M&A/corporate and commercial
Brian Lenihan at Choate, Hall & Stewart specialises in private equity and venture capital investments. Lenihan represents key clients in the technology sector including clients like Litmus Software and Ocorian. This also includes high-value transactions such as the $6.1 billion acquisition of the Boston Celtics.
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Profile
Position
Brian Lenihan has more than 25 years of experience advising private equity funds in a broad range of financing transactions, including leveraged buyouts, majority and minority recapitalizations, and growth equity investments. Brian also represents private technology companies in a wide range of corporate transactions including mergers and acquisitions, venture capital financings, and cross-border transactions.
Brian regularly acts as special counsel to Canadian and UK companies and investors in cross-border transactions with US funds or issuers. He has particular domain expertise in financial technology and IT solutions within the healthcare and financial services industries.
Brian is a former member of Choate’s eight person Executive Committee.
Education
Boston College Law School
JD, 1993, summa cum laude, Order of the Coif
Executive Editor, Boston College Law Review
Dartmouth College
BA, 1989, cum laude
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Key clients
- Spectrum Equity Inflexion Private Equity Partners M/C Partners Copley Equity Partners Silversmith Capital Cloudwerx Inc. BV Investment Partners Venminder Ocorian GHO Capital Spark Membership Litmus Software Pagos Solutions Meso Networks
Work highlights
Represented Boston-businessman Rob Hale and his affiliate companies, Copley Equity Partners and Fox Rock Capital in the $6.1 billion acquisition of the Boston Celtics.
Represented Ocorian in its acquisition of E78 Fund Solutions from Element 78 Partners LLC.
Represented Litmus Software in its acquisition by Validity, a portfolio company of PSG Equity and Silversmith Capital Partners.