Douglas B. Rosner
Director
Boston
drosner@goulstonstorrs.com+1 617 574 6517Douglas B. Rosner
Director, Boston
drosner@goulstonstorrs.com+1 617 574 6517Related Expertise
When financial crisis hits, Doug Rosner offers a steady hand to guide companies and creditors through complex restructurings, handling everything from commercial real estate workouts to multi-billion-dollar corporate reorganizations for clients domestically and internationally.
Leader of the firm’s nationally recognized Bankruptcy and Restructuring Group, Doug counsels corporate debtors, unsecured creditors and creditors’ committees, lenders, real estate funds and owners, landlords, asset purchasers, private equity sponsors and trustees. Clients seek his advice in Chapter 11 reorganizations, Chapter 7 liquidations, out-of-court workouts and related litigation and transactions.
Doug also counsels lenders and borrowers in corporate and real estate financing transactions, including asset-backed securitizations, inter-creditor agreements, factoring arrangements, mezzanine financing and asset-based loans.
A Recognized Leader in Bankruptcy
Doug is a Fellow with the American College of Bankruptcy, a prestigious honorary public service association of bankruptcy and insolvency professionals that invites only the top bankruptcy lawyers to join based on a proven record of the highest standards of professionalism plus service to the profession and their communities. Doug is also recognized by Chambers USA as “one of the superstars in the bankruptcy arena . . . who can ‘balance the legal and business aspects, marry them together and find easy, workable solutions.’"
Related Representative Matters
Private equity sponsors in connection with in-court and out-of-court debt and equity restructurings of portfolio companies.
Hedge fund, as the senior secured lender, in the contested chapter 11 case filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida involving Gaucho Group Holdings, Inc., a publicly traded holding company with operations in Argentina.
Lawrence General Hospital in the contested 363 sale and acquisition of the assets of Steward Holy Family Hospital in the Steward Health Care System chapter 11 case pending in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.
Corvias Group in the restructuring of over $500 million of secured notes and hundreds of millions of dollars of asserted student housing lease obligations in the chapter 11 case of its subsidiary Corvias Campus Living - USG pending in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
Commercial real estate developers in connection with troubled mortgage and CMBS loans, including forbearance agreements, workouts, short sales, deed-in-lieu agreements and foreclosures in multiple jurisdictions, utilizing tax-advantageous structures where appropriate.
Lenders in workouts, foreclosures, loan purchases and sales, receiverships and bankruptcy cases involving secured and unsecured financing arrangements and commercial real estate mortgage loans in multiple jurisdictions.
Multi-family real estate fund in the out-of-court restructuring of its secured note obligations
YM Inc. (Sales), in the 363 sale and acquisition of rue21 intellectual property assets in rue21’s chapter 11 case filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. The transaction required creative solutions around lease arrangements with affected landlords, reopening of stores, fixture retention, and staffing.
A designer, manufacturer and distributor of home décor in cross-border out-of-court balance sheet restructuring. Company contributed operating assets to new subsidiary, reduced long term debt by more than 50%, converted subordinated debt to equity, reduced legacy retirement obligations by 50% and improved liquidity to help stabilize and grow operations.
Operating company borrowers in connection with asset-based loan facilities including a national manufacturer, distributor and retailer of ice cream products, a national jewelry wholesaler and retailer, and a national women’s wear and accessory designer, manufacturer and retailer.
Multiple creditors, purchasers of mortgage-backed securities, parties to swaps and other derivative contracts in Lehman Brothers bankruptcy.
Debtors in chapter 11 reorganization cases filed in Delaware, Southern District of New York and Massachusetts, including, Betsey Johnson LLC (designer, wholesaler and retailer of women’s apparel) and Fuddruckers (owner, operator and franchisor of over 200 fast casual restaurants).
Official Committees of Unsecured Creditors in the Chapter 11 cases of Elephant & Castle, Arthur D. Little, Inc., Diomed Inc., Parks Corporation, USM Corporation, Whistler Corporation, CSA, Inc., Martha’s Vineyard Hospital, Inc., National Fish & Seafood, Inc., Cambex Corporation and Thinking Machines Corporation.
Lenders and borrowers in commercial mortgage-backed securitization (CMBS) transactions, single purpose entity structures, substantive nonconsolidation opinions.
Retail, office, restaurant and industrial landlords in tenant Chapter 11 cases throughout the United States.
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Recognition
Chambers USA Guide
June 5, 2025
Accolades
- Boston Magazine Top Lawyers, Bankruptcy and Workout, 2022, 2023-2024
- Chambers USA, Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Massachusetts, 2003-2025 (Band 1)
- Lawdragon 500: Top U.S. Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers, 2020, 2022-2024
- Best Lawyers in America® (2006-2026): Real Estate Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Fellow, American College of Bankruptcy
- Martindale Hubbell Peer Review Rated AV Preeminent TM
- Top Bankruptcy Lawyer by Volume, The Deal Pipeline, 2012-2014
- Massachusetts Super Lawyers, 2004 - 2016, 2019-2024
- Top 100 Massachusetts Super Lawyers, 2016-2017, 2023-2024
Affiliations
- Turnaround Management Association, Board of Directors of Northeast Region, 2013-2018
- The M. Ellen Carpenter Financial Literacy Program (Joint Program of Boston Bar Association and United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts), Co-Chair 2014- 2020
- Arlington-Belmont Crew, Inc., Co-President, 2018-2024
- Brandeis Alumni Club of Greater Boston, President, 2010-2014
- Brandeis University Alumni Association Board of Directors, 2010-2014
- Boston Bar Association, Executive Committee, Finance Committee and Council, 2008-2011
- Boston Bar Association, Co-Chair, Bankruptcy Law Section, 2006-2008
- American Bankruptcy Institute
- Association for Corporate Growth
Admissions
- Massachusetts
- New York
- U.S. Supreme Court
Education
Boston College Law School ( J.D. , cum laude , 1991 )
Brandeis University ( B.A. , cum laude , 1988 )