Barton Gilman LLP has expanded its corporate and transactional capabilities with the addition of partner Benjamin Rackliffe and associate Paige Macnie. Ben and Paige bring significant experience advising middle-market businesses, investors, nonprofit organizations, and entrepreneurs on complex corporate, transactional, and regulatory matters.
Ben is a trusted advisor to closely held and middle-market businesses across a wide range of industries, including renewable energy, technology, construction, commercial real estate development, manufacturing, healthcare, and cannabis. He counsels clients on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, strategic growth initiatives, regulatory compliance, financing arrangements, and sophisticated business transactions.
“Ben’s breadth of experience and practical business approach make him an outstanding addition to the firm,” said Angela L. Carr, co-managing partner at Barton Gilman. “He has built a strong reputation guiding clients through highly complex transactions and regulatory environments, and his practice aligns exceptionally well with the needs of our clients and the continued growth of our corporate practice.”
“I’m looking forward to joining a growing and dynamic firm with a strong reputation in the business community,” said Ben. “Barton Gilman’s entrepreneurial approach and deep commitment to client relationships make it an excellent platform to continue serving clients on sophisticated business, regulatory, and strategic matters.”
Ben has represented publicly traded companies, quasi-public entities, institutional clients, developers, contractors, and emerging businesses throughout New England. He is particularly well known for his work in the renewable energy and cannabis industries, where he advises clients on licensing, compliance, financing, operational issues, and transactional matters in rapidly evolving regulatory landscapes.
His representative experience includes serving as lead transactional counsel in significant M&A matters, advising institutional clients on renewable energy financing and net-metering arrangements, and representing cannabis operators in multi-jurisdictional business and regulatory matters. Prior to joining Barton Gilman, Ben practiced for more than 15 years at a Rhode Island-based law firm, focusing on corporate and nonprofit law, mergers and acquisitions, and complex business transactions. Earlier in his career, he served as in-house counsel to a diversified land development and hospitality company. He has also served as a long-time Special Lecturer in corporate law for Providence College’s School of Business.
Paige focuses her practice on corporate transactions, business counseling, and regulatory compliance matters. She advises clients on a range of business and operational issues, including corporate governance, compliance matters, and strategic transactions. In addition to her corporate practice, Paige represents clients in commercial litigation matters. Prior to joining Barton Gilman, she practiced at a Rhode Island-based law firm for five years, where she gained experience handling a broad range of business and litigation matters.
“Paige brings valuable transactional and litigation experience that further strengthens our ability to support clients across a broad range of business matters,” said Matt Plain, co-managing partner at Barton Gilman. “Together, Ben and Paige significantly enhance the depth of our corporate practice.”
About Barton Gilman
Barton Gilman (bglaw.com) serves clients throughout the Northeast with offices in Boston, MA, Providence, RI, New York, NY, Philadelphia, PA, Milford, CT, and Fairfield, NJ, offering legal services in over twenty-five service areas, including corporate, mergers and acquisitions, education law, employment, medical malpractice and aging services defense, professional liability defense, insurance coverage and bad faith litigation, product liability and general liability, business and commercial litigation, and nonprofit law, as well as immigration, family law, trusts and estates, criminal defense, intellectual property, and real estate.
Committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, Barton Gilman achieved Midsize Mansfield Certification Plus status in 2023. The firm and its attorneys have received numerous awards and accolades, including Best Lawyers, Best Law Firms, Best Women-Led Law Firms, BridgeTower Media’s 2024 Best Places to Work: Law Firms List, Best Places to Work Rhode Island, Outstanding Philanthropic Business, Common Good Award, and Super Lawyers.
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