LAWYER PROFILE
Joseph D. Zavaglia

Joseph D. Zavaglia

USA 2026

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About

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Practice Areas

Joseph D. Zavaglia is a partner in Cravath's Corporate Department and Head of Leveraged Finance North America. He is a generalist corporate lawyer with more than 20 years of experience advising public and private companies and financial institutions across multiple disciplines, including IPOs and other capital markets transactions; leveraged loans (broadly syndicated and direct) and other complex financing arrangements; activism defense (shareholder and debtholder) and other liability management transactions; corporate governance and other Board of Director matters; public company reporting and other SEC matters; and joint ventures, acquisitions and other M&A transactions.

Career

Brooklyn Law School (JD, summa cum laude, 2004); College of Insurance (BBA, cum laude, 2001)

Personal

For more information: https://www.cravath.com/people/joseph-d-zavaglia.html

Chambers Review

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Eastern United States - USA - Nationwide

Band 5
Band 5

Individual Editorial

Joseph Zavaglia is adept in the full span of debt and equity offerings, including high-yield transactions.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

  • He is knowledgeable and has an ability to communicate complex issues in a way that gives us a strong sense of comfort.

    Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Eastern United StatesChambers Guide to the USA
  • Joseph shows technical expertise, strong commercial acumen, a highly diligent work product and the ability to interface with opposing counsel.

    Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Eastern United StatesChambers Guide to the USA
  • Joseph is always responsive, extremely sophisticated and exceptional at complex matters.

    Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Eastern United StatesChambers Guide to the USA
  • Joseph is an excellent problem-solver and clearly academic when it comes to his legal analysis and advice.

    Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Eastern United StatesChambers Guide to the USA
  • He is business savvy and able to help clients through stressful and difficult processes.

    Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Eastern United StatesChambers Guide to the USA

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