Christopher M. Candon

Associate / Bankruptcy

Boston Office

617-880-3582

617-692-3582 fax

ccandon@riemerlaw.com

Chris focuses his practice on the problems of financially distressed companies, representing both debtors and creditors in complex Chapter 11 reorganizations, Chapter 7 liquidations, and out-of-court restructurings. Chris also has experience in representing debtors in pre-bankruptcy workout negotiations and in representing estate representatives in assignments for the benefit of creditors, receiverships, and other insolvency proceedings.

Representative Transactions

• Represented Chapter 11 debtor-in-possession nationwide operator of car washes, quick lube centers, gas stations, and convenience stores with liabilities of $130 million in its successful Chapter 11 reorganization
• Represented Chapter 11 debtor-in-possession manufacturer of flexible packaging in the United States and Canada with sales of $150 million in selling its business, on a going-concern basis, under Chapter 11
• Represented Chapter 11 debtor-in-possession chain of 150 convenience stores and gas stations in the northeast, with revenues of $175 million in selling its retail locations through Chapter 11
• Represented workers, family and community members injured by exposure to asbestos in the Chapter 11 case of a specialty chemicals and materials company with billions of dollars in asbestos-related liabilities

Publications

• Co-author, SARE Debtors: Solving the Impaired Voting Class Dilemma through Municipalities?, American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, July/August 2011
• Co-author, New Risks for Landlords: Lease Termination Payments as Preferences, Real Estate Bar Association Spring Conference, May 2010
• Co-author, Injunctions against Litigation among Non-Debtors following the Supreme Court's Decision in Travelers, MCLE Annual Bankruptcy Law Conference, October 2009
• Co-author, El Toro Has Debtors Seeing Red, ABI Northeast Bankruptcy Conference, July 2008
• Co-author, Mortgage Avoidance: Flexing the Trustee's Strong-Arm Powers, National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees Spring Conference, April 2008

Awards and Honors

Denis Maguire Pro Bono Award, 2005

Affiliations

American Bankruptcy Institute

Boston Bar Association

Turnaround Management Association

Admissions

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 2002

U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, 2003

U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit, 2005

U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 2008

State of New York, 2011

Education

The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2001

St. Lawrence University, B.S., 1996