Jason Cohen

Jason Cohen joined Portage Point in 2022 and serves as Managing Director and Head of Investment Banking at Portage Point Partners based in the firm’s New York office.

Since joining Portage Point, Jason has led multiple engagements as well as the rapid build out of Portage Point’s Investment Banking Practice, recruiting approximately 15 senior bankers focused on  Restructuring, Debt Capital Advisory and M&A Advisory.

Jason has over 27 years of experience in corporate finance and restructuring, having spent 15 years in the Restructuring Group at Lazard. While at Lazard, Jason focused on recapitalizations, financings, liability management transactions, restructurings and sales, both in- and out-of-court, across a myriad of industries. Jason spent considerable time at Lazard working in the middle market, which included his position as Head of Lazard’s  Middle Market Restructuring Group.

Prior to joining Lazard, Jason spent nearly a decade practicing law in the Financial Restructuring department of the law firm of Cadwalader, Wickersham Taft LLP. While at Cadwalader, Jason represented various parties in interest in numerous restructurings across a variety of industries.

Jason has successfully led the following key engagements, among others, Supply Source Enterprises, Beverly Community Hospital, Eyecare Services Partners, Beautycounter, CSM Bakery, Empire Resorts, TopGolf, Liberty Tire, FuelCell Energy, Sidewinder Drilling, IAP Worldwide, Z Gallerie, GST Autoleather, LSP Batesville, Eddie Bauer, American Safety Razor, Libbey Glass, ModSpace, NewPage, TrueTemper Sports, Los Angeles Dodgers and Hayes-Lemmerz.

Jason graduated from the University of Connecticut and Brooklyn Law School.