Ben Hoch is a partner in the New York office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. He advises clients on the entire spectrum of corporate finance and financial restructuring matters, including counseling boards of directors with respect to fiduciary duties, transactional assignments for investors on "loan to own" strategies, debt purchases, and strategic review of complex capital structures and subordination agreements. He also advises clients regarding inter-creditor disputes, mergers and acquisitions and other transactional and advisory work involving distressed assets and businesses, general corporate finance, and structured finance across a variety of asset-based products and derivatives. His experience spans a broad array of industries, including technology, energy, electric utility, Internet, construction, manufacturing, retail, insurance, transportation, aerospace, real estate, lodging, and entertainment.

Prior to joining the firm, Ben was a partner in the New York office of Covington & Burling, where he chaired that firm's bankruptcy and corporate restructuring practice. Earlier in his career, he was an associate, and later a partner and chairman of the bankruptcy and reorganization group, at Dewey Ballantine.