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Timothy J. Rennie

Associate / Boston

Overview

Timothy J. Rennie is an associate in Nutter’s Private Client Department. Tim advises high net worth individuals and families on sophisticated estate planning matters, estate and trust administration, and the structuring and ongoing management of charitable trusts and private foundations. He works closely with clients to design and implement complex, tax-efficient plans tailored to multigenerational goals, business interests, and philanthropic objectives.

In addition to his private client practice, Tim has significant experience advising corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, and other entities across the full business lifecycle. His work included entity formation and structuring, corporate governance matters, mergers and acquisitions, and venture capital and angel financing transactions as well as advising financial institutions in connection with corporate and regulatory matters, including reorganizations, acquisitions, and private placement transactions, providing practical guidance in complex and highly regulated environments.

Before joining Nutter, Tim gained experience in public-sector legal practice as an intern at the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office, where he supported attorneys in the Health Care and Fair Competition Bureau on investigative and enforcement matters. Prior to law school, Tim worked on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. in government-, policy- and communication-focused roles.

During law school, Tim served as president of the Suffolk Journal of Trial and Appellate Advocacy.

Experience

Experience

  • Connected Home Care, LLC

    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.

  • Best Day Brewing

    Nutter advised Best Day Brewing, the #1 fastest-growing, non-alcoholic craft beer brands in the United States, on its latest funding round. 

  • Clinilabs

    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.

  • Collaborating Docs

    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.

  • Definiti LLC

    Nutter served as legal counsel to Definiti LLC, a private equity-backed, national leader in the retirement services industry, in connection with its acquisition of Dana Consulting Group, Ltd. and Noble-Davis Consulting, Inc., two firms in the Great Lakes Region.

  • Dragonfly Group Inc.

    Nutter served as legal counsel to Dragonfly Group Inc., a technology-enabled platform acquiring and scaling standout e-commerce brands, in a significant, proprietary investment from the Flagship Buyout Fund of L Catterton, the largest global consumer-focused private equity firm.

  • Eastern Bankshares, Inc.

    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.

  • Fleet

    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. 

  • Hub Foundation

    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.

  • iResearch

    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.

  • OpenClinica

    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.

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Publications

Education & Admissions

Education

Suffolk University Law School, J.D., cum laude
George Washington University, B.A., cum laude

Admissions

  • Massachusetts

Industries

Before Nutter

Previously, Tim was the Deputy Press Secretary for U.S. Senator Bill Nelson in Washington, D.C.

In the Community

Tim serves as a member of the Executive Leadership Committee for Lawyers Have Heart, an affiliate of the American Heart Association.

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