Douglas R Gooding

Douglas Gooding is co-chair of Choate’s Business Department and has more than 25 years of experience advising on financing and restructuring transactions, particularly on debtor-in-possession lending and the representation of holders of senior, second lien, and mezzanine debt in complex restructurings. He also specializes in advising troubled companies in various industries including healthcare and retail. Doug also has extensive experience in mass tort bankruptcy cases representing insurance providers.

Doug has appeared in courts throughout the United States and in Canada and has been appointed as mediator in several bankruptcy disputes.

Member of the Boston Bar Association;

Member of the BBA Council and is a former co-chair of the BBA’s Public Service Oversight Committee and a former co-chair of the BBA’s Bankruptcy Section;

Active in pro bono matters and the BBA’s Financial Literacy program;

Advisory Board to Tufts Hospital