Kimberly M. Butler

Kimberly M. Butler is a director at Downs Rachlin Martin whose practice spans business law, real estate, finance, and restructuring. She advises clients on commercial real estate, development, lending, corporate transactions, mergers and acquisitions, land use, environmental matters, and renewable energy projects. Her work also includes bankruptcy, business restructuring, and creditor issues. She represents for-profit and nonprofit organizations, lenders, borrowers, developers, and other clients in matters that require coordinated attention to financing, property, business structure, and regulatory concerns.

Butler earned a J.D., cum laude, from Villanova University School of Law, where she was elected to the Order of the Coif and served as an Executive Editor of the Villanova Law Review. She earned an A.B. from Dartmouth College. After law school, she clerked for Justice John A. Dooley of the Vermont Supreme Court from 1993 to 1994. Her academic record and appellate clerkship provided a strong foundation in legal research, writing, and analysis for the complex transactional and restructuring work she handles.

Butler has more than two decades of experience with real estate and business matters. Her work includes acquisitions, due diligence, permitting, construction and development, as well as corporate issues arising throughout the life cycle of a business. She advises lenders and borrowers on loans, restructurings, workouts, and related financing concerns. Her practice can bring together real estate, commercial finance, land use, environmental, and corporate considerations, helping clients identify the legal steps needed to complete a transaction or address financial stress.

Kimberly M. Butler brings transactional, financing, and restructuring experience to matters involving businesses and real property. She is admitted in Vermont and New Hampshire and works across practice areas that often intersect in development and commercial transactions. Her background enables her to address questions involving ownership structure, financing documents, permitting, property interests, and creditor relationships within a coordinated legal strategy. She helps clients move projects and business matters forward while identifying risks that can affect closing, operations, or long-term financial objectives.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC
• Member, New Hampshire Bar Association
• Member, Vermont Bar Association
• Former President, The Riverside School
• Board Member and Past President, Littleton Rotary Club
• Former Board Member, Burke Mountain Academy
• Former President, Affordable Housing, Education and Development (AHEAD), Inc.
• Founding Director, Littleton Consumer Cooperative Society, Inc.
• Chair, Kirby Zoning Board and Planning Commission

Licensed State

• New Hampshire
• Vermont

Education

• Villanova University School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Dartmouth College
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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