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Choate, Hall & Stewart Offices

TWO INTERNATIONAL PLACE
BOSTON, MA 02110
MASSACHUSETTS
United States
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Sean Monahan
Position
Sean Monahan, co-chair of Choate’s Finance & Restructuring Group, brings depth of experience and a business-oriented outlook to one of the preeminent sports law practices in the United States. He represents major financial institutions and teams in a range of high profile, complex commercial financing transactions.
Sean advises clients with team loans, stadium construction loans, securitizations, investment banking transactions, and general business matters involving member clubs of Major League Baseball, the National Hockey League, the National Football League, the National Basketball Association, Major League Soccer, NASCAR, and Minor League Baseball, as well as major college conferences. He has long-standing relationships with key personnel at leagues, teams, and financial institutions and his extensive knowledge of ownership and debt and securitization rules, media contracts, and collective bargaining agreements enables him to resolve even the most challenging issues for his clients.
Sean also represents banks and institutional investors in a full range of financings, including asset-based and cash flow financings.
Sean’s clients include Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase Bank, U.S. Bank, Citibank, Truist Bank, PNC Bank, and John Hancock.
Education
- Cornell Law School
- JD, 2004, magna cum laude,
Order of the Coif - Editor, Cornell Law Review
- Bates College
- BA, 1998, summa cum laude
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Boston Elite > Commercial litigation
- Boston Elite > Corporate & M&A
- Boston Elite > Commercial litigation
Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Boston Elite > Commercial litigation
- Industry focus > Education
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious