Khaled Tarazi is a Partner in Buchalter's Scottsdale office and a member of the Insolvency & Financial Law practice group. Mr. Tarazi advises clients on complex restructuring and insolvency matters, including chapter 11 reorganizations, out-of-court workouts, distressed asset transactions, and creditor/debtor negotiations. He represents a broad range of stakeholders, including secured and unsecured lenders, creditors' committees, corporate debtors, fiduciaries, landlords, investors, and equity holders.

Mr. Tarazi has extensive experience guiding clients through all aspects of financial restructuring, including loan workouts, distressed asset sales, liquidation proceedings, debtor-in-possession financing, lease assumptions and rejections, plan confirmation, and avoidance actions. He works across multiple industries, including retail, hospitality, real estate development, manufacturing, agriculture, and entertainment. His approach emphasizes practical, commercially oriented solutions that help clients navigate operational and financial challenges while protecting value.

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 - 2027, and named to Arizona Super Lawyers 2022 & 2023.

Languages
Arabic

Bar Admissions
Arizona

U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Education
Arizona State University, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, J.D., magna cum laude and Order of the Coif - Order of the Coif Received the American College of Bankruptcy's Distinguished Bankruptcy Law Student Award for the Ninth Circuit

Ohio State University, B.S.B.A.

Significant Accomplishments
Deals & Cases

• 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.

Professional Activities and Experience

• American College of Bankruptcy's Distinguished Bankruptcy Law Student Award for the Ninth Circuit.

• 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

• 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

• 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

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