Press Release

Boston, MA, Aug. 17, 2023 – Burns & Levinson announced today that partner Josef Volman has been named a “Lawyer of the Year” in Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) by Best Lawyers, a peer-review publication regarded as the most respected, reliable, and unbiased source of legal referrals. Best Lawyers awards “Lawyer of the Year” recognition to those who received the highest overall peer feedback. Only one lawyer is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year” for a specialty and location per edition.

As co-chair of Burns & Levinson’s Business Law group, Volman has built a reputation as a go-to lawyer and M&A deal maker in the business community. His practice focuses on the representation of entrepreneurs and investors, startup and emerging companies, and PE/VC funds through all phases of the investment and exit process on both the sell and buy sides of M&A transactions. Volman has a deep understanding of several dynamic sectors, including technology (particularly SaaS and fintech companies), business services, professional services, consumer businesses, life sciences, manufacturing, logistics, healthcare, sports, food/beverage, and hospitality. Through his creative, results-driven approach, Volman partners with his clients as a strategic advisor and leverages his vast network to help clients source deals and raise capital to drive growth and maximize returns on their investments.

Volman has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America since 2013 and has been honored as a Mergers & Acquisitions and Antitrust Trailblazer by National Law Journal. He has served as the president of the Boston chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), one of the largest M&A organizations in the world. He also has served as the president of the board of Jewish Family Service (JFS) of Metrowest, and currently is a lecturer in the Entrepreneurship Program at Tufts University’s Gordon Institute, teaching Business Law for Entrepreneurs. He received his J.D. from the University of Connecticut School of Law and his B.A. from Tufts University.

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