Harris Beach Murtha has acquired Hartford-based boutique law firm Consoli Bortolan Law Group, which focuses on commercial real estate and corporate transactions.
Founding partners Scott Consoli and Lynn Bortolan will join Harris Beach Murtha, along with associates Jeffrey Lounsbury and Ryan Humphrey and paralegals Cristhian Monroy and Matthew Campo, the firms announced.
The team will remain based in Hartford, operating from Harris Beach Murtha’s existing office at 280 Trumbull St.
Consoli Bortolan’s practice focuses on commercial real estate sales and acquisitions, commercial leasing, construction and permanent financing, development, and tax credit financing, along with projects involving the Capital Region Development Authority and the City of Hartford.
The firm has represented clients on Hartford-area housing and mixed-use developments, including the recent acquisition of the Stilts Building, 101 & 111 Pearl Street, 5 Constitution Plaza and Trumbull on the Park.
Harris Beach Murtha Managing Partner Chris Jagel said the move is a major expansion of the firm’s commercial real estate capabilities across the Northeast.
“Connecticut’s public finance market works differently than New York’s, with fewer local entry points,” said Nicholas W. Vitti Jr., co-leader of the firm’s Commercial Real Estate Practice Group. “A strong, developer-facing real estate practice like Consoli Bortolan’s is exactly how we grow our presence in the state. It’s a natural, strategic fit.”
Consoli Bortolan was formed in 2019.
The deal represents the latest addition for Harris Beach Murtha, which was formed in 2025 following the combination of New York-based Harris Beach with Hartford’s Murtha Cullina. The firm earlier this year announced a major expansion into Boston.
