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Jessie M. Reniere

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Jessie is a corporate transactional attorney and a member of Hinckley Allen’s Corporate & Business group. She works with private middle-market businesses and public companies in various industries and advises clients on a wide variety of transactional matters including mergers and acquisitions, financings, and general corporate law. Jessie also regularly counsels clients through the review and negotiation of commercial contracts.

When advising clients, Jessie draws from her experience as in-house counsel. She previously served as Corporate Counsel at AAA Northeast, a member club of the American Automobile Association federation, where she supported various business lines including financial services, real estate, travel, and driving instruction.

Before law school, Jessie worked at IGT (formerly known as GTECH), a global gaming technology and services provider, in its Global Government Relations department, where she was responsible for compliance matters relating to global anti-corruption, lobbying, campaign-finance, and ethics.

Experience

  • Represented the Estate of Laura Halloran, founder of a life science consulting firm, which was also partially owned by an ESOP, in the sale of the company to a global provider of comprehensive healthcare services.
  • Represented an East-Coast based construction company in a seller-financed redemption and sale to an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) for its nine affiliated entities.
  • Represented Sons of Liberty Spirits Company in its sale of its Loyal 9 product line to Diageo North America, Inc.

Credentials

Work Experience

  • Hinckley Allen
    • Associate, Corporate & Business (2023-Present)
    • Associate, Corporate & Business (2019-2022)
    • Summer Associate (2018)
  • AAA Northeast
    • Corporate Counsel (2022-2023)
  • Textron
    • Corporate Counsel Extern (2019)
  • IGT
    • Consultant, Government Relations (2016-2019)
    • Government Relations Representative (2011-2016)
  • United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island
    • Intern for the Honorable John J. McConnell, Jr. (2017)

Honors & Awards

  • Best Lawyers® Ones to Watch (2023-2025)
    • Corporate Law
  • Super Lawyers, Rhode Island: Rising Stars (2024)
    • Business/Corporate

Bar Memberships

  • Rhode Island
  • Massachusetts

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Publication

Drafting and Negotiating Force Majeure Clauses in Today’s World

With the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain issues, labor shortages, and now the war in Ukraine, force majeure clauses are no longer the often overlooked boilerplate provisions they once were. It is critical when drafting or negotiating a contract to consider…

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SEC Proposes New Cybersecurity Risk Management Rules for Investment Advisers and Funds

On February 9, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) voted to propose new rules and rule amendments relating to cybersecurity risk management and disclosures for registered investment advisers (“Advisers”), and registered investment …

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Hinckley Allen’s Widespread Recognition in the 2024 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists

More than 60 Hinckley Allen attorneys were named to the Super Lawyers® and Rising Stars lists in Connecticut, Florida, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Upstate New York for 2024, including those newly recognized and featured in the Top List…

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Hinckley Allen Attorneys Shine in 2025 Edition of Best Lawyers®

Hinckley Allen is pleased to announce that over 100 attorneys are recognized in the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers in America®, including 14 “Lawyers of the Year” and 41 “Ones to Watch.” This recognition, marking the largest group of attorneys honor…

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Case Study

Hinckley Allen Guides Complex ESOP for Family-Owned Construction Firm

Hinckley Allen represented Rifenburg Holdings, Inc. (“Rifenburg”) in the sale of 100% ownership interests to the organization’s newly formed Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). Rifenburg, one of Upstate New York’s oldest and largest family-owned …

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Hinckley Allen Facilitates Brinker Capital Merger in Significant Moment for Financial Services Industry

Hinckley Allen represented its long-time client, Brinker Capital, a registered investment adviser, and its affiliated broker-dealer, in their sale to new investment partnership controlled by funds affiliated with Genstar Capital Partners, a California-base…