Brian P Lenihan

Practice Areas

Brian Lenihan, co-chair of Choate’s Business Department, has more than 25 years of experience advising private equity funds in a broad range of financing transactions, including leveraged buyouts, majority and minority recapitalizations, and growth equity investments. Brian also represents private technology companies in a wide range of corporate transactions including mergers and acquisitions, venture capital financings, and cross-border transactions.

Brian regularly acts as special counsel to Canadian companies and investors in cross-border transactions with US funds or issuers. He has particular domain expertise in financial technology and IT solutions within the healthcare and financial services industries.

Brian is a former member of Choate’s eight person Executive Committee.

Professional Memberships

Former co-chair of Choate’s Private Equity Group;

Member of the American, Massachusetts and Boston Bar Associations;

Serves on the board of Noonan Scholars, an organization that helps high achieving minority students from Boston attend and succeed in the nation’s top colleges;

Co-chair of the Friends of Dartmouth Track & Field and is a member of the Wearers of the Green, Dartmouth’s athletic hall of fame