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Representation of Extreme Reach, Inc., the leading provider of video advertising management, delivery and measurement solutions across TV and digital media, in all-stock acquisition of Talent Partners, a Carlyle portfolio company.
Represent the Maine Forest Products Council, the state's only trade association representing Maine timberland owners, forest products companies, and related suppliers, on environmental, land use, forestry, commercial, tax, and antitrust issues.
We represented a newly formed company in the semiconductor robotics industry in its initial formation, establishing the documentary and procedural basis for clean intellectual property ownership and employee equity incentives. We then assisted this client in structuring and negotiating its initial financing from an international strategic investor.
Assisting Bright Community Capital, a subsidiary of Coastal Enterprises, Inc., with all aspects of fund formation and capital raise efforts for a tax equity fund and a sponsor equity fund, which will be used to acquire mid-size solar PV projects with a focus on those in low-income areas or benefitting low-income people.
Pierce Atwood assisted GO Lab, Inc., d/b/a TimberHP on all aspects of the development of its wood fiber insulation manufacturing facility at the former UPM paper mill in Madison, Maine, beginning with the acquisition of the mill in 2019, through the closing of the sale of $85 million tax-exempt green bonds issued by the Finance Authority of Maine, a $24 million New Markets Tax Credit transaction, and a $25 million Series A equity raise. These funds provide the up-front capital needed to turn the former paper mill into the first wood fiber insulation manufacturing plant in North America.
Gum Spirits Productions, based in Portland, Maine, has been producing independent films since 2003. Pierce Atwood saw Gum Spirits through a private offering to raise funding for the film Three Priests. We also set up the corporate structure, including with respect to investor interests, of Three Priests LLC, acted as production counsel for Three Priests, and worked with Gum Spirits to secure and negotiate distribution for the film.
Lead counsel to ImmuCell Corporation in $9 million public offering of common stock. ImmuCell is a growing animal health company that develops, manufactures and markets scientifically-proven and practical products that improve the health and productivity of dairy and beef cattle.
Representation of GO Lab, Inc., d/b/a TimberHP, a startup company helping to revitalize Maine’s forest products industry by repurposing a former paper mill to develop and manufacture environmentally responsible wood fiber insulation, in all aspects of the development of its business.
Helped devise and negotiate innovative project development loan and equity option agreements between a private equity fund and a renewable project developer to secure, fund and ultimately develop renewable projects.
Maine Beer Co. has grown from a small “nano” brewery producing 100 barrels of beer a year to a thriving microbrewery producing over 4000 barrels a year. To support the surge in production they expanded their staff from two to 12 full-time people and moved into a brand new 11,000 square foot production facility. As the company has grown so have its legal needs and Pierce Atwood has been there to help.