Mintz Levin Attorney Mary-Laura Greely Named Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmaker
6/29/2007
Boston, MA - June 29, 2007 - Mary-Laura Greely, a Member in Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.'s Boston office, has been named to Lawdragon's "500 Leading Dealmakers in America" list. According to Lawdragon, the 500 Leading Dealmakers in America list features the nation's top mergers and acquisitions, corporate and real estate dealmakers in the United States who have had the greatest recent impact on the legal world, representing less than one-half of one percent of the legal profession and placing them among the most elite group of legal professionals.
More than 5,000 attorneys were nominated for the Leading Dealmakers list by their peers and by the Lawdragon editorial staff. The Lawdragon 500 list highlights the practitioners that general counsel want on their side of the negotiating table. Selection for the list was based upon extensive research by a staff of award-winning journalists who interviewed thousands of lawyers nationwide, a survey of lawyers and general counsel who nominated and voted for their peers online, and a review of practice accomplishments.
Ms. Greely practices in the Business and Finance Section. She is also Managing Director of the Private Companies Practice Group. Ms. Greely's practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and corporate finance and general corporate representation. She actively counsels clients in the organization and financing of new businesses, strategic growth opportunities, employment and executive compensation matters, corporate governance issues, succession planning, and the resolution of complex commercial and partnership disputes. In 2006, Ms. Greely was named by Lawdragon in its "500 New Stars, New World" Guide. In both 2005 and 2006, she was selected by Women's Business Boston (Herald Media) as one of the Top 10 Women Lawyers in Boston based upon client nominations. Ms. Greely was also named as one of the Super Lawyers of Massachusetts by Boston Magazine for 2004.
Ms. Greely is admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and before the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. She received her B.A., cum laude, from Wellesley College (1983), her M.A. from Harvard University (1986), and her J.D. from Boston University School of Law (1989).
In June 2007, Mintz Levin was named by Corporate Board Member Magazine among the best corporate law firms in Boston, based upon directors of publicly traded companies and in-house counsel?s surveyed.
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