Jeffrey I. Snyder

Jeffrey is the head of Bilzin Sumberg’s Bankruptcy practice and its CMBS Litigation and Workouts Team, and is also General Counsel to the Firm. In his practice, Jeffrey represents secured creditors, lenders, commercial landlords, unsecured creditors, and asset purchasers in sophisticated bankruptcy proceedings, out-of-court workouts, foreclosure proceedings, receiverships, and avoidance litigation. Jeffrey also represents commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) special servicers, and other companies, in the enforcement and resolution of commercial real estate mortgage loans, carve-out guaranties and other obligations across the country in the retail, hospitality, multi-family, industrial, and other sectors. As part of his practice, Jeffrey is skilled at handling defense of complex avoidance and bankruptcy litigation claims and represents borrowers, issuers and lenders in connection with commercial loan and capital markets transactions.

In 2019, Jeffrey was appointed to the Local Rules Advisory Committee established by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida, and currently serves as its Co-Chair. 

Jeffrey's undergraduate degree from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, as well as a number of years working in the venture capital group of a multinational corporation, gives him the training and experience to understand sophisticated business and insolvency issues which arise in bankruptcy cases and bankruptcy-related litigation.