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Merrick and Company is a global leader in the life science ecosystem. We are laboratory strategists who partner with the federal government, academia, and industry to solve facility and operational challenges – allowing research, discovery, and innovation to thrive. Our integrated team of architects, engineers, and scientists bring a science-first approach to align stakeholders, balance safety and efficiency, and expedite the start-up of operations. We specialize in: site selection and due diligence, adaptable laboratory design and retrofitting, commissioning/decommissioning, transition planning and operational efficiency, regulatory compliance, workforce development, and strategic program management. Merrick takes pride in our role to empower the research that changes lives.

Ryan, an award-winning global tax services and software provider, is the largest Firm in the world dedicated exclusively to business taxes. With global headquarters in Dallas, Texas, the Firm provides an integrated suite of federal, state, local, and international tax services on a multijurisdictional basis, including tax recovery, consulting, advocacy, compliance, and technology services. Ryan is an 11-time recipient of the International Service Excellence Award from the Customer Service Institute of America (CSIA) for its commitment to world-class client service. Empowered by the dynamic myRyan work environment, which is widely recognized as the most innovative in the tax services industry, Ryan’s multidisciplinary team of more than 5,900 professionals and associates serves over 77,000 clients in more than 80 countries, including many of the world’s most prominent Global 5000 companies. More information about Ryan can be found at ryan.com.

Benchmark Strategies is a leading Boston-based lobbying and public relations consulting firm dedicated to helping clients unlock strategic growth opportunities—whether expanding locally or scaling globally. We stand out for our deep expertise in economic development incentives and procurement strategies, offering clients a unique advantage in today’s competitive landscape. Since our founding in 2014, we’ve partnered with a diverse range of clients—from Fortune 500 companies and fast-growing startups to non-profits, trade associations, real estate developers, and more. Our team brings decades of experience in politics, media, and public affairs, delivering tailored strategies that drive results and create lasting impact. Leveraging our deep understanding of the intersection of business, government, and the media, we are dedicated to advancing our clients’ goals and driving their success through expert strategic communications and policy strategies. 

Greenberg Traurig, LLP has more than 2750 attorneys in 48 locations in the United States, Europe and the Middle East, Latin America, and Asia. The firm is a 2022 BTI “Highly Recommended Law Firm” for superior client service and is consistently among the top firms on the Am Law Global 100 and NLJ 500. Greenberg Traurig is Mansfield Rule Certified Plus by The Diversity Lab. The firm is recognized for powering its U.S. offices with 100% renewable energy as certified by the Center for Resource Solutions Green-e® Energy program and is a member of the U.S. EPA’s Green Power Partnership Program. The firm is known for its philanthropic giving, innovation, diversity, and pro bono.

Founded in 1996 and formerly known as Economic Development Research Group (EDR Group), EBP features a culture of interdisciplinary teamwork, decentralized and client-oriented leadership, and global collaboration to help clients arrive at viable and sustainable solutions addressing the challenges of our time. We have earned a national and international reputation for leadership and insight regarding economic development, transportation, energy and the relationship to public and private investments, programs, and policies. Our work has consistency centered on improving the state-of-the-art in objective analysis to help empower public and private clients to better plan and implement actions that are efficient, sustainable and serve to grow jobs, increase incomes, reduce disparities, and enhance quality of life.

Park Street Strategies was founded in 2014 by John Heffernan, a seasoned association management, business development, government affairs and public affairs professional. Park Street Strategies works with a diverse clientele focused life sciences and other sectors within the innovation economy. We are well experienced and positioned to partner with organizations to devise, activate and implement a strategy to achieve goals.

Business Development Strategies, Inc., (BDS) is a leading government tax incentives consulting firm in Massachusetts. BDS has helped growing companies in Massachusetts identify, negotiate and secure state tax credits, Tax Increment Financing (TIFs) and other state and local tax incentives that stimulate business investment and job creation. BDS founder and President Lynn Tokarczyk is a former regional director of the Massachusetts Office of Business Development, and senior manager for Ernst & Young’s State and Local Tax Incentives Practice. The BDS team has assisted more than 100 companies in saving over $100 million in state and local taxes since its 2003 founding. BDS’s roster of clients includes many publicly held and privately-owned companies in life sciences, technology, manufacturing and distribution, and other sectors.

KLR Executive Search Group focuses on delivering leadership solutions. The company takes great pride in helping companies select, develop, and on-board future leaders. Its team is comprised of executive search professionals who possess significant industry knowledge and key relationships. KLR typically focuses on Board, C-Level, and executive level positions across a wide range of industries.

The law firm of Nutter has deep roots in Boston and a long-standing reputation of business savvy and pragmatism. The firm’s service model relies on teams of subject-matter experts using their knowledge of the market, the players and the law to help clients get things done. Clients have access to a broad platform of legal expertise and resources in business and finance, intellectual property, litigation, real estate and land use, labor and employment, tax and trusts and estates.

Hinckley Allen is a multiservice law firm offering a full range of legal services and pragmatic business advice to regional, national and international clients, with practices including Construction, Corporate, Litigation, Real Estate, and Trusts & Estates. With its longstanding reputation for creating lasting, meaningful business relationships, Hinckley Allen is more than just a law firm. Hinckley Allen is a law firm that truly and fully engages with its clients.

DLA Piper is an international law firm providing local, national, and multi-national clients with services in the core areas of Corporate and Finance, Litigation, Intellectual Property, Government Affairs, Tax and Real Estate. Its Boston practice is backed by more than 4,200 lawyers across the firm globally, working with clients on Real Estate, Litigation, Government Affairs, Tax and Corporate and Securities related matters. DLA Piper’s real estate lawyers offer a full range of transactional, development, leasing, and advisory services to a wide array of clients. Its litigation group is comprised of seasoned trial lawyers who are experienced in all areas of business litigation. DLA Piper’s corporate and securities lawyers in Boston have a broad-based practice with special emphasis on emerging companies, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, private equity, and fund formation.

Bowditch is a Massachusetts law firm serving businesses along the Massachusetts business corridor from three office locations – Boston, Framingham and Worcester. With clients in 35 states and several countries, the firm also handles matters for national and international companies doing business in New England. The firm’s areas of expertise include real estate (specializing in transactions, permitting, land use planning, and innovative financing), environmental (including a widely recognized brownfields practice), construction, public finance, municipal, corporate, health care, labor and employment and litigation.