Harper R. Marshall
Associate

Biography

Harper focuses his practice on representing small- to medium-size businesses from start-up to eventual sale, providing advice with respect to formation, taxation, growth and expansion and transactional matters.  Harper’s primary concentration is in the area of general business law with a specialty in mergers and acquisitions and tax planning.  He has experience advising private and emerging companies on debt and equity financings, incentive compensation planning, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate law matters.

EDUCATION:

Boston University School of Law, Master of Laws in Taxation

Vermont Law School, Juris Doctor, Magna Cum Laude

Gordon College, Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Business Administration with an international concentration

Representative Transactions

• The sale of a major defense contractor to a publicly-traded leading provider of high technology products and systems.
• The sale of a division of an ESOP-owned international textile manufacturing and processing company.
• The joint venture between a regional e-waste recovery and recycling business and an India-based company.
• The sale of a majority ownership interest in an equipment leasing and financing company based on an enterprise value of $115 million to a publicly-traded private equity firm.
• The sale of a New Hampshire-based liberal arts college to a publicly traded for-profit company.
• The sale of a regional oil distribution company and its over thirty retail locations to a New England-based petroleum marketing distribution company. 
• The acquisition of a New Hampshire-based candle manufacturer by a private equity firm.

Speaking Engagements

• Mergers & Acquisitions - Nuts & Bolts of Buying & Selling a Business, New Hampshire Society of CPAs (November 29, 2011)
• How To Buy or Sell A Business, New Hampshire Business Sales Associates (June 8, 2011)
• Mergers & Acquisitions - Transactional and Tax Issues, New Hampshire Society of Accountants (April 27, 2011) 

Community Involvement

• NH/VT Schweitzer Fellowship Program, Advisory Board Member
• American Heart Association, Co-Chair, 2010 Special Appeal Event

Publications

• "Business Success Planning", Tax E-News (September 26, 2011).
• "Ask the Expert: What is deferred compensation and what issues should I be looking out for when making or reviewing these arrangements with my employees?", BIA Report, (November 2010).
• "1031 Exchanges and Single-Member LLC’s – Is the New Hampshire DRA Creating Something Out of Nothing", State Tax E-News (January 11, 2010)
• “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act – Impact Outside of Road Work”, State Tax E-News (June 25, 2009)

Case Studies

• Stimulating the Economy One Beer at a Time

Bar Admissions

• New Hampshire