Bio

Joseph Moldovan leads a team of veteran bankruptcy, corporate, finance, litigation, benefits and tax professionals in a multidisciplinary approach to national bankruptcy matters. For over four decades, Joe has been regularly representing debtors, committees, creditors, shareholders, trustees, and financial institutions on all levels of the capital structure in all transactional and litigation aspects of bankruptcy cases, prepackaged Chapter 11 cases, Subchapter V cases, Section 363 sales, out-of-court restructurings, workouts, and buyouts in jurisdictions throughout the United States. He serves as counsel in senior loan facilities, debtor-in-possession financings, second lien financings, and mezzanine debt loans on both the lender and company side. He counsels buyers and sellers of financially distressed assets and provides strategic advice on business opportunities, the bankruptcy implications of transactions, and transaction or enterprise structuring and financing in connection with traditional corporate and real estate matters and unusual situations such as Broadway theatrical productions. Additionally, he is involved in numerous real estate restructuring, litigation, and insolvency matters on behalf of real estate lenders, special servicers, developers, and investors, as well as commercial landlords and tenants. A significant portion of his time is spent advising boards of directors, special committees, audit committees, compensation committees, independent directors, chief executive officers, company founders, and other members of senior management with respect to their duties and obligations to, and exposures in connection with, financially troubled companies or acquisition targets, and in connection with securities transactions, SEC investigations, and related regulatory matters. He serves on the panels of mediators and neutrals for several federal courts and the Commercial Division of the New York State Supreme Court, New York County and has been engaged as a private mediator for parties in complex securitization litigation involving RMBS as well as a court appointed mediator for commercial, contractual, and mortgage securitization disputes in bankruptcy cases.