Macken Toussaint

Macken Toussaint is a partner with Riemer & Braunstein LLP in Boston, where she concentrates her practice on bankruptcy and business restructuring, creditors’ rights and commercial law. She represents individual and corporate debtors in chapter 11 proceedings and advises management of debtor companies on business and legal issues, including pre-bankruptcy workout matters and reporting requirements.She also represents bankruptcy trustees, secured and unsecured creditors, lenders, commercial land-lords, plan-funders, institutional investors and buyers in bankruptcy proceedings. In 2016, Ms. Toussaint was appointed by the U.S. Trustee’s Office and the U.S. Bankruptcy Court as a chapter 11 bankruptcy examiner. She has also represented clients with respect to various commercial agreements, corporate issues, creditor issues and disputes, and contract matters. Ms. Toussaint has experience in the representation of lending institutions and borrowers in the structuring, negotiation and documentation of financing transactions, including debtor-in-possession financing, asset-based transactions, unsecured loans, intercreditor transactions, and other general commercial financing. Her experience includes structured financing and asset-securitization transactions, and she supports impact investing and represents social impact lenders and financial institutions. Prior to joining Riemer & Braunstein, Ms. Toussaint clerked for Hon. Henry J. Boroff of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts (1999-2001).She received her B.A. magna cum laude in 1996 from Northeastern University, her J.D. in 1999 fromNortheastern University School of Law, and her M.B.A. in 2011 from Suffolk University Sawyer Busi-ness School.