Mr. John G. Loughnane

John G. Loughnane, CIPP is a partner in the Corporate and Transactions Department of Nutter Mc-Clennen & Fish LLP in Boston and has more than 25 years of experience focused on growing and re-structuring companies. He works with clients entering into business, intellectual property and real estate transactions (such as financings, licensings and acquisitions) to help structure and close durable deals, and he helps clients navigate a range of business obstacles, including issues involving the potential or actual financial distress of other parties. Mr. Loughnane specializes in advising on restructurings, recapitalizations, going-concern sales and liquidations occurring both in and out of court. He has worked with corporate debtors, investors, secured parties, unsecured parties, official creditors? committees, trustees, vendors, licensors/licensees, landlords, employees, officers, directors and buyers. Mr. Loughnane has taken on leadership roles in the American Bar Association (ABA) (Steering Committee member, LegalTechnology Resource Center), ABI (co-chair of its Mediation Committee and former co-chair of itsEmerging Industries and Technology Committee) and the Turnaround Management Association (TMA)(Trustee of TMA Global and past president of its Northeast Chapter). He is also an active member of the Boston Bar Association and co-chaired its Bankruptcy Section. The impact of the accelerating pace of digital transformation on the important issues of privacy and security led Mr. Loughnane to earn theCertified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) designation from the International Association ofPrivacy Professionals (IAPP). He speaks and writes regularly on a variety of commercial topics, including dealing effectively with disruption in negotiating, structuring and enforcing deals. Following law school, Mr. Loughnane clerked for Hon. Ronald R. Lagueux of the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island. He is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and New York, and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court. Mr. Loughnane received his A.B. from theCollege of the Holy Cross and his J.D. with honors from the George Washington University Law School.