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Grillo's Pickles

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CLIENT SPOTLIGHT: Grillo's Pickles

If you haven't been to the Grillo's Pickles website, you should. There, you'll find the fantastic story of how this company began. We've copied part of it here to save you a click.

Grillo's Pickles began with a pickle cart, just a small wooden stand in downtown Boston, where Travis Grillo and his friends would sell two spears for one dollar. Travis would make the pickles by night using his family's 100-year old recipe - one he'd memorized from making pickles every summer as a kid. In the morning, Travis would bike to the Boston Common and set up the cart with his buddies. They'd hang out all day, urging people to try the simple Grillo family pickle. It was a small business but Travis worked hard for it. He made more pickles, biked more miles, and slept less hours than he ever had before.
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CLIENT SPOTLIGHT: Factory Five Racing

Factory Five Racing was founded in 1995. Over the years they have grown from a start-up business in a small garage to become the world's largest manufacturer of "build-it-yourself" component car kits. They employ a full-time crew of about 40 people, and are located in Wareham, Massachusetts (about an hour south of Boston). They make their products right here in the USA, in the heart of New England where American manufacturing was born.
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CLIENT SPOTLIGHT: Luca + Danni

Fred and Danny Magnanimi grew up watching their father create beautiful, handcrafted jewelry in the family's Cranston, RI jewelry manufacturing business. When the boys grew up, Fred moved to New York and began working on Wall Street as an investment banker, while younger brother Danny, still enamored by the family business, stayed home. Increased competition from overseas businesses created significant challenges for the business, but Danny was confident he could find a way for the family business to evolve and thrive. This was his mission, this was his passion.
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Christopher C. Cassara

Christopher C. Cassara

Of Counsel

ccassara@psh.com

Chris represents clients in the manufacturing, distribution, technology and service industries in a variety of corporate and business matters, including business formations, mergers and acquisitions, contracts and licensing, debt and equity financing, commercial real estate, and franchising.

He is a frequent lecturer on these topics in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. In 2013, Chris has partnered with the Massachusetts Small Business Development Center Network Conducting Free Legal Clinics for Small Businesses.

Education

Suffolk University Law School, J.D., magna cum laude
Boston College, B.A. Economics, 1992

Bar Memberships & Admissions

Massachusetts, 1996
Rhode Island, 1998

Practice Areas

Professional Affiliations

American Bar Association
- Franchise Forum
- Working Group on Legal Opinions
Rhode Island Bar Association
- Business Organizations Committee
Massachusetts Bar Association
Boston Bar Association

Community Activities

Buttonwood Park Zoological Society
- Board of Directors
Leadership SouthCoast
- Alumnus
New Bedford Youth Court
- Advocate

Representative Transactions

Advised a multi-generation manufacturer in connection with the sale of its business to an international publicly-traded entity.
Represent entrepreneurs regarding business formation, intellectual property, licensing and financing matters.
Represent franchise owners in connection with structuring, acquisition, real estate and development matters.
Negotiate and manage insurance agency sales and acquisition transactions.

Representative Publications

Questions for Early-Stage Companies
June 20, 2018
Avoiding Personal Liability for Business Claims
April 19, 2018