P. Miyoko Sato
Member / Chair, Bankruptcy, Health Law, Public Finance, Real Estate, and TechComm Division
+1.617.348.1896
Institutional investors seeking high-level guidance on investments in tax-exempt and taxable securities rely on Miyoko’s counsel — particularly on matters involving high-yield securities in both distressed debt and new money transactions. She represents indenture trustees, mutual fund companies, investment advisory firms, asset management companies, insurance companies, and other institutional investors with respect to defaults, workouts, restructurings, capital recoveries, and bankruptcies.
Miyoko’s experience encompasses corporate debt and project financings for higher education institutions, multifamily housing, student housing, military housing, health care, charter schools, private schools, tribal gaming, hotels, museums, and solid waste disposal facilities. She is a frequent speaker on distressed debt topics and high-yield investments.
Experience
- Represented the bond trustees as the senior secured creditors owed in excess of $330 million in Louisiana and $185 million in Texas in bankruptcy proceedings involving German Pellets and its US subsidiaries. We handled issues including: negotiating post-petition financing for each facility; litigating issues involving the single largest off-take agreement with a UK company relating to the LA facility; litigating various issues against the unsecured creditors committee in each bankruptcy involving the rights, claims, and collateral of the bond trustee; negotiating proposed sale of Louisiana facility; and overseeing the various insolvency matters pending in Germany.
News & Press
The Best Lawyers in America 2025 Recognizes 184 Mintz Attorneys across 56 Practice Areas
August 15, 2024
187 Mintz attorneys have been recognized by Best Lawyers® in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. Notably, three Mintz attorneys received 2025 “Lawyer of the Year” awards, and 64 firm attorneys were included in the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.
Mintz announced today that 42 of its practices and 83 of its attorneys earned recognition in the 2024 edition of Chambers USA, a guide to the country’s leading law firms. Of those included in the guide, 18 attorneys and seven practice areas were awarded Chambers’ highest ranking, Band 1. The firm obtained new listings in three practice areas and 10 of its lawyers were recognized for the first time.
Mintz is pleased to announce that 120 firm attorneys have been recognized as leaders by Best Lawyers® in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©.
BOSTON –Mintz announced today that 39 of its practices and 81 of its attorneys earned recognition in the 2023 edition of Chambers USA, a guide to the country’s leading law firms.
Best Lawyers® recognized 108 firm attorneys in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. Notably, two Mintz attorneys – Poonam Patidar and Scott M. Stanton – received 2023 “Lawyer of the Year” awards, and 28 firm attorneys were included in the inaugural edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.
Mintz Creates Equity Advisory Council To Drive The Firm’s Commitment To Equity In Workplace
May 16, 2022
Mintz continues its ongoing commitment to ensuring the firm is an equitable workplace, establishing a new Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) committee that reports directly to the firm's main decision making body, the Policy Committee. The new Equity Advisory Council (EAC) will be responsible for driving equity for the firm’s attorneys, especially women, attorneys of color and LGBTQ+ attorneys.
Mintz Receives M&A Advisor’s “Consumer Services Deal of the Year” Award
February 24, 2014
Events & Speaking
HIGHER EDUCATION UNDER STRESS
Smith's Research & Gradings High Yield Municipal Bond Coneference
Greenwich, CT
When Colleges Fail Themselves: What Happens as a Turnaround Evolves Into a Wind Down
Connecticut Turnaround Management Association
Virtual Event
Higher Education Post-COVID: What Does It All Mean?
National Federation of Municipal Analysts
Virtual Event
The Impact of COVID-19 on Higher Education: A Schism of Debt, Endowments, and Educational Challenges, Too
Turnaround Management Association
Online
Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor’s (AIRA) 35th Annual Bankruptcy & Restructuring Conference
The Fate of Higher Education
Boston, MA
Education Committee of the National Federation of Municipal Analysts Advanced Seminar on Higher Ed.
Education Committee of the National Federation of Municipal Analysts
Arizona Biltmore Phoenix, AZ
Recognition & Awards
Chambers USA: Massachusetts (2022 - 2024)
Featured in Best Lawyers in America, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency & Reorganization Law and Public Finance Law (2023 - 2024)
Involvement
- Member, National Association of Bond Lawyers
Recent Insights
187 Mintz attorneys have been recognized by Best Lawyers® in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. Notably, three Mintz attorneys received 2025 “Lawyer of the Year” awards, and 64 firm attorneys were included in the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.
Mintz announced today that 42 of its practices and 83 of its attorneys earned recognition in the 2024 edition of Chambers USA, a guide to the country’s leading law firms. Of those included in the guide, 18 attorneys and seven practice areas were awarded Chambers’ highest ranking, Band 1. The firm obtained new listings in three practice areas and 10 of its lawyers were recognized for the first time.
Mintz is pleased to announce that 120 firm attorneys have been recognized as leaders by Best Lawyers® in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©.