Bio

Neil Aronson is one of New England’s most respected corporate and securities lawyers. Boston Magazine has recognized Neil on multiple occasions (including in its most recent surveys over the last 5 years) as one of Boston’s Top 100 Lawyers and Neil also holds Martindale-Hubbell’s AV®Preeminent rating – ranking him at the highest level of professional excellence. Neil represents many innovative and growing companies, many of them leading edge developers of new technologies in high technology, social media, medical devices and life sciences as well as rapidly growing service-based and retail businesses, as well as larger companies seeking to grow through acquisitions and joint ventures. Neil has extensive experience in advising companies from the earliest stage of formation through venture capital financings, IPOs and M&A events, including several of the region’s largest acquisitions of venture-backed companies by public companies. In addition, Neil represents a number of public companies in their public offerings and ongoing SEC filings. Neil also actively counsels clients in licensing, development and other critical business arrangements. Neil regularly serves as legal counsel to the special committees of boards of directors and advises both public and privately-held companies on corporate governance matters. Prior to forming Gennari Aronson, LLP, Neil was a partner at Mintz Levin, an Am Law 100 firm, where he served as the Chair of the Business and Finance Section. Previously, Neil was a partner with O’Connor, Broude & Aronson, the first corporate and securities law firm on Route 128 representing emerging businesses. Neil is a thought leader on legal issues of critical importance to emerging growth companies. He serves as a member of the American Bar Association’s Committee on Negotiated Acquisitions, the National Venture Capital Associations Committee on Model Legal Forms and is a regular lecturer and contributing author for Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education’s Program on financing, M&A and technology licensing and outsourcing topics. Neil has also chaired multiple MCLE programs on mergers and acquisition, drafting representations and warranties and indemnification provisions for financing and business sale arrangements, and licensing agreements. Neil earned his J.D. from Cornell Law School and a B.A. from Boston University, summa cum laude, with distinction, where he was named to Phi Beta Kappa in his junior year.