BOSTON, January 9, 2026 – Proskauer is honored to announce that partner Charles ("Chad") Dale has been recognized by Turnarounds & Workouts as an Outstanding Restructuring Lawyer of 2025. The highly competitive list identifies 15 or fewer corporate restructuring lawyers in the United States who have an impressive list of accomplishments in the past year.
Chad possesses over 30 years of experience in corporate reorganizations, debt restructurings and distressed investing. As a partner in Proskauer's Restructuring and Private Credit Restructuring Groups, his practice focuses on direct lenders, ad hoc lender groups and lenders to special situations. Chad handles a variety of lender-side matters, from out of court restructuring and change of control transactions to foreclosures, chapter 11 reorganizations and 363 sales. He has also represented publicly held and privately owned companies in various industries, including healthcare, mining, grocery, consumer products, retail and technology. Chad has served as a court-appointed chapter 11 trustee and frequently represents purchasers of financially distressed businesses.
Chad has been consistently recognized as a top restructuring attorney nationally. He has held a Band 1 Chambers USA ranking for over two decades, and is a fellow of the prestigious American College of Bankruptcy. Among his recent successes, Chad led the Proskauer Restructuring team representing Fortress Investment Group in the Chapter 11 case of Red Lobster Management, LLC. Funds managed by Fortress affiliates were lead lender, investor and purchaser of the Red Lobster business, and the company emerged from bankruptcy with 545 restaurants across the US and Canada.
Read more in Turnarounds & Workouts December 2025 issue