Pierce Atwood successfully represented, on a pro bono basis, an 800-acre nonprofit facility that cares for hundreds of abused and neglected animals in Maine, after the town in which the facility is located refused to grant the property tax exemption to which the facility was entitled.

Representing manufacturing facilities and electric and gas utilities in property tax abatement proceedings.

We achieved a property tax exemption for a valuable oceanfront property, used for charitable and religious purposes, in face of challenge by the Town where the property is located.

During Maine’s 2015 legislative session, our government relations attorneys helped to defeat various proposals to help protect the interests of our clients. We successfully defeated numerous proposals that would have been detrimental to our clients, including the defeat of a water extraction tax bill, a bill prohibiting contractor indemnification, and several solid waste bills.

We provide legal and strategic guidance to a provider organization regarding direct-to-employer contracting, including network provider contract design and structure.

Serve as lead PRP counsel and Chair of Steering Committee for over 100 participating PRPs at Plymouth, Maine NPL Superfund site; represent parties in Removal Order, RI/FS Order, Remedial Design AOC and ongoing Technical Impracticability Waiver effort; manage all site issues with EPA and state including PCB issues, Natural Resource Damage claims, post-remediation obligations and financial assurance.

We represent a public utility in some 30 local property tax appeals pending in state courts and administrative bodies.

Advised a publicly traded student loan company in a series of technology transactions with large and sophisticated technology and services vendors, including a mission-critical call center outsourcing agreement.

Represented several Maine pulp and paper facilities on MEPDES licensing renewals and modifications, including review of nutrient limitations and development of site-specific metals limitations.

Represent several pulp and paper mills with compliance inspections under Maine’s Multi-Sector General Permit for industrial facility stormwater discharges.

Represented an affordable housing provider in completing the purchase, rehabilitation, and preservation of 32 units of heavily subsidized low-income housing through the federal Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program, MassDevelopment bonds, and low-interest loans from the City of Quincy’s Affordable Housing Trust. The development, known as Bersani Circle, is the culmination of more than a year’s worth of work with the City of Quincy and various lender and tax credit investment entities, and will provide affordable housing at a time of great need.

Represented RBS Citizens, N.A., as agent and lead lender, in documentation and closing of term loans and lines of credit to a manufacturer with facilities in Maine, California and Tennessee, totaling $35 million.