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Engaged by local bank to prepare memorandum comparing Maine and New Hampshire law with respect to certain specified commercial loan provisions.
Representation of frozen food producer in connection with various antitrust issues involving competitor collaborations and dealings in the distribution chain, including pricing policies.
Our Trusts & Estates attorneys produced a complicated prenuptial agreement with just a few weeks’ notice and in the midst of the holiday season. We worked quickly to ensure our client could celebrate a New Year’s Eve wedding knowing her legal affairs were in order.
We represented an energy provider in a commercial agreement to sell compressed natural gas (CNG) to commercial customers and a related $6 million convertible preferred equity investment in the CNG supplier.
We are assisting a computer forensics firm in a complicated and lengthy electronic data recovery effort. The client comments that they have never encountered a legal team with as much knowledge about electronic data retrieval and processing that is also organized, friendly and easy to work with.
We have served as outside immigration counsel for MaineGeneral Health and its affiliates for more than 20 years. MaineGeneral Health and its affiliates form Maine's third-largest health care system and the largest health care system in central Maine. We have designed and implemented a broad range of immigration strategies on behalf of MaineGeneral Health and its physicians, including Conrad 30 waiver applications, H-1Bs, O-1s, and employment-based green cards.
We worked with one of the 15 largest national banks in the U.S. to integrate numerous legacy agreements from acquired or merged institutions, and draft new, consolidated commercial cash management services agreements representing more than 20 different cash management product and service offerings.
Pierce Atwood represented Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. in obtaining approval from the Maine Public Utilities Commission of Consolidated’s acquisition of FairPoint Communications, Inc. The all-stock transaction was valued at approximately $1.3 billion including debt and based on present equity value.
Pierce Atwood attorneys represent developers of hotel projects. Our construction attorneys drafted and negotiated contracts with the architects using the AIA B101-2017 forms, with contractors using the AIA A101-2017 / A201-2017 forms, and with construction managers using AIA A133-2009 forms.
Negotiated a construction management contract on behalf of an owner of an animal hospital in Rhode Island. Used the AIA A133-2009 contract document and customized the contract to provide that the construction manager was performing design build services for the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) scope of work. Post-completion, assisted the owner in remedial work required due to performance issues with the mechanical systems.
John Bulman has been asked to serve as an arbitrator in a consumer dispute based on the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act regarding alleged violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act and breach of contract.
