Brian Carr is an associate in Gunster’s West Palm Beach office and a member of the firm’s Corporate practice. Brian has experience representing private equity funds and their portfolio companies across a range of transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, buyouts, divestitures, sell-side deals and growth equity investments. Prior to law school, Brian practiced as a Certified Public Accountant for a global professional services firm. Brian leverages his dual qualifications and financial acumen to navigate complex transactions and add value for his clients.

Prior to joining Gunster, Brian served as a corporate attorney for a large Boston-based law firm where he represented private equity and venture capital clients across a range of complex transactions. Brian also provided strategic counsel on corporate governance and other general corporate matters to his clients.

Brian earned his J.D. and LL.M. in taxation from Boston University School of Law and received his bachelor’s degree in accounting from the College of the Holy Cross. Brian also holds a master’s degree from Northeastern University D’Amore-McKim School of Business.

In his free time, Brian enjoys traveling, evenings with friends, and running the beach with his two wheaten terriers, Maggie and Ollie. 

• American Academy of Attorneys-CPAs, 2021-present
• Boston Bar Association, 2021-present
• American Institution of Certified Public Accountants, 2016-present
• Massachusetts Society of CPAs, 2016-present

• United In Their Honor; Co-Founder, humanitarian aid organization dedicated to serving US veterans injured in combat; 2009-2016
• Center for Women & Enterprise, Massachusetts