Colleen Lyons has represented a wide assortment of public and private companies. However, the primary focus of her practice involves the representation of small- and medium-sized entities concerning matters ranging from entity selection, formation and structuring to counseling regarding ongoing operational and governance matters. She has a broad-based transactional practice with particular emphasis in mergers and acquisitions, venture capital financings, commercial contracts and commercial lending. In addition, she frequently has acted as local counsel in multi-jurisdictional transactions and provides legal advice to foreign companies with respect to their business affiliates in the United States.
Colleen Lyons
Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2010 Awarded Practice Areas
Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law Corporate Law Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Biography
Locations
Education
- Fordham University, J.D., graduated 1984
- New York University, M.S.
- Williams College, B.A.
Bar Admissions
Client Testimonials
Awards & Focus
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Manchester (2026)
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Manchester (2024)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2027 for work in:
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Special Focus:
- Mergers & Acquisitions
News & Media
Additional Information
Case History
Cases
- Representative matters
- Represented investment management firm in connection with its acquisition by national firm
- Acted as special counsel to new Hampshire Public Utilities Commission in connection with auction and sale of the electric generation assets of Eversource New Hampshire
- Represented Bittware, Inc., a global provider of computing systems featuring field programmable gate arrays in sale to Molex Electronic Solutions
- Represented New Hampshire based manufacturer of ink jet printer inks in sale to publicly traded office supply company
- Represented insurance company affiliate in strategic acquisition of software company and follow on securities offering to additional strategic investors.
- Represented client in strategic merger of two investment funds with an aggregate value of $245 million.
- Represented newly-formed entity in obtaining $12 million secured financing to fund acquisition of data center business.
- Represented multiple timber investment funds with financings having an aggregate value in excess $200 million.
- Represented client in spinoff of real estate holding company to its shareholders.
- Assisted with representation of NetProspex in $125 million sale to Dun & Bradstreet.
- Represented the owners of New England Wood Pellet, LLC, the largest producer of wood pellets for the U.S. heating market, in the sale of the company to Rentech, Inc., a publicly-traded wood fiber processing and nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing company, for approximately $53 million.
- Represented an independent rural telephone and telecommunications holding company in obtaining $35 million of secured financing for various acquisitions of rural telephone and telecommunications companies with an aggregate value of $50 million.
- Acted as local entity counsel for a renewable energy entity in connection with general contract matters and Department of Energy financing.
- Represented owners of privately-held construction materials business with multiple entities and locations in sale of assets to a strategic buyer for approximately $35 million.
- Represented a private building supply company in obtaining debt financing of $50 million in connection with a going-private leveraged buyout of a Nasdaq-traded public company in a similar industry.
- Represented multiple New Hampshire trust companies and investment managers in connection with the formation and maintenance of well over sixty private investment funds as qualified investment companies under the New Hampshire Investment Trust Act.
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