Zahara Kassam
Managing Director Corporate Finance & Restructuring, Real Estate Solutions @FTI Consulting
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WORK HISTORY
Managing Director Corporate Finance & Restructuring, Real Estate Solutions @FTI Consulting
New York, NY, US
Ms. Kassam has supported real estate investors, developers, lenders, loan servicers, commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”) investors, ground lessors, hotel management companies and receivers during periods of growth, transformational change and financial distress. She has experience helping stakeholders through out-of-court restructurings and formal bankruptcy proceedings, as well as with acquisitions and dispositions, damages analysis and valuation, fraud investigations, receiverships, CMBS disputes and partnership dispute resolution.Relevant Experience- Advised the unsecured creditors committee (“UCC”) in the Times Square JV LLC Chapter 11 bankruptcy- Advised the senior lenders of 20 Times Square and The Times Square Edition- Advised the landlord in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of the former The Ritz-Carlton Battery Park- Advised the junior mezzanine lender on a New York City hotel restructuring- Advised the UCC in the Steward Health Care Chapter 11 bankruptcyFTI Consulting is a global business advisory firm dedicated to helping organizations in times of crisis and transformation. The firm\'s Corporate Finance & Restructuring segment has been recognized as the top U.S. restructuring adviser by The Deal for 13 consecutive years.
EDUCATION
Brown University
BA, Economics, Development Studies
Harvard Business School
MBA
SKILLS
ABOUT ZAHARA KASSAM
With international experience as an owner/operator, asset manager, investor, and brand partner, I leverage my diverse strategic, financial, and operational background to achieve profitable outcomes in real estate and hospitality.I grew up helping to operate my parents’ real estate assets in the US (hotels and single-family residential), where I first learned crucial lessons in delivering exceptional service, streamlining operations, and instilling a strong sense of brand. This instrumental training informed my work delivering enhanced returns across 3 continents. A fact finder and problem solver by nature, I am able to devise and pivot strategy to sustain profits and optimize operations in quickly shifting market environments. My experience as a first-generation immigrant, expatriate, and now repatriate has also instilled in me copious amounts of resiliency, curiosity, and adaptability. In the inherently complicated real estate landscape, I lend an innovative perspective to identify and pursue alternative avenues to profitability and win-win outcomes for stakeholders and investors. Key accomplishments and value offered: Launched award-winning, 20-property hotel real estate platform (sold for over £450M) Asset managed portfolio of 60 private parking assets in the US, on behalf of global investor consortium Pioneered major co-working operator’s pivot to partnership agreements Added 53 new branded properties to a multinational hotel company’s portfolio Harvard Business School MBA (Robert F. Toigo Fellow)The postings on this site are my own and do not necessarily represent FTI Consulting’s positions, strategies or opinions.
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