Poonam Patidar

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Title: Member

Firm: Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC

Age: 33

Industry & Community Contributions: Board Member, Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence; Board Member, Boston Women in Public Finance; Member, National Association of Bond Lawyers

Fun Facts: A few years ago, Poonam fulfilled one of the items on her bucket list and obtained her pilot's license. She enjoys flying over the Northeast.

Poonam Patidar focuses on representing governmental clients, underwriters, and purchasers in the issuance and purchase of tax-exempt and taxable financings related to transportation, higher education, health care, economic development, project finance, water, and wastewater. She also represents indenture trustees and institutional investors in workout and restructuring transactions of municipal securities, with a focus on high-yield securities.

Poonam excels both in traditional bond work and distressed debt workouts. She served on the bond counsel team for the 2014 Bond Buyer Deal of the Year awarded to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for its MassDirect Notes program and on the bond counsel team for the 2012 Bond Buyer Northeast Deal of Year awarded to the Massachusetts Water Pollution Trust.

 

"Poonam is a brilliant practitioner representing all seats in a bond transaction with skill. She is a leader within the firm, serving on the firm's associates committee and as assignment coordinator for the firm's summer associate program. She performs her work with grace and collaboration and helps bring working groups together to get deals done."

Richard Moche
Member, Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC

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