Sherin and Lodgen LLP

What Sherin and Lodgen LLP does

Sherin and Lodgen LLP is a Boston-headquartered, full-service law firm founded in 1945 by Arthur Sherin and George Lodgen. With nearly 50 attorneys and 101–250 total employees across offices in Boston, MA and Providence, RI, the firm serves a national client base with particular concentration in the New England region. The firm is organized around four primary departments — Business Law, Litigation, Employment, and Real Estate — with additional practices in Commercial Finance, Environmental, Renewable Energy, Restructuring & Bankruptcy, and Tax. Notable clients include Ahold Delhaize (principal outside counsel for over 70 years), Wayfair, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Toll Brothers, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Cambridge Savings Bank, Boston Private Bank, and STAG Industrial.

The firm's core product is sophisticated legal services delivered through partner-led, relationship-driven engagement. Its principal technology offering is LeaseCraft™, a proprietary lease drafting and automation solution that produces first-draft leases and lease term summaries using client-preferred forms. The firm generates revenue primarily through billable professional fees and offers alternative fee arrangements (blended rates, caps, contingency, nonprofit discounts) consistent with its stated innovation history. Distribution is direct, via referrals, attorney networking, content marketing (five active legal blogs), MCLE speaking, and the Lexwork International alliance of 50+ independent law firms providing access to 2,500+ lawyers across 36+ countries.

Name

Sherin and Lodgen LLP

Legal name

Sherin and Lodgen LLP

Website

https://sherin.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1945

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Boston-based full-service law firm founded in 1945 with nearly 50 attorneys serving enterprise clients nationally across real estate, litigation, business law, employment, and renewable energy practices from offices in Boston and Providence.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Real Estate & Construction Law (BPAHAAAE)

Keywords

• Commercial real estate law
• Business litigation services
• Employment law counsel
• Renewable energy law
• Commercial finance legal

Headquarters

HQ city

Boston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Legal Services – Professional Fees: The firm generates revenue through billing for professional legal services rendered to clients. The firm offers blended rates, caps, contingency arrangements, and discounts for nonprofits, as well as alternative fee arrangements consistent with its history of innovation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Sherin and Lodgen LLP is a mid-size Boston-based law firm delivering full-service legal representation to businesses, real estate developers, financial institutions, employers, hospitality operators, renewable energy sponsors, and nonprofit organizations. Core practice areas include Real Estate, Litigation, Business Law, Employment, Commercial Finance, Environmental, Renewable Energy, Tax, and Restructuring & Bankruptcy, supported by a proprietary lease automation tool called LeaseCraft™.

Product overview

Sherin and Lodgen LLP is a Boston-based law firm offering a unified portfolio of legal services organized around four main practice departments: Business Law, Litigation, Employment, and Real Estate. The firm's Real Estate Department features specialized practices in renewable energy and hospitality. Key products include LeaseCraft™, a technology-based lease drafting and automation solution, alongside core legal services spanning commercial finance, alternative dispute resolution, law firm defense, environmental law, and restructuring & bankruptcy. The firm serves diverse industries including biotech, construction, energy, finance, healthcare, hospitality, legal services, manufacturing, nonprofit, public agencies, real estate, retail, and technology. The firm also maintains industry-focused blogs covering Business Law, Employment, Law Firm Defense, Real Estate, and Renewable Energy topics.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Real Estate Legal Services Full range of real estate legal services for developers, owners, investors, operators, and franchisees, covering acquisitions, dispositions, development, leasing, land use, permitting, construction, and financing transactions.
• Business Law Services Legal representation for business clients from start-up to sale, covering business formation, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, tax matters, intellectual property, and franchise transactions.
• Litigation Services Complex commercial litigation, business litigation, employment litigation, professional liability defense, real estate litigation, and professional fiduciary/estate litigation.
• Employment Law Services Employment counseling, executive agreement negotiation, non-competition and restrictive covenant matters, discrimination, wrongful termination, retaliation, and complex employment litigation for executives, professionals, and businesses.
• Commercial Finance Services Legal counsel for construction and term real estate loans, commercial loans, CMBS loans, mezzanine loans, bond financings, multi-state portfolio loans, and solar financing for national and local banks, life insurance companies, mezzanine lenders, and government agencies.
• Renewable Energy Practice National practice representing lenders, developers, municipalities, and companies in solar, wind, hydro, and energy storage initiatives, including financing, development, acquisition, leasing, environmental, and permitting matters.
• Environmental Law Services Environmental legal services including representation on contaminated properties, compliance and enforcement, cost recovery actions, and sustainable development and LEED advisory.
• Restructuring & Bankruptcy Services Legal representation for debtors, creditors, and other parties in restructuring, bankruptcy, and receivership proceedings.
• Tax Services Federal, state, and local tax planning, controversy, and compliance legal services delivered as part of the Business Law practice.
• Alternative Dispute Resolution Mediation and arbitration services to resolve business, commercial, partnership, intellectual property, professional liability, and employment disputes, with a reported 98% settlement rate for mediated cases.
• Law Firm Defense Defense of law firms and lawyers in legal malpractice, negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, and professional liability claims.
• Professional Fiduciary, Estate & Probate Litigation Complex fiduciary, probate, and estate litigation representing banks, institutions, trustees, executors, and beneficiaries.
• LeaseCraft™ A technology-based lease drafting and automation solution that allows attorneys and clients to streamline the lease drafting and editing process by working with a client's preferred lease forms and language to efficiently produce first-draft leases and key-term summaries for in-house lease administration teams.

