

Career

Bar and Court Admissions

Massachusetts U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Memberships

American Bankruptcy Institute, Northeast Conference Advisory Board National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges (NCBJ), 2021 Conference Education Committee United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts, Local Rules Committee American Bar Association Massachusetts Bar Association International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation

Education

Boston College Law School (J.D., cum laude) Boston University (B.A., summa cum laude with distinction)

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