Gerard Uzzi is a partner in the Firm's Financial Restructuring and Insolvency Group. Mr. Uzzi regularly appears nationwide in corporate bankruptcy matters and workouts on behalf of troubled companies and other parties in interest.

Mr. Uzzi has represented clients in diverse industries, including retail, automotive, energy, telecommunications, cable, entertainment and manufacturing. As noted in Legal 500 (2008), he has been involved in a "plethora of major creditor and debtor" representations, many noteworthy because of their complexity and precedent-setting legal decisions.

Clients and the legal community praise Mr. Uzzi for the proactive and strategic vision he applies to every case. He is noted for his ability to constantly anticipate the actions of the parties and counterparts on the other side of the table. As reported by Chambers, "he comes recommended as 'bulldog of a bankruptcy lawyer' whose drive, efficiency and focus make him an 'extremely impactful negotiator.'"

He has been a driving force in some of the nation's most significant restructurings and bankruptcy representations in recent history, including:

• Zais VII, the first CDO to be restructured under chapter 11. Mr. Uzzi represented Anchorage Capital as petitioning creditor and plan proponents in the first ever "involuntary prepack" in U.S. history;
• Lehman Brothers, the largest bankruptcy in US history, where Mr. Uzzi represents the Ad Hoc Group of Lehman Brothers Creditors, the largest ad hoc committee in U.S. history and the first parties to file a competing plan of reorganization;
• Washington Mutual, the largest bank failure in United States history, where Mr. Uzzi serves as counsel to the Washington Mutual Noteholders Group, the key stakeholders in Washington Mutual's chapter 11 proceeding;
• Charter Communications, where he is representing the indentured trustee, the Law Debenture Trust Company of New York, with respect to claims involving US$479 million in Charter Communications' convertible senior notes;
• Mirant Corporation, one of the largest producers, generators and marketers of electricity in the world, Mr. Uzzi served as debtors' counsel in its successful chapter 11 reorganization before the US Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas involving more than US$10 billion in debt—the largest bankruptcy filing in the US in 2003 and one of the largest energy industry bankruptcies in US history. The Mirant engagement was a critical component of the Firm being named the 2006 IFLR "Restructuring Team of the Year"; and
• Adelphia Communications, among the largest and most complex inter-creditor disputes ever litigated in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, Mr. Uzzi served as lead bankruptcy counsel to the Ad Hoc Committee of Arahova Noteholders, one of the principal creditor constituencies in this hotly contested chapter 11 filing, which included significant inter-debtor litigation. After extensive litigation, White & Case was able to secure an additional US$2 billion of distribution for Arahova Noteholders, resulting in a near full recovery for the Firm's clients.

Mr. Uzzi also served as lead debtors' counsel to Global Safety Textiles in their precedent setting cross-border chapter 11 restructuring, Centaur Gaming, owner and operator of Hossier Park in Indiana, Heartland Automotive, the largest independent franchisee and operator of Jiffy Lube quick-lube service centers in the United States and Communications Dynamics, Inc. (CDI), one of the leading suppliers of construction, maintenance, and rebuild products to the cable industry.

Bars and Courts
Florida State Bar, 2004
US District Court for the District of Colorado, 2001
New York State Bar, 1997
New Jersey State Bar, 1997
US District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, 1997
US District Court for the District of New Jersey, 1997

Education
JD, St. John's University School of Law, summa cum laude, 1996
BE, Stevens Institute of Technology, with High Honors, 1991

Awards and Recognition
Recognized by:
Chambers 2010
Legal Media Group/Euromoney - IFLR
World's Leading Insolvency & Restructuring Lawyers, Expert Guides 2009, 2010
Legal 500 2008, 2009, 2010

Languages
English

Citizenship
United States