Quantifiable outcome

• 98% of mediated cases settle
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers17 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Lexwork InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSherin and Lodgen is a member of Lexwork International, a strategic alliance of more than 50 independent law firms based in major cities in the United States, Canada, Latin America, and Europe, with additional offices in Asia. The affiliation provides Sherin and Lodgen attorneys priority access to over 2,500 lawyers across the globe. Clients benefit from efficient access to worldwide services — offices in over 36 countries and 111 cities.
• Appalachian Mountain ClubminorOthersSherin and Lodgen represented the Appalachian Mountain Club in obtaining a trademark for its 'Outdoors Rx' prescription program and in establishing easements and rights of way for portions of the Bay Circuit Trail.
• Art in GivingminorOthersSherin and Lodgen serves as general counsel to Art in Giving, a nonprofit that combines the ingenuity of childhood cancer researchers with the creativity of artists. Partner Gary M. Markoff is a founder of Art in Giving.
• Jewish Cemetery Association of Massachusetts (JCAM)minorOthersSherin and Lodgen represents JCAM and its affiliates, which own and operate 115 cemeteries throughout Massachusetts. Representation includes real estate related matters and disputes and general business matters. Led by Sander A. Rikleen.
• ABA Death Penalty Representation ProjectminorOthersFor nearly two decades, Sherin and Lodgen has provided pro bono legal representation to a death-row inmate in Alabama through the ABA's Death Penalty Representation Project. The firm is noted as one of the smallest firms in the country to take on this type of death penalty case. Led by John C. La Liberte and Matthew C. Moschella.
• New England Clean Energy CouncilminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSherin and Lodgen is a member of the New England Clean Energy Council (NECEC), the leading voice for clean energy companies in the Northeast. The firm regularly attends industry conferences including Novogradac's Financing Renewable Energy Tax Credits Conference and AWEA Wind Energy conferences.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Goulston & Storrs: Boston-based mid-size law firm with a top-ranked real estate practice covering commercial leasing, development, and financing across New England — the closest direct competitor to Sherin and Lodgen in the Boston real estate legal market.
• Nutter McClennen & Fish: Boston-based mid-size full-service firm competing head-to-head with Sherin and Lodgen for real estate, business law, and litigation work in the New England middle market.
• Foley Hoag: Boston-headquartered mid-size firm with overlapping litigation, business, employment, and real estate practices targeting similar middle-market and enterprise clients in the Northeast.
• Choate Hall & Stewart: Boston-based full-service firm comparable in size, century-plus legacy, and real estate / litigation orientation, often competing for the same New England enterprise mandates.
• Burns & Levinson: Boston mid-size firm with strong real estate, business law, and litigation practices serving a comparable regional enterprise and middle-market client base.
• Mintz: Boston-based firm with deep real estate, litigation, employment, and clean energy practices — overlapping in the same practice areas and emerging-company/enterprise segments.
• Brown Rudnick: Boston-rooted full-service firm with comparable litigation, real estate, and corporate practices competing for similar Northeast enterprise mandates.

Broad incumbents

• Holland & Knight: Large national firm with a substantial Boston office and full-service real estate, litigation, and employment practices — overlapping coverage delivered from a much larger platform.
• DLA Piper: Global full-service law firm with Boston presence and broad real estate, corporate, and litigation capabilities — competing for larger cross-border mandates where Sherin and Lodgen relies on Lexwork referral partners.
• Goodwin Procter: Large Boston-headquartered firm with premier real estate and litigation practices, regularly competing for the same institutional New England clients at the upper end of matter size.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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