Clifford Chance
Maja Zerjal Fink's practice focuses on all aspects of corporate reorganizations, distressed situations and bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings in the United States and across the globe.
Maja's experience includes advising private equity sponsors, debtors, foreign debtors and representatives, lenders, official creditor committees, creditors, and equity holders in bankruptcy proceedings and in-court and out-of-court restructurings.
Maja was recognized by the American Bankruptcy Institute in its 40 under 40 Class (2020), Law360 (2020), Super Lawyers (2020) and The Legal 500 (2019) as a Rising Star, and was inducted in the International Insolvency Institute's NextGen Program in 2020. Maja has delivered guest lectures at Harvard Law School, University of Michigan Law School, and University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, and writes extensively on restructuring topics, including in Bloomberg Law and Debtwire. She is also a member of the Editorial Board of International Corporate Rescue, a corporate restructuring and insolvency journal, and serves as the co-secretary and board member of the International Insolvency Institute’s Model Laws@Work Thought Leadership Project.
- The purchaser of assets in the Sam Ash chapter 11 cases.
- Ad Hoc Group of Lenders and DIP Lenders in the Chapter 11 cases of Cineworld Group and its affiliates, the world’s second-largest cinema chain, in the restructuring of more than US$5 billion of funded debt and funding of over US$1.7 billion in DIP financing and US$2.2 billion in debt and equity exit financing.*
- ITP Aero, a Spanish aerospace company, and a key customer of a sole-source aerospace supplier Astech in a complicated, out-of-the-box restructuring that led the key customers, including ITP, to provide significant credit support for a third-party buyer that will ensure the continuation of the business.
- Ad Hoc Group of Unsecured Creditors in the Chapter 11 cases of Aeromexico in connection with exit financing.*
- Ad Hoc Group of Lenders and DIP Lenders in the Chapter 11 cases of Hertz Corporation and its affiliates, one of the largest worldwide vehicle rental companies, in the restructuring of more than US$18 billion of funded debt and approximately US$1.6 billion DIP financing.*
- Agent on the term loan facility of more than US$2 billion in the chapter 11 cases of Seadrill Partners and its affiliates, the owner and operator of one of the world’s largest offshore drilling enterprises.*
- The Financial Oversight and Management Board of Puerto Rico during the island's and its instrumentalities’ bankruptcy cases under PROMESA in the restructuring of more than US$70 billion of funded debt.*
- The Official Creditors’ Committee of Penn Virginia and affiliates, an oil and gas company with more than US$1.2 billion of funded debt.*
- The Official Creditors’ Committee of Caesars Entertainment and affiliates, a leading gaming company with more than US$18 billion of funded debt.*
- Pacific Exploration & Production Corp. in the restructuring of more than U$3.2 billion of debt on cross-border restructuring issues.*
- The Official Equity Committee of Breitburn Energy Partners, an oil and gas company, in the restructuring of more than US$3 billion of debt.*
- Foreign Representatives in the Chapter 15 case of B. Endeavour Shipping Company, a British shipping company.*
- The Official Creditors’ Committee of SIGA Technologies, a pharmaceutical company with more than US$300 million of funded debt.*
- Rotech Healthcare, a medical equipment company, in the restructuring of more than US$500 million of debt in pre-arranged Chapter 11 cases.*
- NewPage, the biggest maker of magazine paper in North America, in the restructuring of more than US$4 billion of debt.*
- The Official Creditors’ Committee of MF Global, a major global financial derivatives and commodities broker, in the restructuring of more than US$39 billion of debt.
* Experience prior to joining Clifford Chance
News and client work
Contact details
- Clifford Chance, New York
- +12128783188
- Email me
- Speaks English, Slovenian, Italian and Croatian
- Practice area Global Financial Markets, Restructuring & insolvency
Career and qualifications
- University of Ljubljana, Slovenia (BA in Law, First in Class), 2010
- Harvard Law School, (LL.M.), 2011
- Harvard Business Law Review
- Admitted as an Attorney-at-Law New York, 2012
- Joined Clifford Chance as Partner 2024
Professional bodies
- Serves as Co-secretary and board member of the International Insolvency Institute’s Model Laws @Work Thought Leadership Project
- Vice President of the Harvard Law School Association of New York City.
Awards and citations
- "She is extremely smart, well versed on issues and provides valuable insight and counsel to her clients."
Chambers USA 2024: Bankruptcy/Restructuring (New York) - "Maja is great at driving consensus and getting results, regardless of what roadblocks are thrown up."
Chambers USA 2024: Bankruptcy/Restructuring (New York) - Recognized on the "Outstanding Young Restructuring Lawyers" List 2022, Turnarounds & Workouts
- Ranked "Rising Star' – Bankruptcy 2021 – 2023 by New York Super Lawyers
- Recognized in Restructuring: Corporate 2021 – 2022 and "Rising Star' – Restructuring: Corporate in 2019 by The Legal 500
- Recognized as a “40 Under 40” of the American Bankruptcy Institute in 2020
- Named one of Law360’s “Rising Stars” in 2020
- Included in the International Insolvency Institute NextGen Leadership Program in 2020
Recognized as a Pro Bono Star by Human Rights First