Overview
As a Director, Jeffrey Wolfson represents clients with respect to a broad range of matters, including employee and stockholder relationships, acquisitions and mergers, financings, succession planning, trademark protection and general corporate representation. In addition, as a member of the firm's Employment Law group, his work on behalf of both employers and employees includes the drafting and negotiation of employment and consulting agreements, non-compete and confidentiality agreements, severance packages, buy-sell agreements and various forms of employee compensation. Jeff is active in several local and national organizations devoted to the representation of family-owned businesses and is Chairman Emeritus of the Northeastern University Center for Family Business.
Representative Experience
· Negotiated a $350 Million loan to a borrower with U.S. and Canadian affiliates for an international syndicate of banks.
· Advised a family-owned plastics manufacturing company following the deaths of its sole stockholders/senior executives in a tragic plane crash, including dealing with anxious customers, lenders and employees; creating and participating on a Board of Advisors; and ultimately selling the company.
· Secured a $50 Million revolving loan for the publicly-held parent company of a national electronics retailer.
· Negotiated a LLC operating agreement for a major hotel chain to be built in the former Olympic Park in Atlanta.
· Transferred ownership to the second generation of a family-owned business, including stockholder and buy-sell agreements among the new owners.
Professional and Community Involvement
· Chairman Emeritus, Northeastern University Center for Family Business
· Founding Member and Director, Family Firm Institute, New England Chapter
· Editorial Board, Case Studies Project of the National Family Firm Institute
· Board of Directors of Performers Ensemble, Inc., a non-profit theater organization specializing in public education on the subjects of drug and alcohol abuse.
· Appointed by the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Needham to serve on its Parking Facilities Study Commission.
· Pro Bono work for Boston Homeowners Services Collaborative (an affordable housing lender), Oxfam America, and the Phillips Brooks House Association at Harvard University.
Awards and Recognition
· Martindale Hubbell Peer Review Rated AV Preeminent TM
· Who's Who in American Law
· Massachusetts Super Lawyer, 2004
· Awarded a Certificate in Family Business Advising with Fellow Status from the international Family Firm Institute in recognition of outstanding achievements and contributions to the field of family business advising.
Seminars & Events
April 2010
"Succession Planning--Unforeseen Issues: When Tragedy Strikes, Will You Be Ready?"