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Robert Zadek focuses his practice on matters involving factoring, asset-based lending, purchase order financing, commercial loan documentation, trade finance and letters of credit, loan workouts and bankruptcy.

For the past 18 years, Mr. Zadek has been the keynote speaker at the Annual Convention of the International Factoring Association, the largest factoring trade association in the world. Bob has also been a frequent panelist at the Convention. Every year the IFA offers Bob’s two-day, course “The Law and Business of Factoring,” attended by seasoned factoring executives, newcomers to the industry and their counsel. The forms which Bob distributes at this presentation have become the standard forms in the industry.

Mr. Zadek is the host of The Bob Zadek Show, which is broadcast live every Sunday at 9:00 AM (Pacific time) in the San Francisco Bay Area on Talk 910, 910 AM. The show is also broadcast live at www.talk910.com (click “listen”). All of Bob’s shows can be heard on www.bobzadek.com. They can be subscribed to on iTunes or at Bob’s website. Mr. Zadek’s column, “You Be The Judge,” was a regular feature in The Secured Lender, the journal of the Commercial Finance Association. He co-authored Insurance Considerations in Asset-Based Financing—A Transactional Guide, published by Matthew Bender & Company and contributed to David King Keller’s, The Associate As Rainmaker, Building Your Business Brain.

Mr. Zadek was a faculty member at Rutgers University School of Law, teaching a course on secured transactions. He also is a former faculty member at both Hofstra and Adelphi Universities. He was named “Educator of the Year” by the Commercial Finance Association for his course, “Negotiating, Documenting and Administrating Asset-Based Loans.” In addition, he teaches workshops across the country on loan documentation issues.

Mr. Zadek is a former Vice President and Senior Counsel at Wells Fargo Bank, San Francisco, and a certified public accountant.

Location
  • 655 West Broadway, Suite 1600
    San Diego, CA 92101-8494
Languages
  • English
Education
  • New York University, J.D., graduated 1985
Bar Admissions
  • California, The State Bar of California
  • New York, New York State Bar Association
Affiliations
  • American Bar Association - Member
  • State Bar of California - Member

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2015 - Banking and Finance Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2012 - Equipment Finance Law
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Banking and Finance Law, San Francisco (2015)
  • Equipment Finance Law, San Francisco (2012)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Equipment Finance Law
Special Focus:
  • Asset-Based Lending
  • Commercial Finance
  • Lending
  • Loan Documentation
  • Secured Transactions
  • Structured Finance
Awards:
  • Top Rated Lawyer in the area of Bank & Finance
  • Best Lawyer in America™ in the areas of Banking & Finance Law and Equipment Finance Law
  • Northern California Super Lawyers
  • Northern California Super Lawyer, Corporate Counsel Edition
  • AV Preeminent rated by Martindale Hubbell
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Commercial Litigation

Publications

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