Benjamin W. Loveland

Benjamin Loveland is a partner in Goodwin’s Financial Restructuring practice. He focuses his practice on the representation of companies, boards, creditors, and debt investors in chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings and other financial restructurings. He routinely represents debtors, indenture trustees, agents, noteholders, lenders, and creditors in large and complex bankruptcy cases and related litigation.

Benjamin also has deep experience in distressed asset sales, issues involving the intersection of bankruptcy and intellectual property law, assignments for the benefit of creditors, and cross-border insolvency matters.

Benjamin’s experience includes representing:

• Diamond Sports Group, the nation’s largest owner of regional sports networks, as debtors’ counsel, in a chapter 11 case and related litigation in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas*
• The Walt Disney Company in connection with the chapter 11 cases of Rubie’s Costume Company, Inc., Frontier Communications Corp., Forever 21, Inc., J.C. Penney Company, Inc., Cinemex Holdings USA, Inc., The Weinstein Companies, Diamond Comic Distributors, Epic! Creations, Alamo Drafthouse, Metropolitan Theatres, Tippett Studios, Pacific Theaters, Cineworld / Regal Cinemas, Village Roadshow Entertainment Group USA, Inc., IPIC Theaters, LLC, Cumulus Media, Party City, and others*
• A leading aerospace and defense technology company in connection with out-of-court situations and chapter 11 cases involving distressed customers and suppliers*
• Distressed life sciences companies in connection with out-of-court and chapter 11 solutions, including InVivo Therapeutics Corporation*
• Groups of insurers in connection with the chapter 11 cases of Philadelphia Energy Solutions, TPC Group, Century 21, 24 Hour Fitness, and related litigation*
• Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as superpriority administrative and collateral agent, in connection with the chapter 11 cases of Serta Simmons Bedding, LLC*
• Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as second lien indenture trustee, in connection with the chapter 11 cases of Endo International plc*
• Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as DIP agent, and prepetition agent, in connection with the chapter 11 cases of Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust*
• Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as prepetition administrative and collateral agent and DIP administrative and collateral agent, in connection with the chapter 11 cases of Akorn, Inc.*
• Wilmington Savings Fund Society, as first lien administrative and collateral agent and DIP administrative and collateral agent, in connection with the chapter 11 cases of VIP Cinema Holdings, Inc.*
• GLAS USA LLC, as DIP administrative agent, and GLAS Americas LLC, as DIP collateral agent, in connection with the chapter 11 cases Quorum Health Corporation*
• GLAS Trust Company LLC, as superpriority agent, GLAS USA LLC, as DIP administrative agent, and GLAS Americas LLC, as DIP collateral agent, in connection with the chapter 11 cases of Murray Energy Holdings Co., including in connection with litigation seeking to invalidate the obligations owing to the superpriority lenders*
• GLAS Trust Company LLC, as indenture trustee, in connection with the chapter 11 cases of Aegerion Pharmaceuticals*
• Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as agent, in connection with the chapter 11 cases of Westmoreland Coal Company*
• Wilmington Trust, as indenture trustee for the first lien notes, in the chapter 11 case of Cobalt International Energy, Inc.*
• Wilmington Savings Fund Society, as indenture trustee for second lien notes in the chapter 11 case of Avaya, Inc.*
• GLAS USA, as administrative agent for a €600 million PIK loan, in connection with the involuntary chapter 11 proceeding of EB Holdings (Ecobat)*
• Wilmington Trust, as indenture trustee for the second lien notes, in the chapter 11 case of SunEdison, Inc., including in related avoidance litigation*
• A leading REIT in connection with out-of-court situations and chapter 11 cases involving distressed tenants*
• A major e-commerce retailer in connection with out-of-court situations and chapter 11 cases involving distressed customers and suppliers*
• A major digital sports entertainment company in connection with situations involving distressed customers and vendors*
• An ad hoc group of secured noteholders in the Intelsat chapter 11 case in negotiating, defending against challenge and obtaining court approval for the settlement of approximately $100 million in disputed make-whole claims*
• The holders of a majority in a dollar amount of $220 million in first lien notes issued by LBI Media, Inc. in the completed sale of their notes*
• The indenture trustee for, and a steering committee of holders of, bonds in the Energy XXI oil and gas chapter 11 case*
• Several funds and other financial creditors in connection with their acquisition of a majority interest in GT Advanced Technologies under its confirmed chapter 11 plan of reorganization*
• Lenders and bondholders in the chapter 11 case of Texas Competitive Electric Holdings (TCEH) and Energy Futures Holdings (EFH) and related litigation, including make-whole dispute and letter of credit payment priority litigation in the Delaware bankruptcy court and district court and in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals*
• Major bondholder in aspects of the American Airlines chapter 11 case, including chapter 11 plan negotiations and litigation surrounding aircraft sale transactions*
• Major technology company in its bid for the patent portfolio of Nortel Networks in its chapter 11 section 363 sale*
• Foreign financial institutions in defense of fraudulent transfer litigation brought by SIPA Trustee for Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC and BVI liquidators for the Fairfield Funds*

