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Timothy J. Rennie

Associate / Boston

Overview

Timothy J. Rennie is an associate in Nutter’s Corporate and Transactions Department. Tim provides legal counsel to corporations, LLCs, limited partnerships, and other entities on a wide range of issues, including formation, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, and venture capital and angel financing transactions. 

Notable Experience and Client Impact

  • Represented Dragonfly Group Inc. in a significant, proprietary investment from the Flagship Buyout Fund of L Catterton
  • Advised iResearch in its acquisition by CenExel
  • Represented Connected Home Care, LLC in its acquisition by HouseWorks, LLC
  • Advised Definiti LLC in its acquisition of Dana Consulting Group, Ltd. and Noble-Davis Consulting, Inc.
  • Represented OpenClinica in connection with a strategic investment with Thompson Street Capital Partners

Prior to joining Nutter, Tim interned with the Health Care and Fair Competition Bureau (False Claims Division) at the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office. He conducted legal research on a variety of civil and criminal cases and assisted in drafting and preparing legal arguments for supervising attorneys for use in court. Before that, Tim was the Deputy Press Secretary for U.S. Senator Bill Nelson in Washington, D.C. He also interned with U.S. Senator Mo Cowan, assisting with the transition process between Secretary John Kerry and Senator Cowan’s teams.

During law school, Tim served as president of the Suffolk Journal of Trial and Appellate Advocacy and was on the Moot Court Honor Board. Tim’s case comment, “Let Them Eat Cake—Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colo. Civil Rights Comm'n, 138 S. Ct. 1719 (2018)” was published in the Suffolk Journal of Trial and Appellate Advocacy, Volume XXIV, Issue 2. In law school, he was a recipient of the Trustee Academic Scholarship, the Dean’s Scholarship, Dean’s List, and the LPS Distinguished Oral Advocate award. Additionally, Tim worked for two years as a teaching assistant for his school’s legal writing program.

Experience

Experience

  • Connected Home Care, LLC

    Nutter served as legal counsel to Connected Home Care, LLC, a leading home care provider serving Medicaid, dual-eligible, and private pay clients throughout Eastern Massachusetts, in connection with its acquisition by HouseWorks, LLC, one of the nation’s largest independent home care companies.

  • Best Day Brewing

    Nutter advised Best Day Brewing, the #1 fastest-growing, non-alcoholic craft beer brands in the United States, on its latest funding round. 

  • 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.

  • Definiti LLC

    Nutter served as legal counsel to Definiti LLC, a private equity-backed, national leader in the retirement services industry, in connection with its acquisition of Dana Consulting Group, Ltd. and Noble-Davis Consulting, Inc., two firms in the Great Lakes Region.

  • Dragonfly Group Inc.

    Nutter served as legal counsel to Dragonfly Group Inc., a technology-enabled platform acquiring and scaling standout e-commerce brands, in a significant, proprietary investment from the Flagship Buyout Fund of L Catterton, the largest global consumer-focused private equity firm.

  • 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.

  • Fleet

    Nutter advised G.A. Fleet Associates and Fleet Pump (together, Fleet) in connection with its acquisition by Vessco Water (Vessco), a portfolio company of Gryphon Investors and one of the largest full-service water treatment equipment distributors in the nation. 

  • iResearch

    Nutter served as legal counsel to iResearch, a leading multi-specialty clinical research center with locations in Decatur, GA and Savannah, GA, in connection with its acquisition by CenExel.

  • OpenClinica

    Nutter served as legal counsel to OpenClinica, an industry-leading clinical research solutions provider based in Waltham, MA, in connection with a strategic investment with Thompson Street Capital Partners.

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Education & Admissions

Education

Suffolk University Law School, J.D., cum laude
George Washington University, B.A., cum laude

Admissions

  • Massachusetts

Before Nutter

Previously, Tim was the Deputy Press Secretary for U.S. Senator Bill Nelson in Washington, D.C.

In the Community

Tim serves as a member of the Executive Leadership Committee for Lawyers Have Heart, an affiliate of the American Heart Association.

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