Boston outfit Choate, Hall & Stewart houses a restructuring team co-led by Jennifer Conway Fenn, John Ventola and Shaina Wamsley London. With significant experience representing real estate clients, insurance companies, retail and healthcare players in distressed asset and debt acquisitions, restructurings, Chapter 11 processes, workouts and Section 363 sales, the group also assists insurance companies in mass tort insolvency and bankruptcy proceedings. Seasoned partner Douglas Gooding focuses on debtor-in-possession financing and acting for holders of senior, second lien and mezzanine debt in restructurings. Kevin Simard is another key figure in the group.
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Key clients
- Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
- Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
- Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
- Citizens Bank, N.A.
- Bank of America, N.A.
- JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
- Eclipse Business Capital, LLC
- Second Avenue Capital Partners
- Gordon Brothers Group
- SLR Credit Solutions f/k/a Crystal Financial
Work highlights
Representing Liberty Mutual as lead bankruptcy counsel in connection with the Boy Scouts of America Chapter 11 case pending in Delaware.
Advised Rite Aid Corporation, along with a number of its affiliates and subsidiaries, on filing petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in the Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey.
Acting as lead bankruptcy counsel to Liberty Mutual Insurance Company in connection with its $1.4B claim in the Pacific Gas and Electric Company bankruptcy pending in San Francisco.
Practice head
Jennifer Conway Fenn; John Ventola; Shaina Wamsley London
Other key lawyers
Douglas Gooding; Kevin Simard