Mr Lewis Segall > Sullivan & Worcester LLP > Boston, United States > Lawyer Profile

Sullivan & Worcester LLP has established itself as a key middle-market firm for seller clients across a diverse set of industry sectors, including fintech and gaming. The team is also known on the market for its ability to handle public-to-public mergers. In Boston, team heads Lewis Segall and Benjamin Armour spearhead the firm’s offering. The latter is a key contact for transactional work involving private companies, while the former is regularly called upon by financial institutions to advise on financing matters and investments. Also in Boston, Avinash Rao‘s expertise encompasses internal reorganizations and restructurings, while New York-based Natalie Lederman is singled out for her knowledge of regulatory issues relating to blockchain and digital assets.

Sullivan & Worcester LLP assists emerging businesses with equity and debt financings, tech license negotiations, IP protection, and liquidity solutions. The firm represents venture capital entities and angel investors focusing on early-stage investments in sectors spanning the software, telecoms, therapeutics, and fintech industries. Utilizing its Tel Aviv office, the team supports Israeli tech companies in venture capital fundraisings, establishing joint ventures, and US stock exchange listings. Co-heading the practice from New York, Scott Kaufman brings ‘exceptional legal expertise’ to the fintech and blockchain spaces. Lewis Segall, based in Boston and also leading the team, advises companies on M&A, financings, and joint ventures.

Sullivan & Worcester LLP represents private investment fund sponsors and investors as well as venture capital firms on the formation and registration, maintenance and the liquidation of private investment funds, covering diverse asset classes, with a notable specialism in real estate funds. A trio of practitioners oversee the practice: Nicole Rives, who primarily works with institutional investors and asst management departments of insurance companies on investment related matters; Lewis Segall, whose broad practice covers equity and debt financings, joint ventures and M&A; and John Hunt who advises across diverse asset classes and handles regulatory and compliance issues. William Hanson supports the team and is praised by clients as being ‘experienced, well-informed and commercial’. All lawyers mentioned are based in Boston.