Poonam counsels governments, quasi-public authorities, and higher education facilities on the issuance of tax-exempt and taxable debt as well as securities and tax law matters. She also represents institutional investors and indenture trustees in the purchase and restructuring of high-yield municipal debt. Poonam has a background in finance and focuses on developing innovative, cost-effective solutions that help clients achieve their strategic goals.
Poonam is a Member in Mintz’s Public Finance Practice and Chair of the firm’s Alumni Program.
Poonam brings experience in a wide array of industries, including transportation, higher education, health care, economic development, project finance, stadium financing, water, and wastewater.
Poonam also represents institutional investors and indenture trustees with respect to the purchase and restructuring/workout of high yield municipal debt for energy, infrastructure, health care, higher education, charter schools, and senior living facilities. She has extensive experience on all sides of municipal transactions and brings a holistic perspective to her work on complex matters. This 360-degree insight — along with a background in finance — enables Poonam to deliver creative and thoughtful counsel to clients including financial advisors, credit analysts, and portfolio managers and to structure cost-effective transactions that protect their investments while achieving their strategic goals.
In her position as Chair of the Mintz Alumni Program, Poonam launches and manages initiatives that provide her former colleagues and current Mintz attorneys with access to innovative professional development programs, social events, continuing legal education, webinars, and a robust professional network.
viewpoints
New Legislation Would Expand the Use of Municipal Bonds
May 15, 2024 | Alert | By R. Neal Martin, Charles Samuels, Matthew O. Page, Christie Martin, Meghan Burke, Poonam Patidar
Read about the Local Infrastructure Financing Tools (LIFT) Act, pending legislation that calls for policy changes and types of bonds that could be used by governments and nonprofits nationwide for a range of public infrastructure and capital improvement projects.
Recording: 2021 MIATTY Retreat - Mintz Alumni Panel
November 11, 2021 | Webinar
Will It Soon Be Game over for Tax-Exempt Financing of Professional Sports Stadiums?
June 20, 2017 | Blog | By Meghan Burke, Poonam Patidar
GAME OVER FOR TAX-EXEMPT FINANCING OF PROFESSIONAL SPORTS STADIUMS?
June 20, 2017 | Blog | By Meghan Burke, Poonam Patidar
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.
Fifty-Nine Attorneys Recognized as 2023 Massachusetts Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
October 12, 2023
Mintz is pleased to announce that 32 attorneys have been named Massachusetts Super Lawyers and 27 attorneys have been named Massachusetts Rising Stars for 2023.
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 has earned top rankings in the 2023 edition of Legal 500 United States guide. The firm is recognized in 14 practice categories, and 59 individual attorneys are also recognized in the guide, some in more than one category.
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.
Mintz Receives Inaugural ALLY Award from the Asian American Lawyers Association of Massachusetts
June 01, 2023
BOSTON – Mintz is pleased to announce that it has been honored with the first-ever ALLY of the Year Award from the Asian American Lawyers Association of Massachusetts (AALAM).
Mintz Member Poonam Patidar led a Public Finance team in advising the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on a $2.6 billion bond honored as Bond Buyer’s ESG Deal of the Year and Smith’s Research 2022 All-Star Deal of the Year. The transaction builds on the firm’s extensive deal activity in the public finance field.
35 Mintz attorneys have been named Massachusetts Super Lawyers and 25 Mintz attorneys have been named Massachusetts Rising Stars for 2022.
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.
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 Recognized by Chambers USA 2019
April 26, 2019
Chambers USA 2018 Ranks Mintz Attorneys & Practices
May 03, 2018
Chambers USA 2017 Ranks Mintz Attorneys & Practices
May 26, 2017
Mintz Serves as Co-Bond Counsel to Brooklyn Arena Local Development Corporation in Bond Refinancing
October 03, 2016
Mintz Member Poonam Patidar Named a 2016 Rising Star by The Bond Buyer
September 22, 2016
Mintz Elevates Six Attorneys To Members of the Firm
May 02, 2016
Events & Speaking
Green to the Core? Peeling Back the Layers on Green and Social Bonds
California Society of Municipal Analysts
Napa, CA
NASACTS’s 2019 Annual Conference
Navigating Your Way Through the Relationship between Bond Documents, Financial Statements and Transaction Cashflows
Scottsdale, Arizona
New England Municipal Conference - Predicting the Impact of Unprecedented Regulatory Trends
Financial Research Association
The Harvard Club 374 Commonwealth Avenue Boston, MA
Sports Law Association Annual Conference
Sports Law Association
Denver Marriott, City Center 1701 California Street Denver, CO
Poonam counsels governments, quasi-public authorities, and higher education facilities on the issuance of tax-exempt and taxable debt as well as securities and tax law matters. She also represents institutional investors and indenture trustees in the purchase and restructuring of high-yield municipal debt. Poonam has a background in finance and focuses on developing innovative, cost-effective solutions that help clients achieve their strategic goals.
Recognition & Awards
Best Lawyers in America 2023 Lawyer of the Year: Public Finance
Chambers USA: Massachusetts (Band 2) – Banking & Finance: Public Finance (2022 - 2024)
Featured in Best Lawyers in America, Public Finance Law (2021 – 2024)
Recommended by The Legal 500 United States for Finance: Municipal Bankruptcy (2023 - 2024)
Massachusetts Super Lawyers: Rising Stars – Government Finance list (2009 – 2012, 2017, 2019 – 2022)
Served on the team that won the 2020 Turnaround Management Association's Non-Profit Turnaround Award
The Bond Buyer: Rising Stars Award (2016)
Chambers USA: Massachusetts – Banking & Finance: Public Finance Ranked (2018 – 2021)
Chambers USA: Massachusetts (Up and Coming Star Associate) – Banking & Finance: Public Finance (2014 – 2017)
Served on the bond counsel team for the 2014 Bond Buyer Deal of the Year awarded to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for its MassDirect Notes program.
Served on the bond counsel team for the 2012 Bond Buyer Northeast Deal of Year awarded to the Massachusetts Clean Water Trust.
Poonam counsels governments, quasi-public authorities, and higher education facilities on the issuance of tax-exempt and taxable debt as well as securities and tax law matters. She also represents institutional investors and indenture trustees in the purchase and restructuring of high-yield municipal debt. Poonam has a background in finance and focuses on developing innovative, cost-effective solutions that help clients achieve their strategic goals.
Involvement
- Secretary & Board Member, Boston Women in Public Finance
- Board of Governors, National Federation of Municipal Analysts
- ESG Governance Board, Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management
- Chair of the Board, Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence
- Board of Trustees, Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation
- 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.
