NONPROFIT REPRESENTATION

Hemenway & Barnes represents a diverse group of tax-exempt institutions and is one of the few Boston firms with a nonprofit group dedicated to providing comprehensive representation for such clients. The nonprofit group at Hemenway & Barnes provides a broad range of legal services to over 40 nonprofit educational, public service, cultural, conservation, religious and health care organizations. Our nonprofit clients range in size and complexity from universities and hospitals to smaller cultural organizations.

Hemenway & Barnes is one of Boston's oldest law firms, tracing its history to 1863. We have a broad perspective on the issues faced by nonprofit organizations. Lawyers at Hemenway & Barnes serve as directors or trustees of a large number of charities, including The Boston Foundation, Children's Hospital, the Conservation Law Foundation, WGBH, the New England Conservatory of Music, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Longy School of Music and Big Sister Association of Greater Boston, along with several of the charities for which we also serve as counsel. As a result of our collective board service, we have a true sensitivity to the problems which charitable organizations face on a day-to-day basis.

Members of our nonprofit group have written and spoken extensively on topics such as the role and duties of directors, corporate governance, tax matters and planned giving. We are members of the Attorney General's Advisory Committee on Public Charities and that office's special task force on corporate governance. We are therefore able to bring to our clients both recognized expertise and access to decision-makers and regulators.The lawyers in the nonprofit group at Hemenway & Barnes come from each of our separate practice areas; corporate, tax, probate and estate planning, employment and litigation. Outlined here are the areas in which Hemenway & Barnes provides services for its tax-exempt clients.