Erica Harrington

Associate - Boston

Erica Harrington
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Erica Harrington is an associate in Foley Hoag’s Business Department. She advises public and private companies on a wide range of corporate matters including formation, financings, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate governance matters.

Erica is an active member of the firm’s Energy & Cleantech practice group and represents solar developers and investors in a variety of renewable energy transactions, including acquisitions, project development, tax equity, sponsor equity and debt financings. 

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Education:

  • Boston College Law School, J.D., cum laude, 2016
  • Northeastern University, B.S., 2009

Languages:

English

Representative Experience

Energy & Cleantech

  • 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 
  • 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 and Acquisitions

  • 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 $18 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
  • Represented CleanCapital LLC in connection with its $3.7 million Series A Financing

Emerging Companies

  • Represented non-profit and for-profit emerging companies in connection with formation, corporate governance, early-stage financings and other funding endeavors
  • Advised renewable energy developers in connection with formation of corporate cooperatives designed to develop and manage community solar projects
  • 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