Goulston & Storrs

Celebrating the journey, embracing the future. This holiday season, we reflect on our milestones and look ahead with gratitude and excitement. Here’s to a joyful holiday season and a bright new year! 🎉✨

It takes a village to create something truly special! G&S was proud to sponsor the Neighborhood Villages Winter Wonder Fest, an annual event that delivers over 250,000 essential items and spreads holiday cheer to more than 2,000 families supported by Neighborhood Villages programs. Attorneys Leah Segal and Nathaniel Koslof had a fantastic time celebrating the season with their families. Learn more about the incredible work Neighborhood Villages is doing here: https://bit.ly/3BARjIg

Congratulations to our client, Abacus Finance Group, LLC, on receiving its Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) license, and on the first closing of its inaugural SBIC fund! Read more about these outstanding achievements here: https://lnkd.in/g3Mvsp2A

Did you know that Boston’s Mayor Wu recently appointed Brian Swett as the city’s first Chief Climate Officer? G&S had the privilege of hosting a Boston Municipal Research Bureau discussion with Brian, where he shared the key pillars of Boston’s climate strategy, including a focus on addressing past environmental injustices by prioritizing investments in the most impacted communities. Attorneys Peter Kaplan and Matthew Kiefer highlight the key takeaways from this insightful conversation here: https://bit.ly/41Ab9y8

The wait is over! The most anticipated grocery store opening in Northeast D.C.—ALDI USA—is officially here! 🛒 We’re thrilled to have assisted our client, The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, to bring Aldi to Art Place at Fort Totten. Learn more about this exciting development: https://bit.ly/4ggp2Gg

Legal malpractice claims are on the rise 📈, but the good news is, there are many time-tested defenses to combat them! Directors Jennifer Mikels and Richard Zielinski outline the top ten key defenses in Law360. Read here: https://bit.ly/4fayvxb

A nationwide injunction has paused enforcement of the CTA, meaning reporting companies aren’t currently required to file beneficial ownership reports—but that could change quickly. How can businesses stay ahead and avoid a last-minute scramble if the injunction is lifted? Mark Christopher, Vaishali Goyal, and Gary Ronan share their insights in an advisory here: https://bit.ly/41v75iC

Any champion will tell you that practice makes perfect, especially six-time Superbowl champions the New England Patriots! 🏈 We’re so thrilled to congratulate our client, The Kraft Group & Affiliates, on breaking ground on a new Football-Exclusive Training Facility for the Patriots adjacent to Gillette Stadium! Read more about the best-in-class training facility and how it is expected to serve players, coaches and training staff in their dedication to the sport here: https://bit.ly/3CZwaI2

Have you heard? Horning and The Menkiti Group are reimagining a Brookland multifamily development project that’s been years in the making. Read more in the Washington Business Journal here: https://bit.ly/49qnUNl

“He kind of has a 360-degree view of how cities are made, and I think that’s going to be very useful,” commented attorney Matthew Kiefer, on Kairos Shen’s appointment as the City of Boston’s new Chief of Planning. We’re excited to see how Shen will draw upon his extensive city planning experience and his professorship at MIT’s Center for Real Estate to help reshape the way Boston engages in planning and development. Read more here: https://bit.ly/4ihm5qe.