Katherine E. Hedges

Katherine E. Hedges

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Katherine focuses her practice on representing lenders, tax equity investors, and developers in financing and development of renewable energy projects, including solar, wind, hydro, landfill natural gas, and battery energy storage system projects. Her work includes performing legal due diligence and structuring, negotiating, and closing transactions involving the construction, acquisition, sale, and financing of renewable energy projects and the transfer of investment tax credits. She also assists developers and landowners with a wide array of real estate transactions.

Katherine is a member of the Renewable/Alternative Energy and Utility Practice Group and the Business and Finance Practice Group. She also works closely with the Tax Group in crafting approaches to maximize the value of the incentives often associated with alternative energy projects, including federal tax credits and renewable energy incentive programs.

Katherine also has a wide range of experience outside of renewable energy transactions, including representing clients in commercial real estate transactions, business formation and corporate compliance, contract negotiation, and mergers and acquisition.

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Katherine E. Hedges
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Katherine E. Hedges

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Katherine focuses her practice on representing lenders, tax equity investors, and developers in financing and development of renewable energy projects, including solar, wind, hydro, landfill natural gas, and battery energy storage system projects. Her work includes performing legal due diligence and structuring, negotiating, and closing transactions involving the construction, acquisition, sale, and financing of renewable energy projects and the transfer of investment tax credits. She also assists developers and landowners with a wide array of real estate transactions.

Katherine is a member of the Renewable/Alternative Energy and Utility Practice Group and the Business and Finance Practice Group. She also works closely with the Tax Group in crafting approaches to maximize the value of the incentives often associated with alternative energy projects, including federal tax credits and renewable energy incentive programs.

Katherine also has a wide range of experience outside of renewable energy transactions, including representing clients in commercial real estate transactions, business formation and corporate compliance, contract negotiation, and mergers and acquisition.

Education and Bar Admissions

Education:

  • Boston University, B.A.
  • University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law, J.D.

Bar Admissions

  • New Hampshire
  • New York
  • Massachusetts
  • Maine

 

Representative Matters

  • Represented tax equity investors and sponsors in connection with investments in solar portfolios, including commercial and industrial, community solar, and utility scale projects.
  • Represented lenders and tax equity investors as local counsel in connection with loans and tax equity investment in battery energy storage systems, including a 175 MW, 350 MWh project in Gorham, Maine and a 150 MW/300 MWh project in Carver, Massachusetts.
  • Represented lenders as local counsel for construction and term loan, letter of credit facilities, and ITC bridge loan for a solar project in Maine.
  • Represented lenders as local counsel for real estate matters related to acquisition of a portfolio of hydroelectric assets.
  • Represented seller in asset sale of retail gift shop.
  • Assisted clients with opening a new fitness center and martial arts studio.

Community Involvement

  • President, New Hampshire Women’s Bar Association
  • Trustee, Capital Center for the Arts
  • Member, New Hampshire Bar Association’s Leadership Academy Steering Committee
  • Graduate of New Hampshire Bar Association Leadership Academy, Class of 2023-2024
  • Solar Energy Industries Association
  • New England Women in Energy and the Environment
  • Graduate of Leadership New Hampshire Class of 2025

Noteworthy

Speaking Engagements

  • Panelist, CLE: The Importance of Community Engagement, 2026 NH Bar Association Mid-Year Meeting, February 20, 2026.
  • Co-Chair and Speaker, Practical Approaches to Commercial Leases, NH Bar Association, February 4, 2025.
  • Speaker, Real Estate Option Agreements for Renewables, NH Bar Association, September 30, 2024.
  • Panelist, Transactional Attorney Panel, University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law, Fundamentals of Lawyering Class, April 25, 2024.
  • Co-Chair and Speaker, Employment Law 101 CLE, New Hampshire Bar Association, March 6, 2024.
  • Panelist, The Accidental Attorney: Terms of Engagement, New Hampshire Bar Association, 2021 Annual Member Meeting, June 25, 2021
  • Speaker, Traps for the Unwary: Landlord and Tenant CLE, New Hampshire Bar Association, May 12, 2021
  • Speaker, Traps for the Unwary: Business Corporations CLE, New Hampshire Bar Association,  January 13, 2021

Publications

  • “How Community Power is Transforming the New Hampshire Energy Landscape, One Year Later,” New Hampshire Bar News, Vol. 35, No. 5 (September 18, 2024) (with Lauren Kilmister)
  • “Community Power Is Transforming the Energy Landscape in New Hampshire,” New Hampshire Bar News, Vol. 34, No. 4 (September 20, 2023) (with Lauren Kilmister)
  • “12 Tips for Filing Electronically in the NH Superior Court,” New Hampshire Bar News, Vol. 29, No. 10 (March 20, 2019)
  • “How to Make Your Legal Office More Environmentally Friendly,” New Hampshire Bar News, Vol. 27, No. 12 (May 17, 2017)

Published New Hampshire Supreme Court Decisions

  • Fortune Laurel, LLC v. High Liner Foods (USA) Incorporated, Trustee Defendant, et al., No. 2019-0307 (affirming New Hampshire had jurisdiction to maintain a trustee process attachment).
  • Hodges v. Johnson et al., No. 2019-0319 (affirming an award of attorneys’ fees and costs against former trustees found to have breached their fiduciary duty) (on the brief).
  • Carr v. Town of New London, No. 2016-0350 (affirming the availability of the abatement process for taxpayers whose home was destroyed by fire when the taxpayers had not utilized an alternative avenue for property tax relief)(on the brief).

Awards and Recognitions

(2018-2024)

 

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