Katherine E. Hedges

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Katherine is a member of the Renewable/Alternative Energy and Utility Practice Group and the Business and Finance Practice Group. Her work primarily focuses on support of the firm’s renewable energy practice, which includes representation in connection with solar, wind, hydroelectric, battery energy storage systems, and landfill natural gas projects. She represents lenders, investors, developers, and sponsors in performing due diligence and structuring, negotiating, and closing transactions involving the construction, acquisition, sale, and financing of renewable energy projects throughout the country. She also assists developers and landowners with real estate transactions involving purchase and sale of real property, leasing, easements, and other matters in support of development of renewable energy projects.

Katherine also has a wide range of experience outside of the renewable energy practice, including representing clients in commercial real estate transactions, business formation and corporate compliance, contract negotiation, and mergers and acquisition. Katherine advises clients on a wide range of business matters, including entity formation, employment issues, contract drafting and negotiation, and dissolution of entities.

Prior to joining the firm, Katherine worked as an attorney at Hage Hodes Professional Association in Manchester, where her focus was corporate law and civil litigation. She completed her undergraduate studies at Boston University, where she received a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in both Environmental Analysis & Policy and International Relations. She obtained her juris doctorate from University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law.

Katherine E. Hedges

Shareholder

Katherine is a member of the Renewable/Alternative Energy and Utility Practice Group and the Business and Finance Practice Group. Her work primarily focuses on support of the firm’s renewable energy practice, which includes representation in connection with solar, wind, hydroelectric, battery energy storage systems, and landfill natural gas projects. She represents lenders, investors, developers, and sponsors in performing due diligence and structuring, negotiating, and closing transactions involving the construction, acquisition, sale, and financing of renewable energy projects throughout the country. She also assists developers and landowners with real estate transactions involving purchase and sale of real property, leasing, easements, and other matters in support of development of renewable energy projects.

Katherine also has a wide range of experience outside of the renewable energy practice, including representing clients in commercial real estate transactions, business formation and corporate compliance, contract negotiation, and mergers and acquisition. Katherine advises clients on a wide range of business matters, including entity formation, employment issues, contract drafting and negotiation, and dissolution of entities.

Prior to joining the firm, Katherine worked as an attorney at Hage Hodes Professional Association in Manchester, where her focus was corporate law and civil litigation. She completed her undergraduate studies at Boston University, where she received a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in both Environmental Analysis & Policy and International Relations. She obtained her juris doctorate from University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law.

Education and Bar Admissions

Education:

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

Bar Admissions

  • New Hampshire
  • Massachusetts
  • Maine

 

Representative Matters

  • Represents both tax equity investors and sponsors in connection with tax equity investment in solar portfolios, including for commercial and industrial, community solar, and utility scale projects.
  • 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 developers in drafting and negotiating leases for solar projects.
  • Represented lenders and tax equity investors in connection with loans and tax equity investment in battery energy storage systems.
  • Represented buyer in company asset purchase, including patent.
  • Represented seller in asset sale of retail gift shop.
  • Assisted clients with opening a new fitness center and martial arts studio.
  • Negotiates purchase and sale agreements, drafts commercial real estate conveyance and lease documents, and closes commercial real estate transactions on behalf of sellers, purchasers, and lenders.

Community Involvement

  • President, New Hampshire Women’s Bar Association
  • 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
  • Associate, Leadership New Hampshire Class of 2025

Noteworthy

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 LondonNo. 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).

Speaking Engagements

  • Transactional Attorney Panel, University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law, Fundamentals of Lawyering Class, April 25, 2024.
  • Co-Chair and Speaker, New Hampshire Bar Association, Employment Law 101 CLE, March 6, 2024
  • Panel Participant, New Hampshire Bar Association, The Accidental Attorney: Terms of Engagement, 2021 Annual Member Meeting, June 25, 2021
  • Speaker, New Hampshire Bar Association, Traps for the Unwary: Landlord and Tenant CLE, May 12, 2021
  • Speaker, New Hampshire Bar Association, Traps for the Unwary: Business Corporations CLE, 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)

Awards and Recognitions

(2018-2024)