Jeffrey S. Wolfson
Of Counsel
Boston
jwolfson@goulstonstorrs.com+1 617 574 4146Jeffrey S. Wolfson
Of Counsel, Boston
jwolfson@goulstonstorrs.com+1 617 574 4146Related Expertise
From family-owned businesses to major corporations, clients seek Jeff Wolfson’s guidance on a wide range of corporate matters.
With several decades of experience, Jeff counsels clients on corporate financings and restructuring, as well as stockholder agreements. He also drafts and negotiates employment and consulting agreements on behalf of both employers and employees.
A versatile advisor, Jeff also advises clients on stockholder and employee relationships, acquisitions and mergers, financings, succession planning, commercial contracts, and general corporate issues. He has particular experience in drafting and negotiating complex transactional legal opinions for major clients of the firm, representing both borrowers and lenders.
Related Representative Matters
Gordon Brothers on the drafting and negotiation of multiple legal opinions to Bank of America in connection with a loan amendment and joinder for term and revolving loans in the original amount of $440 million.
Hunt Companies in the drafting and negotiation of a legal opinion to a consortium of lenders for a loan secured by income streams from multiple military housing projects.
AXA IM Alts and its affiliates in one of the largest industrial portfolio acquisitions of 2020. The portfolio consists of 27 assets in Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Central New Jersey, Dallas, South Florida, Southern New Jersey and Atlanta. In a significant step in its strategy to grow a U.S. wide logistics platform, AXA IM Alts, on behalf of clients and through a joint venture with Cabot Properties, Inc., acquired the 7,984,000 s/f portfolio for approximately $875 million, through a share purchase of a REIT previously managed by Cabot Properties.
Ongoing representation of Jeff's Place, an organization dedicated to facilitating healthy integration of loss for children, teens, and their families by helping them feel less alone in their grief journey.
MSPCA Angell on their financing with TD Bank in connection with the MSPCA's new Cape Cod Adoption Center.
Secured a $50M revolving loan for the publicly-held parent company of a national electronics retailer.
Transferred ownership to the second generation of a family-owned business, including stockholder and buy-sell agreements among the new owners.
Advised a family-owned plastics manufacturing company following the deaths of its sole stockholders/senior executives in a tragic plane crash, including dealing with anxious customers, lenders and employees; creating and participating on a Board of Advisors; and ultimately selling the company.
Negotiated a LLC operating agreement for a major hotel chain to be built in the former Olympic Park in Atlanta.
Companies in connection with the purchase and sale of aircraft, as well as the lease agreements related to hangars and aviation-related products and real estate.
Negotiated a $350M loan to a borrower with U.S. and Canadian affiliates for an international syndicate of banks.
Accolades
- Best Lawyers in America® (2023): Corporate Law
- Martindale Hubbell Peer Review Rated AV Preeminent™
- Who’s Who in American Law
- Massachusetts Super Lawyer, 2004
- Awarded a Certificate in Family Business Advising with Fellow Status from the international Family Firm Institute in recognition of outstanding achievements and contributions to the field of family business advising
Affiliations
- Chairman Emeritus, Northeastern University Center for Family Business
- Founding Member and Director, Family Firm Institute, New England Chapter
- Editorial Board, Case Studies Project of the National Family Firm Institute
- Board of Directors of Performers Ensemble, Inc., a non-profit theater organization specializing in public education on the subjects of drug and alcohol abuse
- Appointed by the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Needham to serve on its Parking Facilities Study Commission
- Pro Bono work for Jeff's Place Children's Bereavement Center, Oxfam America, and the Phillips Brooks House Association at Harvard University, among others
Admissions
- Massachusetts
Education
Yale Law School ( J.D. , 1979 )
Tufts University ( B.A. , summa cum laude , 1976 )