Tyson Lomazow is a partner in the New York office of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy and a member of the firm’s Financial Restructuring Group. He joined the firm in 2007.
Primary Focus & Experience
Mr. Lomazow has significant experience in representing debtors and creditors in chapter 11 reorganization cases and out-of-court restructurings, both in the US and internationally. Mr. Lomazow’s experience also includes representing acquirors and sellers of assets of chapter 11 debtors and financially distressed companies, negotiating debtor-in-possession financing facilities, and drafting reorganization plans and disclosure statements. Mr. Lomazow frequently advises private equity funds, hedge funds, and other financial institutions acquiring control positions in financially distressed companies. His engagements have ranged across a wide array of industries, including automotive, construction, healthcare, manufacturing, printing, real estate, restaurant, satellite, subprime lending, technology, telecommunications, and textile.
Mr. Lomazow’s representations have included, among others: Capmark Financial Group, Inc. (counsel to ad hoc group of unsecured bank lenders); Hayes-Lemmerz International, Inc. (counsel to DIP agent); Heckler & Koch Beteiligungs GmbH (counsel to PIK lenders); Cooper-Standard Automotive, Inc. (counsel to DIP agent and agent for secured lenders); General Motors Corporation (counsel to indenture trustees with respect to $500 million leveraged lease financings); Hipotecaria Su Casita, S.A. de C.V. (counsel to ad hoc committee of 2016 noteholders); Sea Launch Company, L.L.C. (counsel to official committee of unsecured creditors); VICORP Restaurants, Inc. (counsel to official committee of unsecured creditors); USA Commercial Mortgage Company (counsel to acquiror of debtor’s assets); WestPoint Stevens Inc. and its affiliates (as chapter 11 debtors-in-possession); and Bethlehem Steel Corporation and its affiliates (as chapter 11 debtors-in-possession).
Recognition & Accomplishments
Mr. Lomazow co-authored the chapter “Trends in DIP Financing in the Aftermath of the Credit Crisis of 2008-2009” in Collier Guide to Chapter 11 (2010).