Biography
Gerard P. Richer
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Office: Boston
Experience
Mr. Richer is a senior member of the Business and Real Estate Group at Hanify & King. He serves a variety of clients including manufacturers, banking institutions, real estate developers, not-for-profit organizations, and professional service firms. His practice includes commercial loan transactions, asset and stock purchases and sales, capital restructuring, employment, licensing, and distribution arrangements.
Before joining Hanify & King, Mr. Richer worked as an accountant in the Audit Division of the Boston office of Ernst & Whinney, now known as Ernst & Young, LLP. He became a Certified Public Accountant in Massachusetts in 1985. His practice includes advising clients with respect to tax and financial aspects of transactions.
Representative Engagements
- Represented a diversified company in connection with the sale of the domestic and foreign assets of one of its divisions.
- Represented a privately-held corporation and its stockholders in connection with a stock sale to a public company.
- Represented an institutional lender in connection with construction and permanent financing of a large commercial office building by a joint venture of a local developer and a national REIT.
- Represented an institutional lender in connection with construction and permanent financing of a phased upscale condominium development adjacent to a nationally-known golf course.
- Represented the investors and buyers of multiple office buildings in the 128 and 495 corridors of Massachusetts.
- Represented a national company in the acquisition of the assets and business of a North Carolina research and testing facility.
- Represented the owner of telecommunications and radio companies in the negotiation and documentation of equity participation plans involving key employees.
- Represented the majority owner of a privately-held company in securing the purchase of all minority interests.
- Represented a minority owner of a family business in the sale of that interest and the negotiation of forward payments.
Education
- College of the Holy Cross, B.A., magna cum laude, 1980
- Boston College Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1985
Bar and Court Admissions
- Massachusetts
- U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
- U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit
Professional Involvement
- Boston Bar Association
- Massachusetts Bar Association
- Certified Public Accountant, Massachusetts
- 1985 Chairman of the Board of Directors of St. Mary’s Credit Union
- Director, Boys and Girls Clubs of MetroWest
Speeches
- Mr. Richer has written for and lectured at seminars on a variety of topics of interest to businesses including entity selection, banking relationships, and the enforceability of non-competition agreements.
