Sean Monahan > Choate, Hall & Stewart > Boston, United States > Lawyer Profile

Choate, Hall & Stewart
TWO INTERNATIONAL PLACE
BOSTON, MA 02110
MASSACHUSETTS
United States

Position

Sean Monahan, co-chair of Choate’s Finance & Restructuring Group, brings depth of experience and a business-oriented outlook to one of the preeminent sports law practices in the United States. He represents major financial institutions and teams in a range of high profile, complex commercial financing transactions.

Sean advises clients with team loans, stadium construction loans, securitizations, investment banking transactions, and general business matters involving member clubs of Major League Baseball, the National Hockey League, the National Football League, the National Basketball Association, Major League Soccer, NASCAR, and Minor League Baseball, as well as major college conferences. He has long-standing relationships with key personnel at leagues, teams, and financial institutions and his extensive knowledge of ownership and debt and securitization rules, media contracts, and collective bargaining agreements enables him to resolve even the most challenging issues for his clients.

Sean also represents banks and institutional investors in a full range of financings, including asset-based and cash flow financings.

Sean’s clients include Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase Bank, U.S. Bank, Citibank, Truist Bank, PNC Bank, and John Hancock.

Education

Cornell Law School
JD, 2004, magna cum laude,
Order of the Coif
Editor, Cornell Law Review
Bates College
BA, 1998, summa cum laude

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate

Operating out of Boston, Choate, Hall & Stewart’s finance and restructuring practice represents companies and creditors in relation to all aspects of corporate restructurings, workouts, distressed asset and debt acquisitions, and insolvency proceedings. The practice is particularly strong representing lenders in the retail, sports, real estate, healthcare, and technology sectors, and insurers in litigated bankruptcy proceedings. Jennifer Fenn, Sean Monahan, and John Ventola jointly lead the department, while, with considerable experience advising in relation to debtor-in-possession lending and senior, second lien, and mezzanine debt in complex restructurings, Douglas Gooding plays an important role in the team.