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

Energy Transactions

  • Represented sponsor in obtaining a $30 million term facility for project development.
  • Represented sponsor in obtaining a $100 million bridge financing related to a pending acquisition transaction.
  • Represented a European-based investment fund in connection with its private placement of $240 million of senior promissory notes.
  • Represented sponsor in construction and term debt financing and tax credit financing of 160 MW battery energy storage facility in Texas.
  • Represented sponsor in construction and term debt financing and inverted lease tax equity financing of 160 MW solar project in California.
  • Represented sponsor in construction and term debt financing and inverted lease tax equity financing of 250 MW solar project in Texas.
  • Represented Renewable Properties, LLC, a San Francisco based solar developer, in connection with credit facilities and equity investment transactions.
  • Represented Wastewater Opportunity Fund 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.
  • Represented sponsor regarding the sale of development-stage projects, aggregate 350 MW of battery energy storage capacity, in Massachusetts and Texas.
  • Represented developer regarding the sale of a portfolio of 21 operational solar projects in New York and Maryland totaling almost 60 MW of distributed generation assets.
  • Represented a public company regarding the acquisition of approximately 88 MW of operating distributed generation solar projects across the U.S.
  • Represented DIF Capital Partners 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.
  • Represented a joint venture in connection with its asset sale related to waste-to-renewable natural gas facility in Oregon.
  • Represented sponsor in connection with the acquisition of projects, aggregate 900 MW solar capacity plus the potential for battery energy storage, in Arizona.
  • Represented developer in sale of its 170 MW wind project in Illinois.
  • Represented sponsor in its acquisition of solar projects with combined capacity of 160 MW in California.
  • Represented an international infrastructure fund in connection with its acquisition of a controlling stake in 183 MW wind project in Idaho.
  • Represented an international infrastructure fund in connection with its acquisition of a controlling stake in portfolio of wind assets out of the SunEdison, Inc. chapter 11 bankruptcy estate.
  • Represented an international sustainable energy company in connection with its $100 million acquisition of New York-based energy analytics provider.
  • Represented an international renewable energy developer in connection with sale of its stake in joint venture partnership holding wind, solar, and storage assets.
  • Represented a large institutional energy investor in connection with sale of its interest in 30 MW solar project in California.
  • Represented a large institutional energy investor in connection with acquisition of portfolio of distressed solar assets.

Other Corporate Finance and M&A Transactions

  • Represented the Portland Art Museum in connection with $22 million financing.
  • Represented an alternative lender in its lending to manufacturers and distributers operating in Idaho and California.
  • Represented a natural gas company in connection with its private placement of $250 million of senior promissory notes.
  • Represented a Utah-based public company in refinancing its secured revolving credit facility.
  • Represented The Willamette Valley Company in connection with financing acquisition of controlling interest by Endeavour Capital.
  • Represented an automotive company in connection with its acquisition of two Oregon-based companies specializing in electric vehicle parts.
  • Represented an Oregon-based logistics company in connection with its sale transaction.
  • Represented a German manufacturing company in connection with its purchase of a laser technology company.

Insights

Speaking Engagements

Recognition

  • Included in The Best Lawyers in America® (Corporate Law), 2026

Affiliations

Professional

  • Oregon State Bar, Member

Civic

  • Renewable Energy Scholarship Foundation, Board Member, 2019–present

Industries

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