Khaled Tarazi is an attorney in Buchalter’s Scottsdale office and a member of the Insolvency & Financial Law practice group. Mr. Tarazi focuses his practice on distressed business situations, including non-bankruptcy workouts and chapter 11 restructurings. He has extensive experience serving as counsel for distressed companies, secured and unsecured creditors, creditors’ committees, landlords, leaseholders, and commercial debtors in loan workouts and bankruptcy matters.

Mr. Tarazi was named by the Best Lawyers in America to the “Ones to Watch” list, for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, 2021 – 2024, and named to Arizona Super Lawyers 2022 & 2023.

Bar Admissions

• Arizona

Education

• Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University
• The Ohio State University

Significant Accomplishments

• Collateral agent and secured lender’s counsel in chapter 7 bankruptcy filings of Pacific/Arclight Theatres.
• Collateral agent and secured lender’s counsel in restructuring of $150MM syndicated revolving credit facility secured by real and personal property of theater chain.
• Lender’s counsel in workouts of numerous loans to middle-market companies secured by real and personal property in a variety of industries, including agriculture, retail, transportation, hospitality, entertainment, and real estate development.
• Counsel to Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Easterday Farms in jointly administered cases of Easterday Ranches and Easterday Farms involving disputes over sale and allocation of value of over $200MM in assets.
• Counsel to litigation trustee in connection with post-confirmation litigation and collection activities resulting in collection of over $9.5MM to the creditor trust.
• Counsel to debtor in chapter 11 filing of Loot Crate.
• Counsel to senior secured lender in bankruptcy claim objection trial based on novel default interest issue.
• Counsel to numerous individual and commercial chapter 11 debtors, routinely confirming chapter 11 plans of reorganization.
• Counsel to stalking horse bidder in successful purchase of assets in chapter 11 case of medical services company.
• Counsel to receiver in winding up entity, negotiating and closing sales of substantially all receivership assets, and litigating numerous post-closing issues.

• Buchalter COVID-19 Client Alert: FHA, VA, USDA Foreclosure and Eviction Moratoria, and Forbearance Application Deadline, Extended to June 30; Current List of Time Periods for GSEs, Federal Agencies and West Coast States Foreclosures and Evictions, and Forbearance Applications

  By Khaled Tarazi |February 2021

Additional Articles

• Stalking-Horse Bid Protections: Getting the “Credit” You Deserve at the§ 363 Auction
• Buchalter COVID-19 Client Alert: Federal Court Declares CDC Eviction Moratorium is Unconstitutional, But Does Not Enjoin the Order
• Just File Your Notice of Appeal!
• Bankruptcy Code Amended: Congress Makes Chapter 12 More Accessible to Family Farmers and Creates New Chapter 11 Subchapter for Small Business Debtors
• eSignatures – Social Distancing at the Closing Table
• Buchalter COVID-19 Client Alert: FHFA Extends Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae Single-Family Eviction and Foreclosure Moratoria, and Extends GSE Forbearance and Deferral Lengths; List of Current Periods for GSEs, Federal Agencies and States of California, Washington, Oregon and Arizona
• Buchalter COVID-19 Client Alert: FHA, VA, USDA Foreclosure and Eviction Moratoria, and Forbearance Application Deadline, Extended to June 30; Current List of Time Periods for GSEs, Federal Agencies and West Coast States Foreclosures and Evictions, and Forbearance Applications
• Buchalter COVID-19 Client Alert: FHFA Announces Extension of Time Periods for GSEs’ Foreclosure and Eviction Moratoria; List of Current Time Periods for GSEs, Federal Agencies and West Coast States Foreclosures and Evictions, and Forbearance Applications