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Choate Ranks Highly in 2025 Legal 500

The 2025 edition of The Legal 500 recognized 43 Choate attorneys in their respective fields and 12 practice areas, with 2 practices receiving "Leading Law Firm" designation.

Choate Represents Rob Hale in $6.1B Acquisition of Boston Celtics

Choate represented Boston-businessman Rob Hale and his affiliate companies, Copley Equity Partners and Fox Rock Capital, in the $6.1B acquisition of the Boston Celtics.

Choate Ranks Highly in 2024 Legal 500

The 2024 edition of The Legal 500 recognized 40 Choate attorneys in their respective fields and 10 practice areas.

Choate Ranks Highly in 2023 Legal 500

The 2023 edition of The Legal 500 recognized 29 Choate attorneys in their respective fields and 12 practice areas, with education and middle-market M&A receiving Tier 1 rankings.

B. Riley Agrees to $70M Loan to Cryptocurrency Miner Core Scientific

Choate represented B. Riley in connection with a $70M debtor-in-possession (DIP) loan to Core Scientific, Inc., and several of its subsidiaries.

Sean Monahan Moderating Panel on the Current State of Stadium Finance

Sean Monahan will moderate the panel, "A Rebirth for Stadium & Arena Finance" on November 10, 2022 during a live webinar hosted by Proximo Intelligence.

Federal Appeals Court Rules Citibank Entitled to Recover $500m Erroneous Payment

In the wake of a Federal Appeals Court decision sure to be welcomed by the banking industry, Citibank will be allowed to recover hundreds of millions of dollars that it mistakenly paid out to a group of hedge funds.

Choate Attorneys and Practice Groups Receive High Rankings in the 2022 Legal 500

The Legal 500 2022 recognized 31 Choate attorneys in their respective fields and 14 practice areas, with education and middle-market M&A receiving Tier 1 rankings.

Bankruptcy Court Decision is a Reminder that Lender Liability Still Exists

Successful claims for “lender liability” have been vanishingly rare in recent years. At the very end of 2021, however, the Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas, in a case named Bailey Tool & Mfg. Co., et al. v. Republic Bus. Credit (In re Bailey Tool & Mfg. Co.), Adv. No. 16-03025-SGJ (Bankr. N.D. Tex. December 23, 2021), found a lender liable for damages in excess of $17 million after multiple years of litigation and a lengthy trial.