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Admissions
  • Oklahoma, 1987
  • U.S. District Courts for the Western, Northern and Eastern Districts of Oklahoma
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Education
  • J.D., with highest honors, University of Oklahoma, 1987 (Order of the Coif; Nathan Scarritt Prize)
  • B.A., summa cum laude, Trinity University, 1984 (History and Political Science)
Professional Organizations and Memberships
  • Tulsa County Bar Association
  • Oklahoma Bar Association (Bankruptcy Section)
Civic Involvement and Leadership
  • The Foundation for Tulsa Schools (Board of Directors and Vice President of Programs)
  • Leadership Tulsa
Charles Greenough
Shareholder

Biography

Charles Greenough’s practice is concentrated in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, commercial transactions, complex licensing and contract matters, corporate organization and governance, and commercial litigation.  His corporate clients include leading companies in the aerospace, energy and communications industries. 

Additionally, Charles has extensive experience in debtor/creditor and bankruptcy matters, representing both lenders and borrowers, as well as serving as a trustee and as a liquidating agent in complex bankruptcy estates.  He has represented banks and other financial institutions in all aspects of loan documentation, workouts and related litigation.  He also serves as a Chapter 7 trustee for the Northern and Eastern Districts of Oklahoma, which includes handling a wide variety of consumer bankruptcy issues.

His accomplishments in the areas of banking law and bankruptcy and debtor-creditor rights law have earned him inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America.

Representative Experience

  • Drafting and negotiating of long-term contracts involving multi-million dollar manufacturing projects in aerospace manufacturing and utility industries
  • Drafting and negotiating of business contracts specifically involving the licensing of intellectual property rights in aerospace manufacturing and publishing industries
  • Representation of buyers and sellers in all aspects of business acquisitions in a variety of industries, including aviation and aerospace, manufacturing and publishing
  • Representation of debtors, creditors and other interested parties in major Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings throughout the United States
  • Defense and prosecution of preferences and fraudulent transfer claims in bankruptcy proceedings, including prosecution of mass filings in complex bankruptcy liquidation proceedings
  • General representation of creditors of secured transactions in litigation, including bankruptcy litigation
  • Representation of lenders in foreclosing on multiple franchise restaurant locations
  • Serving as Trustee or Liquidating Agent in complex bankruptcy estates, including cases involving healthcare and gaming industries
  • Defense of lender liability claims
  • Handling a wide variety of commercial litigation, including cases involving contract claims, intellectual property issues, non-competition covenants, securities fraud and legal malpractice 

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