Harry A.

Hanson

hhanson@feinberghanson.com
D. 617 531 3303
M. 617 501 7107

"Harry is very polite and respectful but is tough and driving hard to protect the clients." “An excellent lawyer and advisor” Chambers USA 2024

"Harry is very polite and respectful but is tough and driving hard to protect the clients." “An excellent lawyer and advisor” Chambers USA 2024

Education
  • J.D., University of California, College of Law, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings)
  • A.B., with honors, University of California, Berkeley
Recognitions
  • Listed in Chambers USA and Best Lawyers in America as a leading private equity, venture capital and M&A attorney
  • Listed as a Massachusetts Super Lawyer, Business & Corporate
Community
  • New England Aquarium, Emeritus Trustee and Chair of Governance Committee
  • Trout and Salmon Foundation, Emeritus Chair and Continuing Board Member
  • Massachusetts Chapter of The Nature Conservancy, Emeritus Board Member
  • American and Boston Bar Associations, Member
  • Town of Wayland Finance Committee, Emeritus Member
Outside Interests

Harry Hanson retired from the partnership in December 2024 and is currently Senior Counsel. Harry advises high-growth companies and their investors on a full range of business transactions, including venture capital and private equity financing, mergers and acquisitions, strategic commercial arrangements, IP licensing agreements, executive compensation, and corporate governance.

experience

For more than 40 years, Harry has helped entrepreneurs and technology companies grow and succeed. He has represented some of the most successful private equity and venture capital firms in the United States and Internationally. Harry gets involved at all points in the growth cycle of a business—advising on initial formation, financing, negotiating mission critical commercial agreements and strategic partnerships, which frequently include both acquisition and exit through the purchase and sale of assets, as well as stock purchase and merger transactions.

Across a wide range of industry segments, Harry advises companies through a hands-on counseling approach. He brings a calming but firm approach to the countless obstacles high-growth companies face. The business activities of his clients extend across the United States and internationally and include:

  • ‍adtech
  • e-commerce
  • enterprise software
  • healthcare services and information technology
  • manufacturing and distribution
  • SaaS
  • specialty retail

Harry is regularly engaged as transaction counsel to buyers and sellers in mergers and acquisitions ranging in size from several million dollars to $100+ million. His clients include private companies, independent sponsors, angel investors and institutional investors in hundreds of venture capital financings, growth and private equity transactions, debt financings, cross-border transactions, complex restructuring transactions and spin-off transactions.

Harry’s recent matters at Feinberg Hanson include representing:

  • Private equity firm Devco Partners and its portfolio company Medix Biochemica in connection with the acquisition of ViroStat LLC, a global leader in the manufacture and distribution of antibodies and antigens used by IVD manufacturers. We helped our clients navigate complex tax and structuring issues and coordinate the work of lawyers in multiple jurisdictions.
  • Private equity firm Hadley Capital in connection with its acquisition of 4All Promos, one of the largest B2B direct marketers of promotional products in the United States. We handled all aspects of the acquisition and related financing, including the asset purchase agreement; senior, subordinated, and preferred stock financing; and the employment and equity arrangements with management.  
  • Azara Healthcare LLC, the leading provider of data-driven analytics and population health solutions, in connection with its merger with SPH Analytics and subsequent recapitalization and investment funded by Insight Partners and Hughes & Company. Our work included structuring, negotiating, and documenting the equity purchase and sale agreements and the related management roll-over investment and employment agreements.
  • DECCO, Inc., the leading New England provider of specialized construction, maintenance, equipment handling and fabrication services to biopharmaceutical, technology and industrial clients, in connection with its acquisition by Comfort Systems USA. This involved careful negotiation of complex purchase and executive compensation terms with a sophisticated public company. 
  • Integral Ad Science Executive Leadership Team in connection with a majority investment funded by Vista Equity Partners. We coordinated complex roll-over investment agreements and related executive compensation and non-compete agreements for the IAS executive leadership team.
  • ETQ Executive Leadership Team in connection with the acquisition of ETQ by Hexagon AB. We coordinated complex roll-over investment agreements and related executive compensation and non-compete agreements for the ETQ executive leadership team.

Harry was previously a partner with Choate Hall & Stewart LLP and an organizing partner and initial chair of that firm’s Business & Technology Group.

Education
  • J.D., University of California, College of Law, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings)
  • A.B., with honors, University of California, Berkeley
Recognitions
  • Listed in Chambers USA and Best Lawyers in America as a leading private equity, venture capital and M&A attorney
  • Listed as a Massachusetts Super Lawyer, Business & Corporate
Community
  • New England Aquarium, Emeritus Trustee and Chair of Governance Committee
  • Trout and Salmon Foundation, Emeritus Chair and Continuing Board Member
  • Massachusetts Chapter of The Nature Conservancy, Emeritus Board Member
  • American and Boston Bar Associations, Member
  • Town of Wayland Finance Committee, Emeritus Member
Outside Interests