About

Provided by Choate Hall & Stewart LLP

Choate’s bankruptcy team is known for its company and creditor expertise in all areas of corporate restructurings, workouts, distressed asset and debt acquisition and insolvency proceedings.

  • Cover all areas of retail company restructurings, workouts, distressed asset and debt acquisitions and insolvency proceedings, including cash collateral matters, debtor-in-possession financing, Section 363 sales and the chapter 11 plan process.
  • Significant practice representing real estate clients in bankruptcy, workout and restructuring matters involving the unwinding of complex intercreditor relationships and negotiating SWAP prepayments or windups and foreclosure. 
  • Expertise representing lenders in all aspects of restructuring, workout and bankruptcy matters, in particular in retail, sports, food, real estate, healthcare and technology sectors.
  • Represent blue chip clients in connection with DIP/emergence financings, cash collateral hearings, secured party sales, intercreditor disputes, plan confirmation hearings, collateral recovery and out-of-court restructurings.
  • Expert in representing insurers in insolvency/bankruptcy proceedings across the US involving asbestos, silica, environmental and workers’ compensation liabilities
  • “Cradle to grave” service within one department.

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Bankruptcy/Restructuring - Massachusetts

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What the Team is Known For

Choate Hall & Stewart LLP represents creditors across a wide range of bankruptcy and restructuring matters. The firm has broad sector strength encompassing insurance, technology, healthcare, energy and retail. It advises its roster of blue-chip clients on sales, financing and intercreditor disputes.

Work Highlights

  • Choate Hall & Stewart LLP advised Citizens Bank, N.A. as agent of a $450 million revolving credit facility, in connection with the bankruptcy proceeding of Yellow Corp.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Douglas R Gooding
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Douglas R Gooding
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Douglas Gooding has broad expertise, regularly advising companies in the energy, real estate and construction industries on Chapter 11 cases and workouts. He has extensive experience in mass tort bankruptcies representing insurance providers.

His top skill is building consensus among the stakeholders.

John F Ventola
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John F Ventola
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John Ventola is experienced in representing banks, finance companies, hedge funds and distressed investors in matters including Chapter 11 matters, out-of-court workouts, and lending and corporate restructuring issues.

John is very practical. He delivers deals because he sees what's truly necessary.

Kevin J Simard
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Kevin J Simard
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Kevin Simard has a wealth of finance experience in representing creditors and stands out for his work on secured lending. He is also notable for his experience representing financial institutions in complex Chapter 11 proceedings.

Kevin is an exceptional thinker and tactician. He is able to play out all of the threads to conclusion.

Ranked Lawyers at
Choate Hall & Stewart LLP

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Bankruptcy/Restructuring

Douglas R Gooding
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Douglas R Gooding
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Band 1
John F Ventola
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John F Ventola
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Kevin J Simard
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Kevin J Simard
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Band 3

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