Nathan F. Coco
Member / Chair, Bankruptcy & Restructuring Practice
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Nathan is Chair of the firm's Bankruptcy & Restructuring Practice. He is a seasoned bankruptcy attorney and trusted advisor with extensive experience representing stakeholders in distressed municipal securities, public finance restructurings, and other complex restructuring and insolvency matters, including distressed finance, creditor rights, mergers and acquisitions transactions, and bankruptcy litigation. He represents institutional investors, indenture trustees, public debt holders, strategic and financial buyers, and asset-based lenders in complex distressed debt transactions involving corporations, public projects, and defaulted municipal securities. He advises clients across a wide variety of industries, with particular experience in health care, senior living, higher education, financial services, energy, manufacturing, retail, and hotels and hospitality.
Nathan has represented clients in state and federal court actions across the country, including proceedings under Chapters 7, 9, and 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. His experience includes matters involving the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the City of Detroit, the City of San Bernardino, Lehman Brothers Holdings, W.R. Grace & Co., United Airlines, Sentinel Management Group, Verity Health System of California, American Eagle Delaware Holding Company LLC, Bridgewater Castle Rock, LLC, Fairmont General Hospital, Casa Grande Regional Medical Center, Forum Health, The Clare at Water Tower, Sears Methodist Retirement System, Deerfield Retirement Community, The Mirador, and AMERCO Real Estate Company.
In addition to his restructuring work, Nathan assists clients in preserving collateral and enforcing creditor rights and remedies following a counterparty default or bankruptcy filing. He also counsels clients on the Bankruptcy Code's safe harbor provisions as they relate to derivative financial product transactions.
Prior to joining Mintz, Nathan was a partner at an international law firm, where he represented clients in debt restructurings, bankruptcy cases, and distressed asset transactions. Earlier in his career, he was an associate at a Chicago-based law firm focused on municipal finance.
Before attending law school, Nathan worked for the International Swaps and Derivatives Association as a documentation policy analyst. He also served as an adjunct faculty member at the Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
Nathan is Chair of the firm's Bankruptcy & Restructuring Practice. He is a seasoned bankruptcy attorney and trusted advisor with extensive experience representing stakeholders in distressed municipal securities, public finance restructurings, and other complex restructuring and insolvency matters, including distressed finance, creditor rights, mergers and acquisitions transactions, and bankruptcy litigation. He represents institutional investors, indenture trustees, public debt holders, strategic and financial buyers, and asset-based lenders in complex distressed debt transactions involving corporations, public projects, and defaulted municipal securities. He advises clients across a wide variety of industries, with particular experience in health care, senior living, higher education, financial services, energy, manufacturing, retail, and hotels and hospitality.
Experience
- Represented the indenture trustee on behalf of holders of $220 million in outstanding bonds in default and restructuring matters involving a portfolio of 17 senior living communities.
- Represented bondholder with $370 million of debt issued by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in its Title III proceeding.
- Represented the indenture trustee in connection with Chapter 11 bankruptcy of Verity Health Systems, a California hospital system, with respect to bond obligations in excess of $160 million.
- Represented a bond trustee in matters involving $170 million of debt issued by the City of San Bernardino, California, in its Chapter 9 proceeding.
- Represented bondholders with $180 million of debt in a Chapter 9 bankruptcy and sale of hospital system in California.
- Represented a bond insurer in Chapter 9 bankruptcy case of the City of Fairfield, Alabama.
- Represented a strategic buyer in the acquisition of a multi-hospital system through a Chapter 11 auction in Ohio for $120 million.
- Represented an indenture trustee and institutional investors ($70 million tax exempt financing) in connection with the default, financial restructuring, and out-of-court bond exchange of a Texas-based continuing care retirement community.
- Represented an indenture trustee ($43 million tax exempt financing) in connection with the default and state court receivership action involving a Texas-based senior living facility.
- Represented bondholders with $88 million of debt in a Chapter 11 bankruptcy and sale of an Illinois-based continuing care retirement community.
- Represented an indenture trustee ($43 million tax exempt financing) in connection with the default, bond exchange, and prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding involving an Iowa-based senior care facility.
- Represented derivative financial product counterparties in the termination, close-out settlement, and prosecution of claims with an aggregate value of more than $156 million related to the bankruptcy of a global financial services firm.
- Represented numerous purchasers of distressed assets in bankruptcy Section 363 sales.
- Represented numerous secured lenders in connection with enforcement of rights and remedies, including litigation, receiverships, and UCC foreclosures.
News & Press
Mintz Adds Leading Tax Attorney Gregg Benson in New York
October 4, 2021|
Mintz Nabs a Pair of Veteran Bankruptcy and Restructuring Lawyers
September 22, 2021|
Deal Doctors: Coco, Preusker Move to Mintz
September 22, 2021|
Mintz Plucks Partners from McDermott, Brown Rudnick
September 15, 2021|
Events & Speaking
Intensive Care for Distressed Hospitals: Sales, Auctions & Affiliations
NFMA Conference
Le Meridien New Orleans
HOSPITALS IN DISTRESS
Smith's Research & Gradings High Yield Municipal Bond Conference
Greenwich, CT
Intensive Care for Distressed Hospitals: Sales, Auctions & Affiliations
National Federation of Municipal Analysts
New Orleans
Nathan is Chair of the firm's Bankruptcy & Restructuring Practice. He is a seasoned bankruptcy attorney and trusted advisor with extensive experience representing stakeholders in distressed municipal securities, public finance restructurings, and other complex restructuring and insolvency matters, including distressed finance, creditor rights, mergers and acquisitions transactions, and bankruptcy litigation. He represents institutional investors, indenture trustees, public debt holders, strategic and financial buyers, and asset-based lenders in complex distressed debt transactions involving corporations, public projects, and defaulted municipal securities. He advises clients across a wide variety of industries, with particular experience in health care, senior living, higher education, financial services, energy, manufacturing, retail, and hotels and hospitality.
Recognition & Awards
Best Lawyers: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law (2022 – 2027)
Recognized as a Next Generation Partner by The Legal 500 United States for Finance: Municipal Bankruptcy (2024 – 2026)
Illinois Super Lawyers: Bankruptcy: Business (2010 – 2021)
Chicago Magazine: American Registry, Top Attorney in Illinois (2018)
Legal 500 United States: Recognized for Finance: Municipal Bankruptcy (2013 – 2018, 2023)
Chambers USA: Bankruptcy / Restructuring (2013 – 2016)
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