Press Release

Boston, MA, July 15, 2021 – Burns & Levinson has added four lateral attorneys – Lauren Barrett, Naveed Cheraghchi, Gustav Stickley, and Christopher Wurster – to its team.

Lauren Barrett is an associate in the Business Law Group, where she primarily specializes in transactions related to general capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, and venture capital financing. She joined the firm after working in-house at a large asset management company. She received her L.L.M from Boston University School of Law in 2018, her J.D. from the University of Illinois – Chicago, John Marshall Law School in 2017, and her B.S. from Suffolk University in 2013.

Naveed Cheraghchi is an associate in the Business Law Group, primarily working in M&A and venture capital. He joined Burns & Levinson from a mid-size law firm where his practice was focused on M&A. He earned his J.D. from Boston College Law School in 2019 and his B.S. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2016.

Gustav Stickley is an associate in the Business Law Group and Cannabis Business & Law Advisory Group, where he focuses his practice on corporate matters and governance, M&A, finance, securities, and lending. He joined the firm from Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP, where he represented lenders and borrowers in complex debt finance transactions. He earned his J.D., summa cum laude, from Suffolk University Law School in 2018 and his B.A. from Endicott College in 2014.

Christopher Wurster is an associate in the Business Litigation and Employment Group, where he will continue to represent individuals in cases involving discrimination, harassment, disability accommodations, retaliation, wage and hour issues, and breach of contract as well counseling clients on employment related agreements. He joined Burns & Levinson from a small Boston-area firm where he built and managed the employment law practice. He received his J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law in 2010 and his B.A. from Columbia University in 2002.