John G. Loughnane

John is a leader in the Turnaround Management Association (past president, TMA Northeast and past member of the global TMA board) and the American Bankruptcy Institute (where he currently serves as associate editor for the Cyber-U column for the ABI Journal). John earned the Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) designation from the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) and previously served as Regional Corporate Counsel North America for a major international technology corporation.

John is a past co-chair of the Boston Bar Association's M. Ellen Carpenter Financial Literacy Program benefitting high school students around Massachusetts. He also serves on the Board for the Veteran Entrepreneurial Training and Resource Network (VETRN) which provides military veterans enrolled, at no cost, the skills, resources, mentoring and networking necessary to grow their businesses. John serves on the Charter Review Commission of his community and formerly served as chair of the community’s Youth and Family Services Commission. Other community service has included Little League president, scout leader and coach of youth sports.

John has also served as a board member of the George Washington University Law Alumni Association, as president of the Holy Cross Club of Boston, and as the chair of the Holy Cross Lawyers Association. Following his graduation from law school, John served as a law clerk for the Honorable Ronald R. Lagueux of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island.

• Represented joint venture party in cross licensing technology transactions focused on health care compliance and data security issues. Represented medical device company in sale of all assets pursuant to Uniform Commercial Code Article 9 secured party sale. Represented strategic buyer in connection with sale process for selected assets of large Chapter 11 retail debtor.
• Represented venture backed contract party in pursuing substantial contract rejection damage claim in chapter 11 proceedings of technology company which enabled client to be paid the full amount of its claim.
• Represented consumer products wholesale company in connection with its financing arrangements and ultimate sale of assets to strategic buyer.
• Represented development partner of clean energy project in court-supervised sale process.
  Represented emerging growth technology company in sale to strategic buyer.
• Represented large healthcare institution in connection with its rights as licensee in distressed asset sale of technology licensor for inventory tracking system.
• Represented secured lender financial institution in connection with its loan to owner/operator of clean energy project. Obtained repayment for client from proceeds sale of assets facilitated by liquidating trustee.
• Represented secured lender financial institution in workout and repayment of financing to real estate developer including negotiation and documentation of debtor in possession post-petition financing and payment in full.
• Represented secured lender in obtaining relief from the automatic stay to enforce rights and proceed against real property collateral in upstate New York in the hospitality/lodging industry.
• Represented debtor in possession lender for private equity fund invested in energy project in connection with its support of a consensual Chapter 11 reorganization of the project.
• Represented equipment lessor in obtaining payment and return of leased networking and computer equipment from Chapter 11 proceedings of corporate debtor/lessee cloud storage provider pending in Delaware.
• Represented numerous commercial landlords and contract parties in connection with distressed counterparties exercising rights to assume, assign, or reject.
• Served as court-authorized Consumer Privacy Ombudsman in chapter 11 case of sizeable travel company in connection with evaluation and recommendations regarding proposed sale of personally identifiable information of consumers.
• Represented health technology company in connection with orderly sale of assets.
• Represented family owned manufacturer in preparing for court authorized sale process.
• Represented family owned distributor in acquiring strategic assets and negotiation of associated partner agreements.
• Represented assignee for benefit of creditors in sale of consumer technology company.
• Represented large technology company in navigating chapter 11 proceedings of multiple parties implicating SAAS contracts.
• Represented buyer of commercial office building through debt assumption.