Practice:

• Bankruptcy
• Corporate
• Finance

Bar Admissions:

Massachusetts
U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Experience:

Mr. Sopp's business practice has spanned the areas of corporate transactions, commercial finance, business workouts and reorganization, and bank litigation. He represents a broad range of middle-market companies (often serving as general counsel) both industrial and technology based, start-up and emerging businesses, and numerous financial institutions and governmental agencies in their transactional matters as well as in financial work-outs and bankruptcy proceedings. Mr. Sopp currently serves as a member of the Executive Committee that is responsible for managing the Firm. Prior to entering the practice of law, he was a commercial loan officer with State Street Bank and Trust Company in Boston.

Memberships:

• American Bar Association
• Boston Bar Association
• Massachusetts Bar Association

Additional Information:

• Representative engagements include:
• Outside General Counsel to privately held manufacturing, technology and service companies
• Secured term loan, line of credit and mortgage debt financings on behalf of lenders, government agencies and borrowers
• Private placement investment funding transactions on behalf of business entities
• Investment agreements among owners of closely-held companies
• Acquisition transactions on behalf of manufacturing, service and technology companies
• Product supply, distribution and joint venture transactions for manufacturers and distributors
• Technology licensing, distribution and reseller agreements on behalf of software and media-based companies
• Corporate and real estate reorganization under Chapter 11 - debtor and creditor representation
• Commercial and mortgage debt restructuring transactions - borrower and lender representation
• Business acquisition through bankruptcy or secured party sales transactions
• Enforcement and defense of creditor rights

Education:

• J.D., Northeastern University
• B.A., with Distinction, University of Rochester

Awards:

• Mr. Sopp for several years has held an "AV" Peer Rating, the highest rating for attorneys awarded by Martindale Hubbell a national register for attorneys, recognizing his professional standards and ethics as well as his legal ability.
• Massachusetts Super Lawyer in 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005 and 2004. The selection of attorneys is based on a poll and internal research done by Law & Politics Magazine and reviewed by an independent blue ribbon panel of their peers. Listed attorneys and finalists consist of the top 5% of attorneys in Massachusetts. The listing appeared in the November issue of Boston Magazine and in New England Super Lawyers Magazine.
• Mr. Sopp serves on the Baord of Directors of the Arts and Business Council of Greater Boston, a non-profit organization that promotes interaction between Boston's business and arts communities. Mr. Sopp previously served on the Board of Trustees for the Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts of Massachusetts, Inc., a non-profit organization established to address the legal concerns of the arts community in Massachusetts.

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