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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 Transactions 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, entity formation, restructurings, governance matters, and financings. Jessie also counsels clients on commercial contracts, licensing matters, and corporate matters arising in the estate planning and administration context.

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 her career as an attorney, 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.

  • Represented a global heat treatment and thermal processing services provider in its strategic acquisition of a Rhode Island company.
  • Represented the founder of a technology services provider in the sale of a majority interest to a group of employees.
  • Represented a global energy construction and services company in its acquisition of a cleanroom design and construction business.
  • Represented a consortium of beverage distributors in connection with a business combination by joint venture.
  • 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.

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 (2023-2026)
    • Corporate Law
    • Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Super Lawyers, Rhode Island: Rising Stars (2024-2026)
    • Business/Corporate

Bar Memberships

  • Rhode Island
  • Massachusetts
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…

Publication

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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Firm News

Hinckley Allen Earns Wide Recognition Across Six States in 2025 Super Lawyers® and Rising Star Listings

More than 60 Hinckley Allen attorneys have been recognized in the 2025 Super Lawyers® and Rising Stars lists across our Connecticut, Florida, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Upstate New York offices. The honorees include both newly selecte…

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Hinckley Allen Recognized for Excellence: 75% Attorneys Honored in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026

Hinckley Allen is proud to announce that 127 of its attorneys have been recognized in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, representing 75% of the firm’s legal team.

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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 …

Case Study

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…