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Mr. Pohl concentrates his practice in the commercial and insolvency areas. His practice focuses on the representation of interested parties in bankruptcy proceedings and lending institutions in commercial finance transactions.
Mr. Pohl has extensive experience representing financial institutions, debtors, trustees, creditors' committees and other interested parties in a variety of in-court and out-of-court situations, including bankruptcy reorganizations, asset sales, loan restructurings, receiverships, assignments for the benefit of creditors and commercial loan transactions. This practice includes all aspects of the bankruptcy process, including contested (and competing) plan confirmation hearings, contested relief from stay and cash collateral hearings, and fraudulent conveyance and preference litigation.
Coupling his reorganization practice with experience in mergers and acquisitions and general corporate law, Mr. Pohl counsels corporations in technology, telecommunications and other sectors. Prior to practicing law, Mr. Pohl was a certified public accountant with Price Waterhouse, concentrating in the tax area.
Recent Matters
oRepresents the Ad Hoc Committee of Trade Creditors in the Adelphia Chapter 11 cases.
o Represents Ad Hoc Committee of first mortgage noteholders in connection with hurricane Katrina damage to the Premier Entertainment Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi.
o Represents Ad Hoc Committee of Convertible Noteholders in Tower Automotive Chapter 11 cases.
o Represented Ad Hoc Committee of Trade Creditors in Intermet Corporation Chapter 11 cases, successfully increasing plan recoveries.
o Represented XO Communications in connection with its acquisition of Allegiance Telecom out of Chapter 11.
o Represented the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the ATX Communications Chapter 11 cases.
o Represented the Ad Hoc Committee of Trade Creditors in the MCI / WorldCom Chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, successfully increasing our clients' plan recoveries by nearly 50%.
o Represented the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Global Crossing Chapter 11 cases.
o Represented the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the successful reorganization of a 300-unit regional restaurant chain, including the distribution of all post-reorganization equity to the creditors committee constituents, and the closing of the debt and equity exit financings.
o Representation of regional airline in successful Chapter 11 reorganization.
o Representation of multi-national industrial and finance conglomerate, in its capacity as a lender to the energy industry, in successful reorganization of energy company, pursuant to which multi-national became the owner of substantial majority of the reorganized company's equity.
Recent Publications
o Boston Business Journal, Bankruptcies Cast Shadows on Three Embattled Industries, January 31-February 6, 2003.
Speaking Engagements
o Tenth Annual Conference on Distressed Investing 2003, "Maximizing Profits in the Distressed Debt Market," presented by Renaissance American Management Inc. and Beard Group. Two session roles: panelist, Substantive Consolidation and Struggle Among the Classes, and panel moderator, CLE Ethics Hour.
o Frequent speaker and lecturer on bankruptcy topics for industry groups, including for the National Association of Credit Managers.
Bar Admissions & Memberships
o Admitted, Massachusetts Bar
o Member, Bar of The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, United States District Court (Massachusetts); specially admitted in federal courts in other Districts | 