John G. Loughnane
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Overview
John G. Loughnane is a partner in Nutter’s Corporate and Transactions Department. Business leaders rely on John’s broad experience and expansive problem-solving skills in two distinct sets of circumstances. First, clients entering into business, intellectual property and real estate transactions (such as financings, licensings, and acquisitions) rely on John at the outset to help structure and close durable deals. Clients benefit especially from John’s insight into distressed circumstances in anticipating issues and obtaining meaningful remedies in the event needed to ensure desired objectives are achieved.
Secondly, clients rely on John for guidance in navigating a range of business obstacles, including issues involving the potential or actual financial distress of other parties. Clients find solutions with John’s assistance in restructurings, recapitalizations, going concern sales and liquidations occurring both in and out of court. In doing so, clients leverage John’s experience representing a variety of interests - including corporate debtors, investors, secured parties, unsecured parties, official creditors’ committees, trustees, vendors, licensors/licensees, landlords, employees, officers, directors, and buyers.
Clients also benefit from John’s broad exposure to a variety of industries including clean energy, commercial real estate, education, financial services, health care, hospitality, housing, life sciences, manufacturing, retail, and technology.
Clients working with John have the benefit of his in-house corporate experience working with business teams and senior leaders at PTC as well as his formal mediation training and practice. In all matters, John’s focus is on helping clients achieve practical, cost-effective business results to satisfy key interests.
John serves as a leader in national organizations relevant to his practice including the American Bar Association (ABA) (Steering Committee Member, Legal Technology Resource Center), The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) (Co-Chair, Mediation Committee and former Co-Chair, Emerging Industries and Technology Committee), and the Turnaround Management Association (TMA) (Trustee, TMA Global and past President, Northeast Chapter). John is also an active member of the Boston Bar Association and past Co-Chair of its Bankruptcy Section. The impact of the accelerating pace of digital transformation on the important issues of privacy and security led him to earn the Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) designation from the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). He speaks and writes regularly on a variety of commercial topics including dealing effectively with disruption in negotiating, structuring and enforcing deals as described under News & Insights.
John serves his community by volunteering in three focus areas: economic opportunity, education and youth development. He co-chairs the Boston Bar Association's M. Ellen Carpenter Financial Literacy Program benefitting high school students around Massachusetts. He also serves on the Advisory 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 small businesses. John also serves as chair of his community’s Youth and Family Services Commission and has served in the past as Little League president, scout leader and youth coach for baseball, basketball and soccer teams.
John has also served as a board member of the George Washington University Law Alumni Association and as president of the Holy Cross Club of Boston. He currently leads the Holy Cross Lawyers Association as president. 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.
His admissions include Massachusetts, New York, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court. John’s full list of admissions can be found under Education & Admissions.
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Experience
Experience
News & Insights
News
Speaking Engagements
Publications
Blog Posts
Honors
Honors
- Massachusetts Super Lawyers, 2005-2021
- The Best Lawyers in America, 2016-2022
- Peer Review Rated as AV® Preeminent™, the highest performance rating in Martindale-Hubbell's peer review rating system
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Boston Magazine “Top Lawyers”, 2021
Education & Admissions
Education
The George Washington University Law School, J.D., with honors
College of the Holy Cross, A.B.
Admissions
- Massachusetts
- New York
- U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
Practices
Industries
In the Community
John’s leadership roles include current service on the Executive Board of TMA Global (Turnaround Management Association), as well as co-chair of the Mediation Committee of the American Bankruptcy Institute.
Noteworthy
- Massachusetts Super Lawyers, 2005-2021
- The Best Lawyers in America, 2016-2022
- Peer Review Rated as AV® Preeminent™, the highest performance rating in Martindale-Hubbell's peer review rating system
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Boston Magazine “Top Lawyers”, 2021