Shannon S. Zollo
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Overview
Shannon S. Zollo is chair of Nutter’s M&A and Private Equity practice groups. He advises clients on a wide range of corporate law matters, including mergers and acquisitions, private equity, venture capital, executive compensation, and corporate governance. Shannon has particular expertise in the life sciences, health care, technology, and defense sectors. He also serves as outside general counsel to a number of privately-held companies.
Representative matters include:
Life Sciences
- Abveris, a privately-held in vivo antibody discovery services company, in its $190 million acquisition by Twist Bioscience Corporation (NASDAQ: TWST).
- Veristat, a global clinical research organization (CRO), in its acquisition by WindRose Health Investors.
- Ce3, a CRO focused on providing early phase oncology clinical development services to the biotechnology industry, in its acquisition by Catalyst Clinical Research.
- Bone Biologics (OTC: BBLG), a developer of orthobiologic products, in corporate governance and securities law matters.
- BioAxone BioSciences, a clinical-stage neurotrauma and neurovascular biotechnology company, in corporate governance and licensing matters.
- Blue Stream Laboratories, a CRO supporting the development of complex biologics and biosimilars, in its acquisition by Charles River Laboratories (NYSE: CRL).
- ETEX, a provider of nanocrystalline calcium-phosphate-based biomaterials, in its acquisition by Zimmer Biomet.
- Genzyme, a rare disease focused biotechnology company, in the sale of certain of its assets to Cell Genesis.
Health Care
- Cúram, a business intelligence service provider in the health care industry, in its acquisition of PMC Medical Group.
- GrayHawk Health, a multi-state home health care agency, in its sale to Aging with Comfort.
- iResearch, a leading multi-specialty clinical research center, in its acquisition by CenExel.
- Connected Home Care, a leading home care provider serving Medicaid and private pay clients, in its acquisition by HouseWorks.
- Firehouse Capital, a privately held investment company, in its recapitalization of TLC@Home.
- Virgin Pulse, a leading habits-focused well-being company, in a recapitalization led by Insight Venture Partners.
Technology
- OpenClinica, an industry-leading clinical research solutions provider, in a strategic investment with Thompson Street Capital Partners.
- Great American Mining, a Bitcoin mining company, in its sale to Crusoe Energy Systems.
- BuySellAds, a digital advertising company, in its acquisition of Digg.
- Invoke Solutions, a market research company, in its disposition of Academic Management Systems, Inc. and in its eventual sale to MarketCast.
- ALM Works, a project management software developer, in its recapitalization by Tempo Software.
- Innovation Associates, a provider of high-volume pharmacy automation technology, in its sale to Allomer Capital.
- Strategic Cyber, a developer of software for penetration testers and red teams, in its acquisition by HelpSystems.
- Vestigo Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm focused on investing in transformative FinTech companies, in its closing of Vestigo Ventures Fund II, L.P. with $117.3 million total fund commitments.
- Vestigo Ventures in 30 investments in transformative FinTech companies with an aggregate deal value approximating $80 million.
Business Services
- Boyle Transportation, a provider of specialized transportation services to clients in the life sciences and government/defense sectors, in its $80 million acquisition by Andlauer Healthcare Group (TSX: AND).
- Fowler High Precision, a specialty manufacturer, in its recapitalization by Pfingsten Partners.
- DTM Packaging and Custom Automation, a provider of custom automation packaging solutions, in its acquisition by The Massman Companies.
- Copley Equity Partners in its recapitalization and merger of Aethon Aerial Solutions and Flight Evolved.
- Copley Equity Partners in its recapitalization of Gregory FCA and its subsequent acquisition of Affect.
- McCarthy Capital in its recapitalization of Big Belly Solar.
Defense
- Globe Composite Solutions, a navy submarine supplier, in its acquisition by ESCO Technologies (NYSE: ESE).
- Seacon Phoenix, a provider of undersea electrical interconnect subsystems to the global submarine market, in its sale to Ametek.
- Webb Research Corporation, a designer and manufacturer of scientific instruments for oceanographic research and monitoring, in its sale to Teledyne Technologies.
Active in numerous professional and civic organizations, Shannon is the co-founder of XPX, a member of the board of directors of the TB12 Foundation, and a member of the board of trustees of Cristo Rey Boston High School, where he chairs the Development Committee.
Shannon often presents and is quoted in the media on business issues, including emerging trends in M&A and private equity. He is also fluent in Portuguese.
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Experience
Experience
News & Insights
News
Speaking Engagements
Publications
Honors
Honors
- Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, "Go To Business Lawyer," 2022
- The Best Lawyers in America, 2021-2023
Education & Admissions
Education
Northeastern University School of Law, J.D.
Brigham Young University, Sc.B
Admissions
- Massachusetts
Practices
Industries
Industry Expertise
Shannon often presents and is quoted in the media on business issues, including transactions, financing, and emerging trends in private equity and venture capital.
Noteworthy
- Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, "Go To Business Lawyer," 2022
- The Best Lawyers in America, 2021-2023