FIRM OVERVIEW

Rooted in a tradition spanning more than a century, today's Hemenway & Barnes is proud to provide legal and fiduciary services to a diverse group of individuals, families, business clients and tax-exempt organizations.

With a focused practice built on a foundation begun in 1863, Hemenway & Barnes is dedicated to delivering first rate, thoroughly contemporary, professional advice, characterized by a committment to quality and personal attention to each client.

In an era characterized by large law firms focused primarily on institutional clients, Hemenway & Barnes remains committed to serving the individual, the business client and the nonprofit organization with personal and professional counsel at a reasonable cost.

FOR THE INDIVIDUAL CLIENT
At Hemenway & Barnes, we offer the individual client access to professionals skilled in a host of areas, all designed to serve the needs of the individual in a comfortable, congenial setting. These include:

• Estate planning and probate law
• Fiduciary services, including the management and administration of trusts and estates
• Business and tax planning and tax return preparation
• Advice on charitable giving, along with all of the support services needed for charitable foundation management and administration
• Comprehensive family office services and support
• Residential real estate and land use and conservation planning
• Litigation and dispute resolution

FOR THE BUSINESS CLIENT
For the client engaged in business and commerce, we offer services tailored to both the organization and its owners. These include:

• Business law advice, counsel on organizational and structural alternatives and tax planning
• Financing, including commercial lending, venture capital financing and dealing with outside investors
• Acquisition planning; joint ventures and implementation
• Commercial real estate and related leasing, financing, and land use issues
• Intellectual property, including licensing and other safeguards to protect technology and intellectual work product
• Government relations, as well as compliance with employment, tax and securities law regulation
• Commercial litigation and dispute resolution

FOR THE NONPROFIT CLIENT
To the nonprofit client, we provide advisors experienced in the broad spectrum of issues that confront the tax-exempt organization. These include:

• Getting started and choosing the right form of entity
• Recognition of tax-exempt status
• Dealing with employment, legal and tax issues
• Governance issues, including addressing the responsibilities and liabilities of directors and officers
• Charitable grant making, establishing a philanthropic mission, foundation management and compliance with the private foundation rules
• Advice on the legal and tax issues of development, fund-raising, and endowment management