Kevin J. Simard

Kevin J. Simard is a partner with Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP in Boston and plays an active role in the management of various aspects of the firm. He has experience advising national banks and private lenders on all aspects of providing asset-based credit facilities to borrowers in various industries, with a particular emphasis on retail and consumer products. With a perspective on both the up-front structuring and the back-end winding down of facilities, he represent clients for the full life cycle of their deals, from the front-end structuring, negotiation and documentation of transactions, to workouts and restructurings, to bankruptcy and exit financings. Mr. Simard’s clients have included Bank of America, Bank of Montreal, Callodine Commercial Finance, Carlyle Private Credit, Citizens Bank, Encina BusinessCredit, First Eagle Alternative Credit, Gordon Brothers Funding LLC, Pathlight Capital, SLR CreditSolutions and Wells Fargo. He has been at the center of some recent notable and high-profile retail bankruptcies in the country, including Sears Holdings, J. Crew, Brooks Brothers, The McClatchy Companies and Payless Shoes. Mr. Simard received his B.A. in 1986 from the College of the Holy Cross and his J.D. cum laude in 1989 from Boston College Law School.