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Barry B. White
Partner
Boston
A senior partner in the firm's business and corporate practice areas, Barry White has served for over 13 years as Managing Partner of Foley Hoag. He also served as Chair of Lex Mundi, the world's largest international association of independent law firms and an organization in which Foley Hoag was selected for membership as a leading business law firm. In recognition of his professional leadership roles, Barry's biography appears in Who's Who in American Law and Who's Who in America.
Although Barry serves as outside counsel to numerous corporations and non-profit institutions, he has a particular emphasis on representing clients that have investments in, and transactions related to, technology business ventures. He also has extensive experience advising middle market corporations on merger and acquisition transactions and on issuing, refinancing and restructuring private and publicly held corporate debt. Given his leadership role in Lex Mundi, much of Barry's transactional work involves cross-border activity.
In addition to his work with firm governance and on behalf of clients, Barry undertakes a significant leadership role in community and professional matters. He currently serves as Secretary, General Counsel, and a member of the Executive Committee of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce and holds the same positions with Harvard Business School Professor Michael Porter's Initiative for a Competitive Inner City. Among many other professional activities, he served as counsel to the Massachusetts Special Commission on Business Tax Policy, and as counsel to a Special Commission on the Decennial Census.
professional / civic involvement
American Bar Association, Business Section and International Section, Member
Massachusetts Bar Association, Member
Boston Bar Association, Business Section, Member
International Bar Association, Member
Political Activities
Tsongas for President, Chairman (1992)
New England Lawyers' Committee for Clinton/Gore, Co-Chairman (1996)
New England Lawyers' Committee for Clinton/Gore, Chairman (1992)
Massachusetts Democratic Platform Committee, Co-Chair (1993)
Finance Committees for many Democratic Senators and Congressmen, Member
Edgewater Technology, Board of Directors, Chairman for the Compensation Committee (2005 present)
Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, Member of Executive Committee and Secretary/General Counsel (1996 Present)
Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, Member of Executive Committee and Secretary/General Counsel (1996 Present)
Massachusetts Association for Mental Health, Member of Executive Committee and Board of Directors (1985 to present), President (1993 1995)
Boston Municipal Research Bureau, Member of Executive Committee and Director (1991 present)
Delegate to the White House Conference on Small Business (1995)
Volunteer Lawyers Project, Board of Directors (1988 1995)
Massachusetts Alliance for International Business, Director (1996 present)
Northeastern University School of Law Visiting Committee, Member (2000 2003)
Boston University Goldman School of Graduate Dentistry, Board of Visitors (1981 -Present)
Ashley Stewart Community Foundation, Trustee (2006 present).
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