Riemer & Braunstein Llp

Ronald N. Braunstein

Senior Partner / Banking & Finance; Corporate: Boston Office; 617-880-3505; 617-692-3505 fax; rbraunstein@riemerlaw.com

Ron is the chairperson of the firm's corporate department. He serves as counsel to a wide range of businesses in all facets of their operations and transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, and debt and equity financing. Ron has considerable background working with real estate developers and investors in structuring their business dealings and relationships. In addition, he coordinates the wider range of services that other practice areas in the firm may provide for the firm's corporate clients.

Ron also has considerable experience representing financial institutions in various types of corporate finance and capital markets activities. He has served as counsel to private and institutional sources of debt and equity financing, including structuring and documenting financing arrangements, investment vehicles and relationships.

Representative Transactions

Represented a consulting firm in its sale to a public company and subsequent management-led employee group repurchase
Counsel to the owners of an importing and distribution company in the sale of the business to a competitor
Represented a publicly held bank holding company in its purchase of a residential mortgage bank
Counsel to a publicly held diversified technology company as borrower in refinancing and restructuring a $90.5 million credit facility, as well as to numerous commercial borrowers in new financing arrangements and refinancing of existing finance arrangements, including real estate and asset-based
Counsel to a syndicate of lenders providing a $165 million construction loan for a mixed-use project in San Francisco
Represented lenders in mortgage warehousing and servicing rights secured credit facilities to residential and commercial/multi-family mortgage banks
Counsel to the lead bank in the debt financing component of a public company subsidiary’s acquisition of a multi-family mortgage bank
Represented groups of limited partners in real estate limited partnerships in the tax-advantaged redemption of their interests
Represented a Japanese firm in restructuring its investment in a private U.S. electronics company
Represented a publicly held financial institution in establishing joint ventures with investment firms for acquiring and servicing financial assets

Affiliations: American Bar Association; Boston Bar Association; Massachusetts Bar Association; New Hampshire Bar Association; Real Estate Finance Association

Admissions: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1981; U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, 1982; U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit, 1982; State of New Hampshire, 1988

Education: Washington University School of Law, J.D., 1981; Skidmore College, B.A., 1978