Harvey E. Bines

Harvey E. Bines


Sullivan & Worcester LLP

Recognized since 2007

Boston, Massachusetts

Practice Areas

Corporate Compliance Law

Corporate Governance Law

Corporate Law

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Harvey practices primarily in the areas of international and domestic corporate finance and domestic corporate governance, investment management law, securities law, including the Investment Company Act and Investment Advisers Act, and corporation, limited liability company and partnership law. Harvey counsels domestic and foreign clients, and advises clients respecting domestic and offshore investments and transactions. He also counsels on CFIUS compliance in international transactions following enactment of FIRRMA and compliance requirements under the recently-enacted Corporate Transparency Act.

Harvey was formerly an associate professor of law at The University of Virginia School of Law (investment law, torts) and an adjunct professor at Boston College Law School (corporate finance). Harvey has advised and lectured in Israel, Ireland and Central and Eastern Europe. He has served as a board member of an NYSE-listed company and of an NASD company. Harvey has lectured in the United States and in China, England, the Czech Republic, Austria and Hungary on private-equity investment, institutional investment and public and private investment companies and other collective investment vehicles. As a member of the Advisory Committee, he counseled on the revised prudent investor rule, extensively analyzed and discussed in his treatises.

Location
  • One Post Office Square
    Boston, MA 02109
Education
  • University of Virginia, J.D., graduated 1970
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, BS, graduated 1963
Bar Admissions
  • Virginia, Virginia Bar (Associate Member)
  • Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bar
Affiliations
  • Massachusetts, Virginia, and Boston Bar Associations - Member
  • American Law Institute - Member
  • Albert Schweitzer Fellowship - Trustee and Treasurer
  • Division of Investment Management, Securities & Exchange Commission - Special Counsel
  • Ch. 156C Limited Liability Company Act - BBA Drafting Committee
  • BBA Comments on Opinion Accord - BBA Drafting Committee
Court Admissions
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
  • U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
  • Supreme Court of the United States

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Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2020 - Corporate Compliance Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2015 - Corporate Compliance Law
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Corporate Compliance Law, Boston (2020)
  • Corporate Compliance Law, Boston (2015)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 for work in:
  • Corporate Compliance Law
  • Corporate Governance Law
  • Corporate Law
Special Focus:
  • Corporate Governance
  • COVID-19
  • Emerging Business
  • Fiduciary Duties
  • Partnership and Limited Liability
Awards:
  • Best Lawyers’ Boston Corporate Compliance Law Lawyer of the Year (2015, 2020)

  • Best Lawyers in America® (2007-2023)

  • Massachusetts Super Lawyers (2004, 2005, 2007-2009, 2011, 2012)
  • Who’s Who in America
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • International Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Securities Regulation

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