| (January 25, 2011, Boston, MA) - Sheehan Phinney shareholders Charles M. Waters and Alexander H. Pyle will sit on the panel of the 4th Annual New England Family & Closely Held Business Law Conference. Waters also serves as Conference Chair.
The Conference will be held on Thursday, May 5, 2011 at the MCLE Boston Conference Center. It will focus on practical tips, strategies, and updates for attorneys who advise family and closely held businesses. Topics include: setting up a new business, continuity and succession planning, credit, liquidity, and corporate issues, hot litigation topics affecting family and closely held businesses, as well as an overview of recent cases and legal developments.
Waters will speak on hot litigation topics affecting family and closely held businesses. He has a significant litigation practice, including disputes involving breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, business torts, unfair and deceptive trade practices, trade secrets, non-competition agreements, partnerships and closed corporations, and other commercial disputes. Every year since 2005, Law and Politics Magazine has named Waters a New England Super Lawyer in the area of business litigation. He has won multiple million dollar trial awards, including one of the largest trial awards ($2.43 million) in Massachusetts in 2006. His trial successes have garnered attention by both local and national media. Waters serves as a panelist for the Massachusetts Bar Association pertaining to litigation and trial issues, and has published articles on various litigation topics. Waters is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts and is a member of the Boston and Massachusetts Bar Associations.
Pyle's topic will cover the legal issues in setting up a business. He serves as Head of the firm's Boston office and is a corporate attorney with extensive experience representing established and emerging businesses in commercial and strategic transactions. His practice includes representation of companies, as well as their founders, investors and executives. Pyle has particular expertise in representing software, communications, consulting, life science and other technology-based businesses, both public and private, and also advises more traditional business enterprises. He is a co-author of the book Raising Capital for the Emerging Business. Pyle is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and New Hampshire and is a member of both the Boston and New Hampshire Bar Associations.
About the Firm
Sheehan Phinney is a full service business law firm representing local, national and international clients with innovative approaches and practical solutions. Founded in 1937, Sheehan Phinney has grown to 64 attorneys with four offices throughout New Hampshire and Massachusetts and is known for professional excellence, practical counsel and commitment to both its clients and the communities it serves. Sheehan Phinney is the exclusive member in New Hampshire of Lex Mundi, the world's leading association of premier independent law firms.
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