About the firm

Aldridge Counsel was founded in 2008 to offer mid-market clients an alternative to big-law. We handle the same complexity, with the same depth, at a scale that allows partners to remain directly involved in every engagement.

Our practice spans M&A, private equity, employment, and trusts and estates. Our attorneys trained at major firms (WilmerHale, Goodwin, Ropes and Gray) before joining the firm. We are licensed in Massachusetts and New York.

Practice areas

Four core practice areas, served by attorneys with prior experience at major Boston and New York firms.

Corporate and M&A

We represent mid-market companies on the full lifecycle of corporate matters: formation, financing, acquisitions, and exits. Our team has handled transactions ranging from $5 million to $400 million.

Private Equity

Sponsor-side and portfolio-company representation across the Northeast mid-market. We work with sponsors on platform acquisitions, add-ons, recapitalizations, and exits.

Employment and Litigation

Employment counseling, executive agreements, and selective commercial litigation for our corporate clients. We do not handle plaintiff-side work or class actions.

Trusts and Estates

Estate planning and trust administration for our families and their related businesses. Often coordinated with our corporate work for owner-operated companies.

Our attorneys

Five professionals, including one in semi-retirement, supporting mid-market clients across the Northeast.

James Aldridge

Partner M&A, Corporate

Founded Aldridge Counsel in 2008 after sixteen years at WilmerHale and Goodwin. M&A and corporate work for mid-market clients. Yale undergrad, Harvard Law, lives in Brookline with his wife and two adult children.

Bar admissions: Massachusetts, New York · j.aldridge@aldridgecounsel.com

Rebecca Goldfarb

Senior Counsel M&A, Private Equity

Joined Aldridge in 2017 from Ropes and Gray. M&A and private equity transactions, mostly Northeast mid-market. Harvard Law, Brown undergrad, lives in Newton with her husband and three kids.

Bar admissions: Massachusetts · r.goldfarb@aldridgecounsel.com

Marcus Wong

Associate Employment, Commercial Litigation

Three years at Aldridge. Employment law and commercial litigation. Boston University Law grad, Tufts undergrad, lives in the South End and plays pickup basketball every Saturday.

Bar admissions: Massachusetts · m.wong@aldridgecounsel.com

Margaret Aldridge

Retired Counsel Trusts and Estates

James's mother. Retired in 2014 after 38 years practicing trusts and estates law in Boston. Yale Law, comes in one day a week to advise on legacy estate clients. Lives in Beacon Hill.

Bar admissions: Massachusetts · m.aldridge@aldridgecounsel.com

Diana Caputo

Paralegal

Eight years at Aldridge supporting the M&A team on due diligence, closing binders, and filings. Northeastern paralegal program, prior experience at a downtown firm. Lives in East Boston with her two kids.

d.caputo@aldridgecounsel.com