Mr. Cohen is a Vice President in Lazard Middle Market’s Restructuring Group. Mr. Cohen has over 10 years experience in corporate finance and restructuring. He has represented numerous entities in restructurings both in-court and out-of-court, including recent representations of InPhonic, Heartland Automotive and Renova Energy.

Prior to joining Lazard Middle Market, Mr. Cohen was Special Counsel in the Financial Restructuring Department of the law firm of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP. While at Cadwalader, Mr. Cohen represented debtors, individual creditors, official creditors’ committees, unofficial bondholder committees and other parties in interest in numerous restructurings involving companies in multiple industries, including, the chapter 11 cases of Solutia Inc., Quigley Company, Inc., AmeriKing, Inc., Winstar Communications, Pathmark Stores, Inc., RSL Communications, Ltd., Arch Wireless Communications, Geneva Steel Company.

Mr. Cohen received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Connecticut and Juris Doctor from Brooklyn Law School. Mr. Cohen is a member of the New York state bar.