The Advisor Who Has Been Where You Are.
Attorney. Author. Architect of hundreds of successful business exits.
John Leonetti
Attorney at Law
Greater Boston Area
John Leonetti is not a typical attorney. He earned his law degree decades ago — and spent the years that followed on the business side of mergers and acquisitions, advising hundreds of midsized firms on exit-related issues, pioneering curricula and tools for professional advisors, and authoring what many consider the definitive resource on owner exits. The law was always part of his foundation. Now it is front and center.
John's career spans family businesses, M&A firms, financial planning, business sale transactions, and academia. Merging formal training in law and finance with real-world exposure, he has pioneered curricula, tools, and support mechanisms for professional advisors over the last 30 years. That breadth of experience — from the deal table to the classroom — is what he now brings to every client engagement.
A licensed attorney based just outside Boston, John brings a perspective that most counsel simply cannot offer: he has been on the other side of the table. He understands what owners are risking, what buyers are looking for, and what advisors often miss. That insight — forged over decades in the Boston-area business community and beyond — is the foundation of the Law Offices of John Leonetti.
Exiting Your Business, Protecting Your Wealth
A Strategic Guide for Owners and Their Advisors — Wiley & Sons, 2008
Published by Wiley & Sons in 2008, this book is considered by many the leading resource for business owner exits. The six-step process within it became the foundation for a proven methodology that has guided advisors and owners through some of the most consequential decisions of their professional lives.
Academic Credentials
J.D.
Suffolk University Law School
Master of Finance
Suffolk University Sawyer School of Management
B.S. in Finance
Providence College
Serving the Greater Boston Business Community and Beyond.
The Law Meets the Deal.
Most attorneys understand the law. Fewer understand the business. John Leonetti understands both — and that distinction matters when the stakes are high. Whether structuring a transaction, navigating a dispute, or pursuing a claim, every engagement is approached with the strategic clarity of someone who has spent decades in the room where deals get done.