Timothy John Carter
Director
Boston
tcarter@goulstonstorrs.com+1 617 574 3561Timothy John Carter
Director, Boston
tcarter@goulstonstorrs.com+1 617 574 3561Related Expertise
Tim Carter is trusted for the strategic guidance he provides in finance, bankruptcy, and restructuring matters. Applying multidimensional experience, Tim advises agents, lenders, borrowers, and sponsors in lending and restructuring transactions. He also counsels debtors, acquirers, and creditors regarding insolvency proceedings.
Comprehensive Finance and Restructuring Advice
With outstanding expertise in both finance and restructuring, clients benefit from Tim’s advice across all finance-related matters, spanning debt origination, distress or special situations, recapitalizations, dispositions, and other exit transactions.
Through his corporate finance practice, Tim advises clients on cash-flow and asset-based financings, first lien-second lien, split-collateral, and unitranche intercreditor structures, acquisition financings, distressed debt investments, and UCC Article 9 matters. He also advises on bankruptcy-remote structures and special purpose entity matters in securitizations and real estate financings
Tim applies his corporate and real estate finance experience to counsel debtors, lenders, acquirers, landlords, and other creditors. He advises clients in bankruptcy cases and workouts, recapitalizations, foreclosure sales, strict foreclosures, and other restructuring transactions and insolvency proceedings throughout the United States and in cross-border contexts.
Related Representative Matters
ProSmile Holdings LLC, a portfolio company of TriSpan Capital and one of the fastest-growing dental groups on the East Coast, in its acquisition of Destiny Dental, expanding its network to over 1,500 healthcare professionals across 100+ locations in the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest.
M&M Transport Services, a dedicated contract carrier serving retail and manufacturing clients, on its sale to Schneider National, Inc., enhancing Schneider’s Dedicated growth trajectory toward $1.5 billion in annual revenues and 6,500 tractors in service.
Directors, independent directors and special committees of distressed operating businesses navigating insolvency scenarios.
PT Networks, a leading provider of physical therapy, occupational health, and onsite corporate health services, in its sale to Athletico Physical Therapy, a portfolio company of BDT Capital Partners. The sale followed an auction process led by Jefferies and came after operational and financial improvements achieved during the pandemic.
BXP in connection with its $1 billion refinancing of 601 Lexington Avenue, a 59-story office tower (formerly known as the Citigroup Building) located in Midtown East, Manhattan.
CrossHarbor Capital Partners as first mortgagee and successful acquirer of a major Montana ski resort in the Spanish Peaks case. The representation included a successful challenge to a lease to an insider tenant that encumbered the acquired property through litigation that was ultimately resolved by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in a case of first impression to that Court.
A national food service and logistics business and affiliates, in negotiations with creditors and restructurings, including consensual strict foreclosure and wind down, as lead restructuring counsel.
A provider of marketing logistics, fulfillment services and supply chain management solutions in negotiations with creditors, litigation with minority lenders, and merger transaction, as lead restructuring counsel.
A leading regional health services provider with 250+ physical and occupational therapy clinics in the successful restructuring of the company’s outstanding indebtedness and equity ownership, new equity investment, corporate governance, and related general corporate matters, lease negotiations, settlements with employees and roll-over equity holders, as lead counsel.
Agents and lenders including JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Bank of America, N.A. and Abacus Finance Group in connection with credit facilities for middle market borrowers in a wide range of industries including retail, hospitality, professional services, waste removal and technology companies.
Operating companies in connection with successful restructurings of indebtedness and equity ownership, corporate governance, and related general corporate matters, ensuing litigation, lease negotiations, settlements with employees and roll-over equity holders and new financing solutions.
A private equity firm as DIP lender and acquirer in several chapter 11 bankruptcy cases.
A major global fixed income manager in connection with Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 cases and Securities Investor Protection Act matters.
A US Fortune 100 insurance company, as part of the team acting as outside bankruptcy counsel in connection with dozens of bankruptcy matters across the country involving its insureds and contractual counter-parties.
Defendants in preference and fraudulent transfer claw-back litigation brought by bankruptcy trustees.
Special purpose entity formation, structuring and management; analyzing consolidation risks and providing reasoned opinions on substantive consolidation, true lease and true sale matters in connection with corporate and real estate finance transactions.
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Recognition
Chambers USA Guide
June 5, 2025
Accolades
- Chambers USA, Bankruptcy & Restructuring (MA), 2024-2025 (Up & Coming)
- Lawdragon 500 Leading Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers, 2023-2024
- Best Lawyers in America® Ones to Watch (2023-2025): Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization
- Massachusetts Super Lawyers Rising Stars, 2013-2020
- President’s Volunteer Service Award, Corporation for National and Community Service, 2013-2014
- Stone Scholar, Columbia Law School
Affiliations
- Turnaround Management Association
- American Bankruptcy Institute
- Northeast Conference Planning Committee
- Boston Bar Association, Bankruptcy Section
- Communications Committee, Former Co-Chair
- Public Policy Committee, Former Co-Chair
- New Lawyers Committee, Former Co-Chair
- Former Calendar Clerk
- Meritas
- Young Lawyers Advisory Board
- Young Lawyer Liaison
- Before joining the firm, Tim volunteered with the New York City Bankruptcy Assistance Project, advising low-income individuals on bankruptcy issues. He continues to give of his time on a pro bono basis, and he recently acted as pro bono counsel for a non-profit organization in connection with purchasing real estate assets out of bankruptcy to preserve affordable housing in gentrifying areas of the City of Boston.
Admissions
- Massachusetts
- New York
Education
Columbia University School of Law ( J.D. , 2010 )
Columbia College, Columbia University