Brendan  M. Gage

Biography

Overview

Brendan Gage is a corporate associate in the Boston office with broad experience in restructuring, finance, and troubled company M&A. His practice includes the representation of equity sponsors, debtors, committees, creditors, lenders, and third-party purchasers in connection with out-of-court restructurings, bankruptcy cases, and distressed financings and acquisitions. He has experience in a wide range of industries including, aviation, energy, retail, software, technology, telecommunications, and manufacturing.

Brendan has advised numerous companies in chapter 11 cases and out-of-court restructurings, including Atlas Energy, Extreme Plastics Plus, Global Cloud Xchange, ONE Aviation Corporation, and Vanguard Natural Resources. He also represents both institutional and alternative lenders in workouts and special situations, and advised first lien lenders in the bankruptcy cases of Aerogroup International, Chesapeake Energy, and New Source Energy. As part of his M&A practice, Brendan also regularly assists acquirers and liquidators of distressed assets, including most recently in the chapter 11 cases of American Virtual Cloud Technologies, Inc., Lord & Taylor, and Toys "R" Us, among others.

Before joining Goulston & Storrs, Brendan was an associate in the Chicago office of an Am Law 30 firm. His prior experience also includes judicial clerkships with the Honorable A. Benjamin Goldgar at the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois and the Honorable Audrey R. Evans at the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas.

Accolades

  • Best Lawyers in America® Ones to Watch (2021-2025): Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Affiliations

  • American Bankruptcy Institute
  • Turnaround Management Association

Admissions

  • Massachusetts
  • Illinois
  • New York

Education

  • St. John's University School of Law  (LL.M.)
    • Bankruptcy
  • St. John's University School of Law  (J.D.)
  • University of Massachusetts at Amherst  (B.A.)