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Industries Served

Industries Served

Regardless of deal size, our clients remain our highest priority. We focus on producing quality results by understanding our clients’ businesses and their future goals for growth and success.

Renewable Energy

Renewable Energy

Hanigan Law Group has been active in the renewable energy industry since its inception and our firm’s founding partner, Bill Hanigan, is nationally recognized as a leader in the renewable fuels sector. Our renewable energy client portfolio includes biofuels facilities, wind, solar, biomass, and agricultural processing facilities, financial institutions, vendors and government municipalities involved in renewable energy projects. We regularly advise these clients on a broad array of transactions including capital formation, project finance, regulatory compliance, tax credits, debt financing, commercial agreements, corporate restructuring and merger and acquisition opportunities. We often serve as outside counsel to our renewable energy clients, including both borrowers and lenders in corporate finance transactions. Our experience gives us the ability to represent participants in the renewable energy industry with unparalleled effectiveness and efficiency.

Agribusiness

We represent agribusiness industry participants in a broad range of commercial transactions and financing matters. Our representation includes agricultural processors and marketers, national and regional agribusiness cooperatives and vendors across the entire supply chain. As the agribusiness industry continues to evolve and develop, the size, complexity and sophistication of agricultural businesses demands that industry participants partner with outside counsel with the proven ability to deliver deep agribusiness experience.

Agribusiness
Securities

Securities

Our experienced attorneys provide meticulous and personal guidance on reporting and compliance requirements. We expertly prepare offering documents, conduct exhaustive due diligence, and provide comprehensive assistance on all matters related to securities law. We have in-depth experience representing issuers in private placements of both debt and equity securities, Regulation A offerings, registered offerings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and going private transactions. We regularly design and advise clients on capital-raising strategies in compliance with federal and state securities law including the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Company Act of 1940, and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. We advise clients on preparation and filing of Forms 8-K, 10-Q, 10-K reports and proxy statements, Section 16, insider trading and Rule 10b5-1 compliance.

Commercial Transactions

Our wide range of commercial transaction services includes review, drafting, and negotiation of operational contracts such as confidentiality agreements, procurement agreements, seller-supply side agreements, offtake agreements, technology agreements, marketing agreements, joint development agreements, and executive employment agreements. We also regularly advise clients on contract risk assessment and mitigation strategies and partner with leading business law litigation firms in the event of dispute resolution and litigation.

Commercial Transactions
Outside General Counsel

Outside General Counsel

Hanigan Law Group frequently acts as outside general counsel for several companies of various sizes with an emphasis on agribusiness and renewable energy industry participants. At its core, this means using our years of experience in these industries to provide practical legal advice on an as-needed basis for clients who do not have an in-house attorney. We are regularly involved with drafting and negotiating a wide range of commercial agreements including offtake agreements, supply agreements, procurement agreements and a broad range of other agreements with outside vendors. Our clients also use our transactional expertise to advise on larger and more sophisticated matters.

Corporate Governance

We advise our public and private company clients on all aspects of corporate governance matters including board of director meetings, structure, and succession matters, executive compensation and benefits, disclosure and reporting requirements, shareholder proposals and proxy solicitations, corporate conduct codes and policies, shareholder communications, shareholder meetings and corporate leaders’ adherence to fiduciary duties.

Corporate Governance
Banking & Corporate Finance

Banking & Corporate Finance

Hanigan Law Group regularly advises clients on a wide range of banking and corporate finance transactions including representation of both borrowers and lenders in acquisition financings, credit agreements, renewable energy finance, subordinated debt facilities, secured and unsecured loans, revolving and term loan facilities and structured finance.

Mergers & Acquisitions

We understand each deal is unique. We strive to understand the financial and operational dynamics of our clients' businesses so that we can find creative legal solutions that ensure that the deal structure and terms reflect the business goals of our clients. Attorneys at Hanigan Law Group advise clients on mergers, acquisitions, buyouts, reorganizations, restructurings, and financings. We collaborate closely with colleagues who specialize in tax, employment, environmental, real estate, and other areas of law relevant to mergers and acquisitions.

Mergers & Acquisitions
Project Finance

Project Finance

Hanigan Law Group regularly negotiates project development agreements and advises on all aspects of a project finance transaction starting from the early stages of entity formation and organizational structure to seed capital and progressing to advanced capital raising. We also assist with negotiation of senior credit facilities, subordinated debt agreements, and the key project finance transactional documents such as the construction or design-build agreement, offtake agreements and other critical vendor agreements.

Data Protection and Data Privacy

Our expertise includes helping safeguard data in vendor and business partner relationships and acquisition targets. We offer guidance on privacy clauses, cybersecurity provisions, and liability protection in contracts and conduct data privacy and cybersecurity due diligence for investments, M&A transactions, and licensing agreements. We help clients establish compliance programs adapting to ever-evolving laws and regulations.

Data Protection and Data Privacy

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