Overview
Portia S. Keady is a partner in the firm's Corporate and Business Law practice. She advises clients on a broad range of corporate and securities matters, including mergers and acquisitions, asset and equity purchase transactions, corporate governance, licensing matters, escrow arrangements, and due diligence.
Portia represents early-stage growth companies, mature businesses, family offices and investment firms in venture-backed financings and strategic transactions. She regularly counsels clients on day-to-day corporate matters, including corporate strategy, entity formation and structuring, governance, and succession planning.
Her experience spans a wide range of industries, including food and beverage, food service, manufacturing, technology, artificial intelligence, software, and professional services. She also advises food and beverage clients on liquor licensing and related regulatory matters.
Experience
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Serves as outside General Counsel to a rapidly growing non-alcoholic craft beer company based in Sausalito, California
Serves as outside General Counsel to a pre-revenue AI company developing a premier AI training program for physicians' offices
Serves as outside General Counsel to a pre-revenue AI company developing a legal technology platform for law firm efficiency and management
Represented two lawn care companies based in Massachusetts in their sales to a private equity backed platform. The sales price for each transaction ranged from $12 million to $16 million
Represented the premier building supply company serving Cape Cod, Nantucket, and Southeastern Massachusetts in its acquisition by a Denver-based building products distribution platform
Advised a family-owned national Middle Eastern food manufacturer and distributor in its acquisition of an overnight oats manufacturer focused on healthy breakfast products
Represented a privately held specialty food manufacturer and distributor in the sale of all of its assets for $8,000,000
Represented privately held provider of freshly prepared, high quality meals for the business dining and education markets in the sale of all of its equity securities for $16,000,000
Represented the leader in chemical recycling of post-use plastics back into polymers, chemicals, and low carbon fuels, in connection with securing growth financing from a diverse set of European investors led by Carnegie Investment Bank
Represented a large Massachusetts fitness franchisee in connection with the sale of all of its clubs
Represented a leading provider of lead generation, data analytics, and prospecting solutions for the insurance industry in its acquisition by a leading insurtech platform focused on agency growth
Represented a U.S.-based engineering services company providing modeling and analysis, electronic prototyping, research and development, and forensic engineering services in its acquisition by a Paris-based global manufacturer of industrial, automotive, and consumer rubber products
Represented a New Hampshire-based provider of outside plant services for the telecommunications industry in its merger with a provider of critical infrastructure services
Represented a provider of energy benchmarking and sustainability analytics software for multifamily and commercial real estate portfolios in the sale of substantially all of its assets to a publicly traded proptech and legal software company
Represented privately held sales and marketing company serving the food, pharmaceutical, nutritional, personal care, biotech, and industrial markets of North America in the sale of all of its equity securities for $105,000,000
Represented privately held fiber-optic bandwidth infrastructure service provider in the sale of all of its equity securities for $45,000,000
Education and Credentials
Education
- Boston University School of Law, J.D., cum laude
- Trinity College, B.A., Departmental Honors
Admissions
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Recognition and Community
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Recognitions
Chosen for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White, Inc.), Ones to Watch, Corporate Law and Mergers & Acquisitions, 2023-2026
Recognized as "40 Under 40" by the Boston Business Journal, 2025
Selected to the list of Massachusetts Super Lawyers, Business/Corporate, 2025
Community Involvement
Youth Villages Leadership Council, Member, 2017-Present
Concord, Massachusetts Board of Health, Board Member
New England-Cananda Business Council, Board Member
Boston Chamber of Commerce Future Leaders Program, 2024
News & Insights
News
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Portia Keady Joins Day Pitney's Boston Office, Bolstering Corporate Practice, February 23, 2026
In The Media
Publications
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Business and Commercial Law: Self-Guided Professional Development Plan, MCLE, June 17, 2024
