Boston Arts Academy surpasses $35M goal

The Boston Arts Academy Foundation closed its Building Our Future fundraising campaign, surpassing its $35 million goal, thanks to twin $1 million donations — one from Vertex Pharmaceuticals founder Dr. Joshua Boger and his wife, Dr. Amy Boger, which matched an anonymous donor’s gift of the same amount.

The BAAF’s Building Our Future campaign, which was launched six years ago, is funding a state-of-the-industry multimedia production program; sound stage, recording studio, and theater at the Boston Arts Academy’s Fenway campus, as well as scholarships, endowments, and faculty.

The academy is the city’s only public high school dedicated to visual and performing arts.

Boston law firm adds partner

Tal Unrad, an experienced corporate attorney, has joined Saul Ewing’s Boston office as a partner, where he will focus on complex mergers and acquisitions and the restructuring of distressed assets.

“We are thrilled to welcome Tal to Saul Ewing,” said Boston Office Managing Partner Joseph D. Lipchitz. “Tal has a comprehensive understanding of both global and local markets that he taps to help clients effectively navigate business law as they work through deals that are key to their corporate evolution.”

Unrad will also help with corporate structuring, tax efficiencies, lending and financing, IP licensing and SaaS agreements, and corporate contracts. He’ll also represent both domestic and international buyers and sellers in middle-market asset and stock purchase transactions.

— Boston Herald staff