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Nutter Expands Firm With Partner Matthew E. Lane
Print PDFNutter announced the continued expansion of its highly regarded Real Estate and corporate practices with the addition of Matthew E. Lane as a partner in its Boston office. Lane has a broad-based practice representing clients in joint ventures, real estate private equity, mergers and acquisitions, general business transactions, and corporate governance.
“Matt’s arrival reinforces our commitment to our national real estate practice,” said Michael Scott, Nutter’s co-managing partner. “Nutter provides best-in-class counsel to the leading real estate companies and continuously strives to add strength and breadth to our team.”
Lane will counsel developers, sponsors, and capital sources with respect to the organization and structuring or single- or multi-project real estate investment funds in various asset classes, joint venture agreements, and preferred equity investments. He has extensive experience advising clients on sophisticated sell-side and buy-side M&A transactions spanning a broad array of industries. In addition, he represents athletes in negotiating endorsement contracts, athlete agent agreements, and commercial rights agreements, including “NIL” (name, image and likeness) deals for high school and collegiate athletes. Lane is a member of the Association for Corporate Growth, Boston Chapter and the Boston and New Hampshire Bar Associations, and has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch and The Legal 500.
“Matt further strengthens our deep bench with his top-notch transactional skills and knowledge of corporate law,” said Marianne Ajemian, chair of Nutter’s Real Estate Department. “We are delighted to welcome Matt to Nutter.”
Prior to joining Nutter, Lane was a partner at a national law firm. Earlier in his career, he was a USA Track and Field authorized athlete agent and manager for professional track and field athletes. Lane earned his J.D., summa cum laude, from the University of Maine School of Law and his B.B.A. from the College of William and Mary.
Nutter’s Real Estate Department provides expertise, both nationally and regionally, on a wide range of legal challenges surrounding all types of real estate, including the most complex transactions and developments. The team works with clients nationally and has broad experience covering real estate transactional and finance work, as well as related entitlement, land use, and environmental matters. Owners, operators, lenders, developers, and others involved in real estate-related transactions frequently turn to Nutter for legal advice and services.
About Nutter
Nutter is a Boston-based law firm that provides legal counsel to industry-leading companies, entrepreneurs, institutions, foundations, and families, across the country and around the world. The firm’s corporate, intellectual property, litigation, real estate and land use, labor and employment, tax, and trusts and estates practices are national in scope. The firm was co-founded in 1879 by former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis, before his appointment to the Court. For more information, please visit www.nutter.com and follow the firm on LinkedIn.
