I have been an attorney for 50 years, primarily practicing business law as a partner in several large law firms in Boston. I now focus my practice on providing legal representation and advice to family-owned companies, including to founders, their heirs who are owners of the family business, and related parties. I have assisted the owners of family-owned companies with the design and implementation of their ownership strategies, ownership structures, ownership succession, buyouts, liquidity methods, and ownership governance systems. I have extensive experience in the creation of family shareholder agreements involving multiple generations of owners. For a number of important families around the world, I have prepared shareholder agreements that provide for the family’s continuity of ownership while establishing liquidity mechanisms. My work has also included advising families on their management structures and compensation considerations.
In addition to my focused work with family-owned companies, I have served as inside and outside general counsel to several companies, providing advice to shareholders, directors, and senior management on a wide range of issues. These include ownership matters, corporate governance, merger and acquisition transactions, joint ventures, financings, and intellectual property matters.
I currently serve as outside general counsel to a multi-generation family-owned roadway materials and road construction company, headquartered in Massachusetts. I am also an Associate Partner and Advisor with the Cambridge Family Enterprise Group which provides advisory services to family-owned enterprises around the world.
I have a J.D. from Northwestern University and my B.A. is from the University of Texas at Austin.
8 Shady Hill Square Cambridge, MA 02138
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