Joshua H. Winograd

Josh received his J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, from Indiana University Maurer School of Law, where he served as Online Editor for the Indiana Law Journal and received Book Awards in Legal Research & Writing and in Immigration Law.

Prior to joining Weil, Josh served as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Judge Carlos Mendoza, for the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida and also for the Honorable Judge Rachel Blise, for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.

Josh has been a member of teams representing various parties in a number of in-court restructurings and other matters, including:

Debtor/Company-Side Experience:

• Florida Food Products, LLC, a portfolio company of Ardian and MidOcean Partners and the largest private equity owned natural ingredient supplier in the world, in connection with $92 million of new first lien debt financing and a refinancing of more than $750 million of debt to extend maturities with support of 100% of existing lenders.
• Steward Health Care System LLC, the largest private, physician-owned for-profit healthcare network in the United States with over $8 billion in debt obligations ($7 billion of which is in long-term lease commitments), in its chapter 11 cases.

Creditor/Other Experience:

• The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, in connection with the representation of National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation/MBIA, a leading municipal insurer, in relation to all legal aspects arising from National’s approximately $3.8 billion exposure to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and instrumentalities, including representation in the cases commenced under Title III of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act by the Commonwealth, Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corporation (a/k/a COFINA), Highway and Transportation Authority, and Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority.