Walter A. Wright, III member and shareholder of the greater Boston firm,Trinity Law Group, intensely focuses on the organizational, venture financing, operational, capital and transactional requirements of entrepreneurs, start-ups, emerging and mid-sized companies and as well as representing venture capital funds and angel groups in investment transactions and C-level executives in compensation, employment and termination matters .

Walter Wright is a magna cum laude graduate of both Boston College Law School (J.D.) and Tufts University (B.A., M.A). He serves in significant capacities with major entrepreneurs, emerging companies, executives, technologists, private equity and venture investors including: lead general counsel, special legal counsel, corporate officer, stockholder, strategic advisor, board director personal counsel and limited partner. A citizen of the United States and the European Union (Ireland), Walt Wright’s clients have New England, national and international operations and offices.

His complex and diverse practice embraces all aspects of the organization and operation of corporations, limited liability companies and other business ventures and non-profit organizations, securities law, corporate finance (including private placements, angel rounds and public offerings), technology licensing, mergers and acquisitions (including roll-ups, tuck-ins and spin-outs), contracts, joint ventures, digital, internet and e-commerce law, employee relations, executive compensation, corporate governance and compliance, preventative counseling, outsourcing and real estate. 

Walt is one of the elite lawyers in Massachusetts according to Super Lawyers, a joint publication of Boston Magazine and Law & Politics. Attorneys in Boston and throughout Massachusetts individually chose Mr. Wright as an outstanding attorney and legal counsel. In 2006, having received from his fellow lawyers one of the highest vote totals in his primary practice area, he was invited to serve on Super Lawyer’s Blue Ribbon Panel of preeminent peers to review nominees. The business news media includes Walt among Boston’s venture capital community’s “heavy hitters” and tech’s “bigwigs”, and as a resource on legal, business, technology and international commerce developments. He has been described in the press as “an entrepreneur’s best friend.” A prominent business publisher characterizes Walter Wright as “a seasoned veteran who has done countless deals and can help make sure you get the best terms possible.”

Walt counsels important players in a broad spectrum of business sectors, including venture capital and private equity, software (including AI, decisioning, SOA), e-commerce and internet (including e-learning, e-credit, digital influence and webstores), informational service and publishing, insurance, off-shore India and China outsourcing, electronic manufacturing and distribution, market analysis, telecommunication, micro-lending, public relations and media communication, real estate, bio-tech, robotics, energy and environmental.

Walter Wright shares his broad expertise and insightful perspective by speaking and participating in conferences and seminars of business and legal importance such as those offered by The Entrepreneurship Institute, Nantucket Conference for Technology & Innovation, Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council,  the TiE Technology & Entrepreneurship Conference, American Corporate Counsel Association, and the Federal Communications Bar Association. He is a Senior Contributing Editor to the VC Encyclopedia and VCExperts.com. He is a lead speaker in Reed Logic’s Video Leadership Series featuring authoritative, insider’s perspectives on the best practices of the world’s top venture capital lawyers. Walter has served as a Co-Chair of the Venture Capital Financing Conference of CLE International. He is a member of the American and Massachusetts Bar Associations, the ABA's Business Section, the Science and Technology Section, and Law Practice Management Section, the Association for Corporate Growth, TiE Boston, the Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange, the MIT Enterprise Forum, the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council, Chief Executives' Club of Boston and the National Association of Corporate Directors and the BayAngels. He serves as a judge in business plan competitions for Tufts University’s Entrepreneurial Leadership Program and the Boston College Carroll School of Management. He is a member of the Tufts Alumni Council.

He is active in community and political affairs, having held elective and appointed public offices on the state and local level, and serving in major leadership roles with non profit and faith-based organizations. As a result of his professional and civic activities, he has received public recognition, including awards and citations, local and national newspaper features, and biographic inclusion in major publications listing prominent Americans, attorneys, and international finance and industry leaders. Martindale-Hubbell recognizes Walter A. Wright as an AV® peer review rated attorney, the highest such rating available to any individual lawyer. This rating shows that a lawyer has reached the height of professional excellence and is recognized for the highest levels of skill and integrity.

He lives in Needham, Massachusetts with his wife Betty and his four children where he coaches and instructs in baseball and softball, and serves as a youth advisor.

Walter Wright’s firm, Trinity Law Group, provides superior legal and strategic counsel through its mission-execution culture, extraordinary commitment to client success, outstanding competence and straightforward communication.

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