Erica Harrington

Associate - Boston

Erica Harrington
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Erica Harrington advises companies on a wide range of corporate matters including mergers and acquisitions, venture financings, project finance, general corporate formation and ongoing governance matters.  Erica’s practice focuses primarily on corporate transactions within the bluetech, cleantech, biotech and clean energy industries. Erica also mentors and advises startup companies through her work with local incubators and accelerator programs.  Erica is also an active member of the firm’s Energy & Climate practice. 

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Education:

  • Boston College Law School, J.D.
  • Northeastern University, B.S.

Languages:

English

Representative Experience

Energy, Cleantech & Bluetech

  • Represented Vineyard Wind LLC in submitting its winning bid in Massachusetts’ 83C procurement to develop an 800MW offshore wind farm off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard
  • Advise SeaAhead, a bluetech startup platform, in connection with ongoing corporate matters, and act as member of SeaAhead advisory board
  • Advised Bluewave Solar in connection with solar project transactions, including construction and development financings and acquisitions
  • Advised Soltage, LLC in connection with sponsor and tax equity solar project portfolio financings, including multiple acquisition transactions and a back leverage lending facility
  • Advised Greenwood Energy in connection with a tax equity financing and back leverage lending facility for a multi-state portfolio of solar projects
  • Advised Goldenset Capital Partners in connection with $50 million sponsor equity and simultaneous tax equity investments for a portfolio of Massachusetts solar projects

Mergers & Acquisitions

  • Represented Shift4 Payments (NYSE: FOUR) in connection with its acquisition of 3dcart 
  • Advised global cannabis operator Columbia Care Inc. (NEO: CCHW) (OTCQX: CCHWF) (FSE: 3LP) in its pending acquisition of The Green Solution (“TGS”), the largest vertically integrated cannabis operator in Colorado, through a transaction initially valued at approximately $140 million
  • Represented LevelUp, a leader in mobile diner engagement and payment solutions for restaurants, in its $390M sale to online and mobile food-ordering and delivery marketplace Grubhub Inc. (NYSE: GRUB)
  • Represented Inovalon Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: INOV) in its $1.2B acquisition of ABILITY Network

Venture Capital 

  • Represented Greenlight Biosciences in connection with its $102 million Series D Financing
  • Represented LaunchCapital LLC as lead investor in a seed round of financing in ClearGov Inc., a local startup seeking to improve transparency for municipal spending
  • Represented SolidEnegy Systems, a breakthrough energy storage technology developer, in connection with its $35 million Series C Financing
  • Resurrecting the Public Trust Doctrine: How Rolling Easements Can Adapt to Sea Level Rise and Preserve the United States Coastline, 43 B.C. Envtl. Aff. L. Rev. 575 (2016)
  • Segmentation of Environmental Review: Why Defenders of Wildlife v. U.S. Navy Threatens the Effectiveness of NEPA and the ESA, 42 B.C. Envtl. Aff. L. Rev. 243 (2015)

Honors

  • Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review, Editor-in-Chief
  • Cornelius J. Moynihan Award for Outstanding Editorial Work on Publications

Involvement

  • Boston Bar Association, Member
  • Women’s Bar Association, Member
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  • Massachusetts