Chad Dale is a partner in Proskauer’s Corporate Department and a member of both the Restructuring and Private Credit Restructuring Groups.
Chad has more than 30 years of experience in corporate reorganizations, debt restructurings and distressed investing. As a member of the Private Credit Restructuring Group, Chad’s practice focuses on direct lenders, ad hoc lender groups and lenders to special situations. Chad handles a wide variety of lender side matters from out of court restructuring, change of control transactions and foreclosures to chapter 11 reorganizations and 363 sales. He has also represented publicly held and privately owned troubled companies in industries ranging from healthcare to mining, grocery, consumer products, retail and technology. Chad has served as a court-appointed chapter 11 trustee and frequently represents purchasers of financially distressed businesses.
Recognized by Chambers USA in Band 1 of its rankings, market sources have noted that Chad is "an incredibly accomplished attorney with great presence." He is a fellow of the prestigious American College of Bankruptcy and has been named “Lawyer of the Year” three times since 2015 by U.S. News Best Lawyers. Chad has also been recognized as one of the top 100 lawyers in New England since 2008.
Chad has published articles and speaks frequently on insolvency related topics including debtor-in-possession financings, healthcare restructurings, intellectual property licensing in bankruptcy, director and officer liability, insurance and legislative developments.
Education
- Northeastern University School of Law, J.D.
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University of Dayton, B.S.
With Honors
Admissions & Qualifications
- Massachusetts
Court Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Massachusetts
Awards & Recognition
Chambers USA: Massachusetts: Bankruptcy/Restructuring 2020-2025
Best Lawyers in America: Bet-the-Company Litigation, Boston 2025
Best Lawyers in America 2021-2025
Fellow, American College of Bankruptcy 2014 - present
"Lawyer of the Year", Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law in Boston, U.S. News-Best Lawyers® 2015 and 2019
"Lawyer of the Year", Litigation - Bankruptcy in Boston, U.S. News-Best Lawyers® 2018
A top restructuring and bankruptcy lawyer in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Chambers USA, Best Lawyers in America and Super Lawyers 2006 - present
Top 100 lawyers in Massachusetts and top 100 lawyers in New England, Super Lawyers 2006
One of five up and coming lawyers in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Lawyers Weekly 1998
The Legal 500 United States: Restructuring (including Bankruptcy): Corporate 2020, 2022-2023