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Bill Griffin practices in the Business Law Group, the Commercial and Real Estate Finance Group, the Land Use and Real Estate Group, and the Public Finance Group. He primarily represents privately owned and publicly held businesses in a variety of business and real estate transactions. He has also acted as bond counsel in many tax-exempt bond financings.

Versatility has been the watchword of Bill's professional career. He has extensive experience with sophisticated business and financial transactions, including mergers and acquisitions; public offerings and private placements of equity and debt securities; venture capital financing; tax-exempt bonds; tax shelter syndications; equipment lease transactions; state and municipal finance; foreign investment in U.S. real estate; and bank and utility regulation. He also has extensive experience in real estate transactions, including condominiums, subdivisions, mortgages and mortgage foreclosures, commercial leasing, construction and permanent financing, as well as zoning practice, litigation, work-outs and asset recoveries.

Representative Matters
  • Obtained a $7 million award for a large Boston landowner in arbitration proceedings involving eminent domain takings and contract disputes with a public transportation authority.
  • Served as bond counsel for eight Massachusetts Development Finance Agency tax-exempt bond issues totaling $24 million during the first six months of 2007. List of Representative Bond Counsel Experience
  • Served as underwriter’s counsel for a $150 million tax-exempt bond issue for a large urban development project.
  • Represented the seller in a $200 million Boston real estate transaction.
  • Represented a regional bank in a $62 million financing of a Pennsylvania energy company.
  • Represented the issuers in two initial public offerings of $83 million and $69 million, respectively.
Professional
  • Distinctions: Peer review "AV" rated by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest bestowed rating; Massachusetts Super Lawyer, 2004, 2005.
  • Admitted: Massachusetts; United States Supreme Court; United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts; United States Tax Court.
  • Member: Boston Bar Association; Massachusetts Bar Association; Real Estate Bar Association for Massachusetts; National Association of Bond Lawyers; National Association of Industrial and Office Properties.
Community Involvement
  • Director of the Melrose YMCA (1983 - date).
  • Vice President and General Counsel of Bellevue Golf Club (1980 - date).
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William F. Griffin, Jr.
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Education
  • J.D. (cum laude), Harvard Law School, 1967.
  • B.A. ( magna cum laude), Harvard College, 1964.