Shannon S. Zollo

Nutter served as legal counsel to ALM Works, Inc., the developer of software products to empower project managers around the world with visibility and control, in connection with its acquisition by Tempo Software, a leading provider in team time management and productivity-enhancing solutions.

Nutter served as legal counsel to Connected Home Care, LLC, a leading home care provider serving Medicaid, dual-eligible, and private pay clients throughout Eastern Massachusetts, in connection with its acquisition by HouseWorks, LLC, one of the nation’s largest independent home care companies.

Nutter served as legal counsel to Ce3, Inc., a full-service CRO focused on providing early phase oncology clinical development services to the biotechnology industry, in connection with its acquisition by Catalyst Clinical Research, a clinical development organization providing highly customizable clinical research solutions to the global biopharmaceutical industry.

Nutter advised Strategic Cyber LLC in connection with its acquisition by HelpSystems, a Minnesota-based IT software company.

Nutter served as legal counsel to Copley Equity Partners, a Boston-based private investment firm, in its minority growth capital investment in Gregory FCA, one of the nation’s 50 largest public relations firms.

Nutter served as legal counsel to Innovation Associates, the market-leading provider of high-volume pharmacy automation technology and software solutions to the retail, hospital, government, and mail order pharmacy markets, in connection with a consortium of investors led by Greg Wasson, the former Walgreens Boots Alliance CEO, acquiring a majority stake to scale the business and enhance its pharmacy automation offerings.

Nutter served as legal counsel to McCarthy Capital Fund VI in connection with its partnership with Big Belly Solar, the global leader in smart waste solutions for public spaces, to recapitalize Bigbelly and provide further cash investment to accelerate growth.

Nutter served as legal advisor to DTM Packaging and Custom Automation, a leader in machinery manufacturing and re-manufacturing, in its acquisition by The Massman Companies, a Minnesota-based team of machinery and technology companies.

Nutter served as legal advisor to Globe Composite Solutions, LLC (Globe), a navy submarine supplier, in its acquisition by ESCO Technologies Inc. (NYSE: ESE), a global provider of highly engineered products and solutions to diverse and growing end-markets that include the aerospace, space, healthcare, wireless, consumer electronics, electric utility, and renewable energy industries. 

Nutter advised Abveris (formally known as AbX Biologics, Inc.), a privately-held in vivo antibody discovery services company, in connection with its acquisition by Twist Bioscience Corporation (NASDAQ: TWST), a leading and rapidly growing synthetic biology and genomics company that has developed a disruptive DNA synthesis platform to industrialize the engineering of biology.

Nutter advised City Point Partners, a construction support services firm, in connection with its acquisition by HDR, a design firm specializing in engineering, architecture, environmental, and construction services. 

Nutter advised Clinilabs, a global, full-service contract research organization (CRO), in connection with a strategic investment by InTandem Capital Partners, a healthcare services-focused private equity firm.

Nutter advised Collaborating Docs in connection with a majority investment by TT Capital Partners (“TTCP”). Collaborating Docs matches nurse practitioners (“NPs”) with supervising physicians to facilitate high-quality collaborations, a requirement for NPs to practice independently in 33 states.

Nutter advised Complete Health Economics Outcomes Research Solutions (“CHEORS”), a leading provider of health economics and outcomes research (HEOR) and market access services across the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries, in connection with its acquisition by PharmAlliance, a diversified pharmaceutical and life sciences services platform.

Nutter served as legal counsel to Copley Equity Partners, a Boston-based private investment firm, in connection with Gregory FCA’s acquisition of Affect, a B2B-focused firm serving technology, health care, and professional services clients. Gregory FCA, one of the nation’s 50 largest public relations firms, is a Copley portfolio company.

Nutter served as legal counsel to Copley Equity Partners, a Boston-based private investment firm, in its investment to recapitalize, and facilitate the merger of, Aethon Aerial Solutions and Flight Evolved.

Nutter served as legal counsel to CRIO, Inc., a leading provider of eSource and other eClinical technologies, in a significant investment from The Riverside Company, a global growth oriented private equity firm.

