PROVIDENCE, RI, August 26, 2025 – Partridge Snow & Hahn (PSH), a full-service business law and litigation firm, announces that partner Brian J. Reilly has been named a 2025 “Rising Star” by ALM | Law.com’s New England Legal Awards (NELA). Reilly and fellow honorees will be recognized at an awards ceremony at The Westin Copley Place in Boston on October 23.
NELA stands as a distinguished celebration of professional excellence within the legal community across Connecticut, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. The “Rising Star” category spotlights lawyers under age 40 who have excelled in client service and cultivation, service to bar associations, and pro bono work and community service. To view the full list of 2025 honorees, visit here.
Reilly concentrates his practice on transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions and general corporate and real estate matters. He regularly acts as outside general counsel for clients, addressing their day-to-day business issues. Reilly frequently represents entrepreneurs and investors with respect to formation matters, contract negotiation and drafting, and capital raising matters. He also offers comprehensive, practical advice to clients on matters such as choice of entity and business organization, equity and debt financing, employee incentive compensation plans (equity and non-equity), shareholder/partnership agreements, leasing, licensing, employment, tax, and exit strategies and succession planning.
“We are incredibly proud to see Brian recognized with this honor,” said PSH Co-Managing Partners Paul M. Kessimian and Jay R. Peabody in a joint statement. “This well-deserved recognition reflects Brian’s exceptional legal skill, visionary leadership, and unwavering commitment to his clients and colleagues. He exemplifies what it means to be a rising star.”
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About Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP
Partridge Snow & Hahn is a full-service business law and litigation firm committed to working collaboratively with clients to develop a deep understanding of their various industries, objectives, and unique ways of working to help advance business goals and solve legal challenges. With offices in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, the firm focuses on key areas of law: corporate & business, including M&A, employment, tax, and nonprofit; real estate, including commercial financing, energy, environmental, and land use; and complex commercial litigation & disputes.