*Denotes experience prior to joining Goodwin

• Member (and former co-chair) of American Bankruptcy Institute Northeast Conference Emerging Insolvency Professionals Committee (2015–2017)
• Member (and former co-chair) of American Bankruptcy Institute Northeast Conference Advisory Board (2015–2025)
• Vice Chair of M. Ellen Carpenter Financial Literacy Program (2014–2016)
• Co-Chair of Boston Bar Association Bankruptcy Section's Young Lawyers Committee (2010–2012)
• Board Member of Courageous Sailing for Youth, Inc. (2015–2017)

Prior to joining Goodwin, Benjamin was a partner at WilmerHale.

• Selected by peers for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America for bankruptcy and creditor debtor rights / insolvency and reorganization law since 2023 and named "The Lawyer of the Year" for bankruptcy law in Boston in the 2026 edition
• Named to the 2024–2026 editions of Lawdragon's 500 Leading Global Bankruptcy and Restructuring Lawyers list
• Named to Boston Magazine’s Top Lawyers list in 2021–2025 in the area of bankruptcy
• Recognized as a "40 Under 40 Emerging Leader" by M&A Advisor in 2016
• Named a "Massachusetts Super Lawyers Rising Star" for bankruptcy in the 2012–2017 issues of Boston Magazine
• Selected as a participant in the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges NextGen Program in 2013

• Co-author, “Recognition of Nonconsensual Third-Party Releases in Ch. 15 After Purdue,” American Bankruptcy Institute Journal (October 2025)
• Co-author, “Trending: Special Deference for Foreign Insolvency Proceedings Both In and Out of Chapter 15,” American Bankruptcy Institute Journal (October 2024)
• Speaker, “Mitigating Fraudulent Transfer Risk,” VALCON 2022 (May 2022)
• Co-author, “Al Zawawi and § 109(a): Parsing What It Means to Be a 'Debtor' Under Chapter 15,” American Bankruptcy Institute Journal (May 2022)
• Co-author, “Keeping Chapter 15 Ancillary – Standalone Litigation in the Cross-Border Context,” American Bankruptcy Institute Journal (March 2021)
• Co-author, “Olinda Star Achieves Broad Intercompany Cross-Border Relief,” American Bankruptcy Institute Journal (August 2020)
• Co-author, “At the Edge of the Universe: Are Chapter 15’s Principles of ‘Universalism’ Too Parochial for the Realities of Today’s Global Economy?,” American Bankruptcy Institute Journal (August 2019)
• Co-author, “Seeing Double? Two Judges, Two Lawsuits, Two Types of Bankruptcy—But a Single Vision for Comity in Cross-Border Insolvencies,” American Bankruptcy Institute (August 2018)
• Co-author, “Upside Down in Chapter 15,” American Bankruptcy Institute (May 2017)
• Speaker, “Cutting-Edge Chapter 11 Plan Issues,” Northeast Bankruptcy Conference (July 2016)
• Co-author, “Cross-Border, Cross-Debtor, Multi-Debtor Issues in Proceedings,” American Bankruptcy Institute Journal (May 2016)
• Co-author, “Will Chapter 15 Be the “Exclusive Destination” for Foreign Debtors?,” American Bankruptcy Institute Journal (December 2015)
• Presenter, “Successor Liability in Bankruptcy Asset Sales,” Clear Law Institute (June 2015)
• Co-author, “The First Circuit may 'Actually' be the Best Choice of Bankruptcy Venue for Intellectual Property Licensees,” Massachusetts Lawyers Journal (May 2015)
• Panelist, “Exploring the Bankruptcy Code Section 503(b)(9),” Knowledge Congress (January 2015)
• Co-author, “Can Chapter 15 be an Ally to Bondholders in Foreign Insolvency Cases?,” American Bankruptcy Institute Journal (August 2014)
• Co-author, “Shelter From the Storm: Recent Decisions From the Third Circuit and Southern District of New York Confirm the Breadth of Bankruptcy Code Section 546(e)'s Safe Harbor for Transactions Involving the Purchase or Sale of Securities,” Pratt’s Journal of Bankruptcy Law (April 2010)