Mr. Christopher M. Candon

Christopher M. Candon is an attorney at Sheehan Phinney in Manchester, N.H., and Boston, and is a member of the firm?s Management Committee and chairs its Corporate Department. He focuses his practice on the problems of financially distressed companies, assisting clients with transactional and litigation matters involving commercial law and insolvency issues. Mr. Candon frequently represents debtors, creditors, committees, purchasers, landlords and trustees in workouts, out-ofcourt restructurings, chapter 11 reorganizations and sales, and chapter 7 liquidations. He also has experience in the negotiation and documentation of key business contracts and complex commercial transactions, including asset-purchase agreements, secured and unsecured financings, letters of credit, DIP and exit financing transactions, and real estate transactions. Mr. Candon maintains a business litigation practice that involves all aspects of insolvency law, representing both creditors and debtors in bankruptcy, workouts, foreclosures and creditors? rights matters. He regularly represents parties in claim and plan negotiation and litigation, relief from stay, valuation, cash collateral and DIP financing, fraudulent transfer and preference litigation. He has experience in handling bankruptcy appellate matters in New England and across the country. In addition to his insolvency practice, Mr. Candon advises clients on various real estate matters, including representing landlords and tenants in commercial lease preparation and negotiation. He also completed the ABI/St. John?s University bankruptcy mediator training program and serves as a mediator in state and federal civil commercial litigation, and he provides mediation services in bankruptcy cases. Mr. Candon frequently lectures and authors articles and program materials for ABI, the Boston Bar Association and other associations on various bankruptcy and insolvency topics. He received his B.S. from St. Lawrence University and his J.D. cum laude from The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law.