Joff Mitchell
New York - Senior Managing Director
- Phone
- +1 212 561 4060
Joff is a senior managing director and heads Zolfo Cooper’s U.S. practice. He has more than 25 years of management experience across a wide range of industries. His expertise includes acquisitions, debt financing and restructurings, divestitures, and successful bankruptcy reorganizations. He is recognized as an innovative executive whose exceptional leadership and interpersonal skills bring value to complex situations.
Professional Experience
Joff has recently advised the lenders in five separate container terminal restructurings. In two of these situations he negotiated substantial debt reductions funded by sponsor equity contributions.
Joff was previously the chief restructuring officer of LandAmerica Financial Group, Inc. and LandAmerica 1031 Exchange Services Inc. Previously he served as chairman of Entegra Power Group, which owns the two largest gas-fired merchant power plants in the United States. At Entegra he led the company’s refinancing, raising $1.33 billion.
Joff also advised the board of directors of a public giftware company, where he drove the development and execution of a business plan that reversed negative cash flow and improved EBITDA by $31 million.
In the pre-arranged bankruptcy of two of TECO Energy’s power plants, Joff advised a 38-member bank group. He served as director of restructuring at NRG Energy, where he was responsible for raising $2.7 billion of exit financing and managing the sales process of electricity generating operations in the US and internationally.
Previous engagements include Sunbeam, Washington Group International and Laidlaw. In addition, he served as interim CEO of Giftware Holdings, an importer and distributor. Prior to joining Zolfo Cooper, Joff spent 14 years in general management roles with companies such as Chep USA, Brambles Industries, Ceramco Corporation, Ltd., and Equiticorp Holdings Ltd.
Education, Certification & Professional Affiliations
- Diploma of Management from Auckland University of Technology
- Graduate of the Advanced Management Program at the University of Hawaii
- Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor
- Member of the Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors
- Member of the American Bankruptcy Institute
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