Mitchell Cohen Bio

Mitchell S. Cohen is a partner in the Firm’s Corporate Finance and M&A group, with a primary focus on debt finance transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate representation. He brings extensive experience across a broad spectrum of secured and unsecured debt financings, including senior, mezzanine, second lien, subordinated, and convertible debt, as well as other forms of private credit and junior capital finance. Mitchell represents a diverse range of clients—including borrowers, issuers, investment funds, and non-traditional lenders—in both standard financing arrangements and complex restructurings. He is also well-versed in M&A transactions, advising buyers and sellers in equity and asset acquisitions, divestitures, and leveraged buyouts. In the media and entertainment sectors, Mitchell has worked on financing for film development and production, and has handled transactions involving the sale of film titles, libraries, and related entertainment assets. Mitchell has served as outside corporate counsel to U.S. subsidiaries of international companies and has worked abroad in the Tokyo and London offices of a prior firm. His legal career includes partnerships at Reed Smith LLP, Irell & Manella LLP, and Riordan & McKinzie, as well as associate work at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. Before entering law, Mitchell was a tax consultant with Touche Ross & Co. in New York City