Brian J. Reilly
Brian is thorough, resourceful, creative, and has a keen eye for detail. He is passionate about his work and enjoys getting to know his clients and their businesses. Brian concentrates his practice on transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions and general corporate and real estate matters. He regularly acts as general outside counsel for clients, addressing their day-to-day business issues. Brian frequently represents entrepreneurs and investors with respect to formation matters, contract negotiation and drafting, and capital raising matters. Brian also offers comprehensive, practical advice to clients on matters such as choice of entity and business organization, equity and debt financing, employee incentive compensation plans (equity and non-equity), shareholder/partnership agreements, leasing, licensing, employment, tax, and exit strategies and succession planning.
Practice Areas
Education
Boston College Law School, J.D.
Environmental Affairs Law Review, Executive Comment Editor
Stonehill College, B.A., cum laude
Bar Memberships
Massachusetts
Community Activities
- Stonehill College Alumni Council
- Scholarship Committee
- Chair of the Scholarship Committee
- Alumni Council Executive Committee, Member
Representative Transactions
- Represented a Project-Based Section 8 cooperative in a $30 million sale to preserve affordability at the property.
- Represented a business owner in the acquisition of a rival business and subsequently negotiated the lease of a building acquired during the transaction.
- Advised the sellers of a family owned business with nine locations throughout Massachusetts.
- Frequently assists in the negotiation and settlement of partnership disputes.
- Represents early-stage technology companies with respect to capital raising matters (e.g., SAFEs, series seed, Series A) and venture capital-backed deals.
- Advises restaurant operators on a wide variety of matters, including entity formation, licensing, lease negotiation, funding, employment matters and general business issues related to opening and operating a restaurant.
Honors
- Named a Massachusetts Super Lawyers Rising Star 2019-2024
Representative Publications
- Corporate Transparency Act Enforcement Suspended March 3, 2025
- Corporate Transparency Act Reporting Obligations Reinstated with March 21, 2025 Filing Deadline for Most Filers February 20, 2025
- Corporate Transparency Act: Reinstatement of Preliminary Injunction December 30, 2024
- Corporate Transparency Act Update: Enforcement of Corporate Transparency Act Resumes After Court Stays Preliminary Injunction December 24, 2024
- Key Considerations for Creating a For-Profit Subsidiary of a Public Charity December 16, 2024
- Corporate Transparency Act Update: Texas Federal Court Injunction Temporarily Halts Enforcement of CTA December 5, 2024
- Reminder: The January 1, 2025 Corporate Transparency Act Filing Deadline is Approaching November 27, 2024
- Recent Supreme Court Decision Upends Business Succession Planning Strategies October 25, 2024
- The Corporate Transparency Act – Is Your Nonprofit Exempt? November 30, 2023
- BE-12 Filing Deadline is Rapidly Approaching May 18, 2023
- Corporate Transparency Act: Is Your Company Subject to the New Beneficial Owner Reporting Requirements? May 9, 2023
- Recent Amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act Could Affect New England Businesses February 16, 2023
- New City of Cambridge Zoning Ordinances Could Have Potential Impact on Developers Throughout New England December 14, 2022
- Calculating “Gross Receipts” in the Non-Profit Context January 29, 2021
- SBA Provides New Guidance on Loan Necessity Questionnaires for PPP Loan Recipients: Prepare Now or Risk Being Denied Forgiveness
- Scammers Obtain Fraudulent SBA Loans by Posing as Legitimate Companies November 3, 2020
- Change to Calculation of Wages for Commission-Based Employees As seen in The Standard, September 2020
- SEC Adopts Changes to Accredited Investor Definition August 27, 2020
- What Businesses Should Know About The PPP Good Faith Certification April 30, 2020
- Addressing the Novel Coronavirus In Your Contracts March 19, 2020
- Interpreting the Force Majeure Clause in Your Contract March 19, 2020
- What Businesses Can Do To Prepare For Coronavirus March 10, 2020
- Naveed Cheraghchi & Brian Reilly: The Future of Privacy Legislation December 17, 2019
- 5 Practical Things To Consider Before Granting Equity Interests In Your New Company August 22, 2019
- 7 Topics To Address In Every LLC Operating Agreement July 16, 2019
- What’s In Your WISP? Partridge Snow & Hahn Client Alert, May 9, 2019
- Biometric Information Privacy Laws Could Have Major Consequences As seen in The Standard Insurance Magazine, May 3, 2019
- Safe Banking Act 2019 Partridge Snow & Hahn Client Alert, April 22, 2019
- Biometric Information Privacy Protection Act Partridge Snow & Hahn Client Alert, April 8, 2019
- Rhode Island Proposes New Consumer Privacy Protection Act Partridge Snow & Hahn Client Alert, April 1, 2019
- Does Your Company Have a WISP? Have You Updated It Lately? Partridge Snow & Hahn Client Alert, March 6, 2019
- Limit Your Risk of Data Breach Liability: 13 Important Considerations Before Providing Data to a Third Party February 21, 2019
- Public Benefits, Corporate Burdens: Is A Benefit Corporation Right For You? As seen in Providence Business News, February 15, 2019
- Amendments to the Massachusetts’ Data Breach Notification Law Create Additional Notification and Response Requirements Partridge Snow & Hahn Client Alert, January 2019
- How Vulnerable Is Your Business to a Cyber Attack or Data Breach? January is a good time for all businesses to review and update their cybersecurity policies and practices, Partridge Snow & Hahn Client Alert, January 10, 2019
- Cyberliability Tips: Watch Out for Holiday Scams! Partridge Snow & Hahn Client Alert, December 18, 2018
- Don’t Be Cryptic When Talking About Crypto – A Beginner’s Guide to Digital Assets Partridge Snow & Hahn Client Advisory, December 12, 2018
- New Massachusetts Law Limits Use of Noncompetition Agreements Published by The Standard Insurance Magazine , October 26, 2018
- Massachusetts Equal Pay Law: Major Impacts on Insurance Agencies With Mass. Employees Published by The Standard Insurance Magazine , June 8, 2018
- Strategic Use of Referral Agreements As seen in the March 2018 edition of The Standard Insurance Magazine, March 16, 2018
- Make Your Online Terms of Service “Uber” Enforceable November 17, 2017
- Holding the Bag: Update Your Operating Agreement or Face the Tax Consequences July 11, 2017
- Do You Blur the Lines Between Your Separate Companies? The Courts Might Too. January 11, 2017
- SEC Adopts Final Rules to Amend Rule 504 December 19, 2016
- Part II: Taking Investment Advice with a Grain of Salt: The DOL Fiduciary Rules May Help Your 401(k) Plan Participation April 13, 2016
- Part I: Taking Investment Advice with a Grain of Salt: The DOL Fiduciary Rules May Make You Rethink that Rollover April 13, 2016
Representative Speaking Engagements
- Partnership and Closely Held Business Conflicts in the Age of COVID-19 November 20, 2020
- Employment and Corporate Best Practices Workshop April 23, 2018
- 2017 Rhode Island Professionals Day April 27, 2017
Recognitions
- Two Partridge Snow & Hahn Partners Recognized by Massachusetts Super Lawyers 2024 October 3, 2024
- Shaping the Future: PSH Reveals Strategic Attorney Promotions January 3, 2024
- Partridge Snow & Hahn Promote Three Attorneys to Counsel January 6, 2023
- Partridge Snow & Hahn Attorneys Named 2020 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars October 2020
- PS&H Attorneys Named 2019 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars October 2019
