Overview
Erica Valli is a partner in the Corporate practice group and has extensive experience representing clients in significant business transactions. Erica helps clients across industries navigate complex domestic and international transactions and has specific expertise assisting clients in the energy space.
She represents sponsors, borrowers, and lenders on a variety of complex debt financing transactions, including leveraged acquisition financings, syndicated credit facilities, private placements, asset-backed financings, and project financing. She also regularly represents sponsors, developers, and investors in the acquisition and sale of operating and development-stage renewable energy projects.
Prior to joining Stoel Rives, Erica worked for a number of years in London at a top-tier international law firm.
Education
BPP Law School, London, 2007
University of California San Diego, 2005
London School of Economics, General Course
Admissions
Oregon
Experience
Debt Finance Transactions
- Representation of European-based investment fund in connection with its private placement of $240 million of senior promissory notes.
- Representation of alternative lender in its lending to baked goods manufacturer and distributer in California.
- Representation of sponsor in construction and term debt financing and inverted lease tax equity financing of 160 MW solar project in California.
- Representation of sponsor in construction and term debt financing and inverted lease tax equity financing of 250 MW solar project in Texas.
- Representation of alternative lender in its lending to seafood manufacturer and distributer operating on the Snake River in Idaho.
- Representation of Wastewater Opportunity Fund, a fund managed by Equilibrium Capital, in connection with solid waste bond offering used to finance construction of renewable natural gas production facility in a transaction underwritten by Goldman Sachs & Co.
- Representation of natural gas company in connection with its private placement of $250 million of senior promissory notes.
- Representation of Utah-based public company in refinancing its secured revolving credit facility.
- Representation of The Willamette Valley Company in connection with financing acquisition of controlling interest by Endeavour Capital.
Purchase and Sale Transactions
- Representation of developer regarding the sale of a portfolio of 21 fully operational solar projects in New York and Maryland totaling almost 60 MW of distributed generation assets.
- Representation of a public company regarding the acquisition of approximately 88 MW of operating distributed generation solar projects across the U.S.
- Representation of DIF Capital Partner regarding the acquisition of a majority interest of Green Street Power Partners, a developer, financier, owner, and operator of over 300 MW of distributed generation solar projects in the U.S.
- Representation of joint venture in connection with its asset sale related to waste-to-renewable natural gas facility in Oregon.
- Representation of sponsor in connection with the acquisition of projects, aggregate 900 MW solar capacity plus the potential for battery storage, in Arizona.
- Representation of developer in sale of its 170 MW wind project in Illinois.
- Representation of sponsor in its acquisition of four solar projects with combined capacity of 160 MW in California.
- Representation of international infrastructure fund in connection with its acquisition of a controlling stake in 183 MW wind project in Idaho.
- Representation of automotive company in connection with its acquisition of two Oregon-based companies specializing in electric vehicle parts.
- Representation of international renewable energy developer in connection with sale of its stake in joint venture partnership holding wind, solar, and storage assets.
- Representation of large institutional energy investor in connection with sale, in competitive auction, of its interest in 30 MW solar project in California.
- Representation of large institutional energy investor in connection with acquisition of portfolio of distressed solar assets.
- Representation of Oregon-based logistics company in connection with its sale transaction.
- Representation of German manufacturing company in connection with its purchase of laser technology company.
- Representation of international sustainable energy company in connection with its $100 million acquisition of New York-based energy analytics provider.
Affiliations
Professional
- Oregon State Bar, Member
Civic
- Renewable Energy Scholarship Foundation, Board Member, 2019–present