Mark B. Joachim

Mark B. Joachim is a shareholder with Polsinelli in Washington, D.C., and has more than 25 years of experience representing clients on complex financing arrangements. In the restructuring arena, he regularly represents distressed businesses, boards of directors, special committees, independent directors, debtor-in-possession lenders, distressed-debt investors, official committees, ad hoc groups of creditors in connection with bankruptcy proceedings and out-of-court restructurings. Mr. Joachim has represented first- and second-lien senior lenders, mezzanine investors, and equity sponsors and borrowers in senior debt, mezzanine and private-equity financing arrangements. He also has successfully closed dozens of leveraged finance transactions for lenders utilizing cash-flow, asset-based, and hybrid structures. Mr.Joachim is a member of the Turnaround Management Association and is an associate editor of the ABIJournal. He received his B.A. in 1989 in political science and philosophy from Stony Brook University and his J.D. in 1992 with distinction from Hofstra University School of Law, where he is managing editor of the Hofstra Law Review.