Nutter served as legal counsel to Cúram, a business intelligence service provider in the health care industry, in connection with its acquisition of PMC Medical Group, a multispecialty health care organization based in New Hampshire.

Nutter is serving as legal counsel to Eastern Bankshares, Inc. (NASDAQ Global Select Market: EBC), the stock holding company for Eastern Bank, in connection with its definitive merger agreement with Cambridge Bancorp (NASDAQ: CATC), the parent company of Cambridge Trust Company, pursuant to which Cambridge will merge with and into Eastern in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $528 million. Simultaneously, Nutter is also representing Eastern Insurance Group, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Eastern, in its definitive agreement to sell its insurance operations to Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (NYSE: AJG) for approximately $510 million in cash.

Nutter advised G.A. Fleet Associates and Fleet Pump (together, Fleet) in connection with its acquisition by Vessco Water (Vessco), a portfolio company of Gryphon Investors and one of the largest full-service water treatment equipment distributors in the nation. 

Nutter served as legal counsel to Fowler High Precision, Inc., a specialty manufacturer and distributor of dimensional metrology tools, highly engineered systems, and calibration services, in connection with its recapitalization by Pfingsten Partners, LLC.

Nutter represented Great American Mining, Inc., a Bitcoin mining company that provides a utilization solution for oil and gas producers that have stranded energy that cannot be brought to market, in its sale to Crusoe Energy Systems, LLC.

Nutter served as legal counsel to Hub Foundation, a specialist foundation and groundworks company, in connection with its acquisition by Soletanche Bachy, part of a worldwide group of specialty geotechnical contractors and engineering firms owned by a French conglomerate.

Nutter served as legal counsel to Invoke Solutions, Inc., a research and content testing platform that serves many of the world's top video streaming services and broadcasters, in connection with its acquisition by MarketCast LLC.

Nutter served as legal counsel to iResearch, a leading multi-specialty clinical research center with locations in Decatur, GA and Savannah, GA, in connection with its acquisition by CenExel.

Nutter served as legal counsel to Kaplansky Insurance Agency, a property and casualty insurance firm, in its sale to Alera Group, a top national insurance and financial services firm. 

Nutter served as legal counsel to Magellan Jets, LLC, a private aviation solutions provider, in its acquisition of Stellar Labs, Inc.

Nutter served as legal counsel to OpenClinica, an industry-leading clinical research solutions provider based in Waltham, MA, in connection with a strategic investment with Thompson Street Capital Partners.

Nutter advised Shawmut LLC, the premier provider of engineered flexible multi-layer materials for automotive, medical and other applications, in connection with its acquisition of long-time warp-knitting supplier, Fairystone Fabrics, by newly formed affiliate, Shawmut Infinite. 

Nutter served as legal counsel to Shepley Wood Products, the premier building supply company for Cape Cod, Nantucket, and Southeastern Massachusetts, in its acquisition by Kodiak Building Partners, a Denver-based building products distribution platform.

Nutter served as legal counsel to T.F. Boyle Transportation, Inc. in its acquisition by Toronto-based Andlauer Healthcare Group Inc. (TSX: AND).

Nutter advised Taurus Investment Holdings, LLC, a Boston-based, global real estate private equity firm, in connection with a strategic investment by Legal & General (L&G), one of the UK’s leading financial services groups and a major global investor, who alongside its equity stake is making an initial commitment of up to $200m.

Nutter served as legal counsel to Turner Brothers, LLC, a Massachusetts-based concrete building services company, in its acquisition of Woodland Tilt-Up, Inc., a Florida-based specialty Tilt-Up construction contracting firm.

Nutter served as legal counsel to Veristat, LLC, a scientifically minded global clinical research organization (CRO), in its acquisition by WindRose Health Investors, LLC, a New York City-based health care private equity firm.

Nutter served as legal counsel to Vestigo Ventures in connection with its closing of a $6 million financing round in ForMotiv, the leader in digital behavioral data capture and predictive analytics solutions used by Fortune 500 insurance carriers and financial institutions carriers globally.

Nutter served as legal counsel to Vestigo Ventures in connection with its closing of Vestigo Ventures Fund II, L.P. with $117.3 million total fund commitments, surpassing its fundraising goal.