William F. Griffin, Jr.

 
 

Practice Focus and Experience


Bill Griffin practices in the Business Law and Real Estate and Environmental areas. He primarily represents privately owned and publicly held businesses in a variety of business and real estate transactions. He has also acted as bond counsel in many tax-exempt bond financings.

Versatility has been the watchword of Bill's professional career. He has extensive experience with sophisticated business and financial transactions, including mergers and acquisitions; public offerings and private placements of equity and debt securities; venture capital financing; tax-exempt bonds; tax shelter syndications; equipment lease transactions; state and municipal finance; foreign investment in U.S. real estate; and bank and utility regulation. He also has extensive experience in real estate transactions, including condominiums, subdivisions, mortgages and mortgage foreclosures, commercial leasing, construction, and permanent financing, as well as zoning practice, litigation, work-outs, and asset recoveries.

Representative Matters


  • Obtained a $7 million award for a large Boston landowner in arbitration proceedings involving eminent domain takings and contract disputes with a public transportation authority.
  • Served as bond or agency counsel for 35 Massachusetts Development Finance Agency tax-exempt bond issues totaling over $150 million from 2007 to 2009. List of Representative Bond Counsel Experience
  • Represented three Eastern Massachusetts municipalities in a $3 million loan under the HUD Section 108 Loan Guaranty Program to enable the redevelopment of a 30-acre riverfront brownfields site into a mixed-use residential and office development with ten acres of open space, parkland, and recreational facilities.
  • Represented a Massachusetts municipality and its redevelopment authority in a $3 million loan under the HUD Section 108 Loan Guaranty Program to finance the acquisition of a new senior center and the establishment of a revolving fund for upgrading substandard housing.
  • Represented a local subsidiary of an Italian paper box manufacturer in the establishment of a United States manufacturing base by acquisition of assets of a manufacturing company and purchase, construction, and equipping of a 220,000 square foot manufacturing facility on a 35-acre parcel of land in southern New Hampshire.
  • Served as underwriter's counsel for a $150 million tax-exempt bond issue for a large urban development project.
  • Represented the seller in a $200 million Boston real estate transaction.
  • Represented a regional bank in a $62 million financing of a Pennsylvania energy company.
  • Represented the issuers in two initial public offerings of $83 million and $69 million, respectively.

Professional


  • Distinctions: Peer review "AV" rated by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest bestowed rating; Massachusetts Super Lawyer, 2004, 2005.
  • Admitted: Massachusetts; United States Supreme Court; United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts; United States Tax Court.
  • Life Fellow: Massachusetts Bar Foundation.
  • Member: Boston Bar Association; Massachusetts Bar Association; Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Business and Commercial Law Curriculum Advisory Committee; National Association of Bond Lawyers; National Association of Industrial and Office Properties; Real Estate Bar Association for Massachusetts.

Community Involvement


  • Director of the Melrose YMCA (1983 - date).
  • Vice President and General Counsel of Bellevue Golf Club (1980 - 2008).

Publications and Speaking Engagements


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