A&O Shearman

Financial Restructuring & Insolvency

Associate

Jacob Mezei is an associate in the Financial Restructuring & Insolvency practice.

He represents major companies and stakeholders in all aspects of complex corporate restructurings, including chapter 11 cases, out-of-court restructurings, and special situations.

Prior to joining Shearman & Sterling, Jacob was an associate at a leading international law firm where he represented companies and stakeholders in all aspects of corporate restructuring in both out-of-court processes and in-court proceedings across a broad range of industries.

Jacob served as a judicial law clerk to the Hon. Mary F. Walrath of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. Additionally, Jacob served as a judicial law clerk to the Hon. Thomas M. Lynch of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

New York

University of Illinois, College of Law

J.D., cum laude

Staff Editor, University of Illinois Law Review Managing Editor, University of Illinois Business Law Journal Towson University

B.S., Dean’s List