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Emily Grannon Fox

Partner / Boston

Overview

Emily Grannon Fox is a partner in Nutter’s Litigation Department and a member of the firm’s Labor, Employment and Benefits practice group. Clients frequently turn to Emily for representation in complex civil litigation, particularly in employment matters.

Notable Experience and Client Impact

  • Assists clients in prosecuting and defending against breaches of non-competition, non-solicitation, and non-disclosure agreements.
  • Defends employers against state and federal claims relating to whistleblower protection statutes, wage and hour laws, discrimination, retaliation, wrongful discharge, and tortious interference with contractual relations.
  • Regularly provides counseling to HR professionals managing diverse types of workforces on day-to-day employee relations issues, policies, hiring and firing, leaves of absence, and changes to state and federal law to remain compliant and avoid litigation.
  • Member of a team that frequently advises a variety of clients on strategy for restrictive covenants nationwide and enforcing compliance with restrictive covenants both short of litigation and by pursuing injunctive relief and damages in court.
  • Assists clients with supply chain lifecycle, including drafting and evaluating sales network, distributor, and employment agreements and restrictive covenants in acquisition and partnership contexts.

Actively involved in the firm’s pro bono efforts, Emily has secured lawful permanent residency for unaccompanied minors who have been abused, abandoned, and neglected in their home country. She represented foster children in a class action lawsuit seeking to reform the state’s child welfare system, and represented other pro bono clients before the Division of Unemployment Assistance, Probate and Family Court, Immigration Court, and on appeal to the Court of Appeals of Veterans Claims.

Emily rejoined Nutter in 2023 after serving as Global Employment Counsel for MKS Instruments, Inc. Earlier in her career, she gained experience as a legal intern for the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Boston and as an intern for a Massachusetts Superior Court judge. During law school, Emily served as articles editor for the Boston College Third World Law Journal and as a student tutor for the law school’s Academic Support Program.

Experience

Experience

  • Innovation Associates

    Nutter served as legal counsel to Innovation Associates, the market-leading provider of high-volume pharmacy automation technology and software solutions to the retail, hospital, government, and mail order pharmacy markets, in connection with a consortium of investors led by Greg Wasson, the former Walgreens Boots Alliance CEO, acquiring a majority stake to scale the business and enhance its pharmacy automation offerings.

  • Fisher International, Inc.

    Nutter served as sole legal advisor to Fisher International, Inc., a firm supporting the pulp and paper industry with business intelligence and strategy consulting services, in its acquisition by Battery Ventures, a global technology-focused investment firm.

  • Baril Corporation

    Nutter served as legal counsel to Baril Corporation, a leading medical specialty manufacturer of infection prevention, wound care, clinical chemistry, patient monitoring, and medical and surgical consumable products, in its acquisition by TEAM Technologies, Inc., a leading North American healthcare specialty manufacturer focused on oral and dental care and medical end markets. 

  • Collaborating Docs

    Nutter advised Collaborating Docs in connection with a majority investment by TT Capital Partners (“TTCP”). Collaborating Docs matches nurse practitioners (“NPs”) with supervising physicians to facilitate high-quality collaborations, a requirement for NPs to practice independently in 33 states.

  • Copley Equity Partners

    Nutter served as legal counsel to Copley Equity Partners, a Boston-based private investment firm, in its investment to recapitalize, and facilitate the merger of, Aethon Aerial Solutions and Flight Evolved.

  • Eastern Bankshares, Inc.

    Nutter is serving as legal counsel to Eastern Bankshares, Inc. (NASDAQ Global Select Market: EBC), the stock holding company for Eastern Bank, in connection with its definitive merger agreement with Cambridge Bancorp (NASDAQ: CATC), the parent company of Cambridge Trust Company, pursuant to which Cambridge will merge with and into Eastern in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $528 million. Simultaneously, Nutter is also representing Eastern Insurance Group, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Eastern, in its definitive agreement to sell its insurance operations to Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (NYSE: AJG) for approximately $510 million in cash.

  • National Women’s Hockey League

    Nutter represented the NWHL in connection with its preparation of the NWHL 2021 Season in Lake Placid, including securing a broadcast agreement with NBC Sports Network and a venue agreement for the event with the Herb Brooks Arena. Nutter also represented the NWHL in connection with its reorganization to an unincorporated association and new governance model, resulting in the original six NWHL member clubs being subject to the terms of the NWHL Constitution and Bylaws with each of the member clubs being represented on the NWHL Board of Governors.  

  • Taurus Investment Holdings, LLC

    Nutter advised Taurus Investment Holdings, LLC, a Boston-based, global real estate private equity firm, in connection with a strategic investment by Legal & General (L&G), one of the UK’s leading financial services groups and a major global investor, who alongside its equity stake is making an initial commitment of up to $200m.

  • Turner Brothers, LLC

    Nutter served as legal counsel to Turner Brothers, LLC, a Massachusetts-based concrete building services company, in its acquisition of Woodland Tilt-Up, Inc., a Florida-based specialty Tilt-Up construction contracting firm.

  • Veristat, LLC

    Nutter served as legal counsel to Veristat, LLC, a scientifically minded global clinical research organization (CRO), in its acquisition by WindRose Health Investors, LLC, a New York City-based health care private equity firm.

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Education & Admissions

Education

Boston College Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif
Williams College, B.A., cum laude

Admissions

  • Massachusetts
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit 

In the Community

Emily has secured lawful permanent residency for unaccompanied minors who have been abused, abandoned, and neglected in their home country. She represented foster children in a class action lawsuit seeking to reform the state’s child welfare system, and represented other pro bono clients before the Division of Unemployment Assistance, Probate and Family Court, Immigration Court, and on appeal to the Court of Appeals of Veterans Claims.

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