Benjamin E. Marcus

Benjamin E. Marcus is an attorney at Drummond Woodsum in Portland, Maine whose practice focuses on business transactions, banking and finance, restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, and technology-related contracting. He advises businesses and financial participants on acquisitions and sales, equity and asset transactions, joint ventures, workouts, restructurings, and commercial agreements. His practice also includes securities, venture capital, intellectual property and technology licensing, and restaurant, hospitality, specialty food, and beverage matters.

Marcus earned an LL.B., magna cum laude, from Cornell Law School in 1986 and a B.A., cum laude, from Bates College in 1982. His education supports a transactional practice that frequently combines corporate, finance, and contract analysis. This background supports Marcus’ legal analysis and problem solving in business transactions and finance, including work that requires close attention to detailed facts, governing rules, and practical consequences.

Marcus’ experience includes more than three decades of work on complex commercial matters, including equity and asset purchases and sales, joint ventures, development projects, workouts, restructurings, and financing arrangements. Marcus also handles sophisticated contracts such as SaaS and hosted-services agreements and hotel management arrangements, requiring attention to operational, financial, and risk-allocation terms. Through these matters, Marcus helps clients assess legal options, manage risk, and move through transactions, disputes, administrative processes, or litigation as the situation requires.

Benjamin E. Marcus brings 33 years of transactional experience to business and finance matters across several industries. His practice spans both growth-oriented transactions and situations involving financial distress or restructuring. In serving businesses, lenders, and investors, Marcus brings practical judgment and subject-matter knowledge to the issues presented. Marcus helps businesses and financial parties negotiate, document, and complete significant commercial transactions with advice grounded in the specific facts and legal framework of each matter.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Drummond Woodsum
• Member, Maine State Bar Association
• Member, Massachusetts Bar Association
• Member, New Hampshire Bar Association
• Past President and Current Board Member, Temple Beth El
• Past President and Current Board Member, Jewish Community Alliance
• Member, Turnaround Managment Association

Licensed State

• Maine
• Massachusetts
• New Hampshire

Education

• Cornell Law School
  Bachelor of Laws (LLB)
• Bates College
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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