Michael E. Mooney

Nutter represented Shawmut Corporation, a developer of high-performance composites, in its joint venture with the automotive headliner and specialty industrial fabrics business of Glen Raven Technical Fabrics LLC, a global provider of innovative technical fabric solutions.

Nutter is representing Hometown Financial Group, Inc., the bank holding company of bankESB (Easthampton, MA) and bankHometown (Oxford, MA), in connection with its pending acquisition of Pilgrim Bancshares, Inc., a Maryland corporation and the bank holding company of Pilgrim Bank, a Massachusetts-chartered co-operative bank headquartered in Cohasset, MA.

Nutter is representing PeoplesBancorp, MHC, a Massachusetts mutual holding company, and the bank holding company of PeoplesBank, a Massachusetts-chartered savings bank, both of Holyoke, Massachusetts, in connection with its pending acquisition of First Suffield Financial, Inc., a Connecticut corporation and the bank holding company of The First National Bank of Suffield, a national bank, both of Suffield, Connecticut. The total value of the transaction is approximately $60 million.

Nutter advised First Commons Bank, N.A. in its proposed merger with Brookline Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Brookline Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: BRKL). The total value of the transaction is approximately $55.958 million.

Nutter is representing Commerce Bancshares Corp. and its subsidiary, Commerce Bank & Trust Company, in its pending merger with Berkshire Hills Bancorp. Inc. (NYSE: BHLB), in an all-stock transaction valued at $209 million.

Nutter represented McCarthy Capital, a private equity investment firm, when it led a recapitalization and growth equity investment in Seven10 Storage Software, LLC to further accelerate growth.

Sale to Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research

Sale to Dunes Point Capital

Nutter represents North Middlesex Savings Bank in its pending merger with Marlborough Savings Bank. The combined bank will have assets of close to $1 billion and $95 million in equity and operate a network of 14 branches. 

Nutter represented McCarthy Capital, a private equity investment firm, when it partnered with Bamboo Rose, a provider of the digital B2B Marketplace for retailers, to continue its expansion.

Restructuring an “underwater” real estate project by introducing new equity and debt, while avoiding a recapture of tax benefits claimed by the original owners.

Completing pre-immigration tax planning for a wealthy foreign individual before his permanent move to the United States.

Nutter advised Adams Community Bank, a mutual savings bank based in Adams, Massachusetts, in its acquisition of The Lenox National Bank, a national bank located in Lenox, Massachusetts. The transaction was completed on October 16, 2015. Adams paid approximately $14.3 million in cash for all outstanding shares of Lenox common stock. 

Merger with Northampton Cooperative Bank

Merger with Cape Ann Savings

Negotiating and preparing an international strategic partnering agreement between a U.S. technology company and a French manufacturer allowing the two to share new developments and achieve greater manufacturing and distribution efficiencies throughout the world.

Representing management in an MBO of an investment management company with a view to minimizing the tax impact on management and the selling owners.

Leveraging the buyout of multiple real estate properties through a new partnership vehicle combining tax efficiencies with intergenerational tax planning.

Representing numerous chief executive officers in the negotiation of their employments agreements and sometimes separation agreements.

Representing top management of a financial institution in connection with its acquisition by another financial institution.

Designing and drafting complex equity compensation arrangements for a broad array of corporations, LLC’s and banks.

Designing and implementing a tax efficient business structure for an emerging pharmaceutical company engaged in cancer research.

Working with an emerging company and a major foreign investor in the company to create the most tax efficient structure for each.

Designing a “spin-off” of valuable technology by a life sciences company.

Representing taxpayers in controversies with the Massachusetts Department of Revenue concerning their domicile and state of residence for income tax purposes.

Representing a taxpayer in a federal controversy over a conservation easement charitable deduction.

Handling appeals to the IRS Appeals Office regarding proposed federal income tax deficiencies following audits.

Representing sellers and buyers in the sale and/or purchase of their businesses.