Foley Hoag LLP

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Mark Barnett has rejoined Foley Hoag LLP in Boston as Counsel in the firm’s Business Department and Energy Technology and Renewables Practice Group.

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Foley Hoag LLP represented GMZ Energy as it closed its $14 million Series C round of financing.

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Foley Hoag LLP congratulates its client Palmer Capital Corporation of Cohasset, Massachusetts, in closing of construction and permanent financing for two community wind projects totaling 4.5 megawatts to be located in Scituate and Fairhaven, Massachusetts. The Scituate project is being undertaken by Palmer and Solaya Energy, a subsidiary of Lumus Construction, Inc. of Wilmington, Massachusetts. The Fairhaven project is being undertaken by Palmer, Solaya, CCI Energy LLC and its parent company Cambridge Energy Holdings LLC.

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Foley Hoag LLP represented EcoSense Lighting Inc. in its $13 million Series B financing led by Bain Capital Ventures in Boston. Jeffrey Glass, Managing Director of Bain Capital, has been elected to the Board of Directors.

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Foley Hoag LLP represented electric motorcycle maker Brammo Inc. as it closed a $28 million Series B funding round designed to accelerate the company’s development plans.

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Foley Hoag LLP represented Blue Power & Energy, S.A., a developer of energy projects headquartered in Managua, Nicaragua, as it made its first draw of funds for the construction and permanent financing of the 39.6-megawatt La Fe San Martin wind farm, which is under construction in the Isthmus of Rivas, Nicaragua.

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Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2011 has ranked 26 Foley Hoag LLP lawyers across 12 practice categories, representing 28 percent of the firm’s partnership.

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Foley Hoag LLP congratulates its client GenOn Kendall, LLC for receiving an Environmental Merit Award from the U.S. Environment Protection Agency for its role in helping to protect the waters of the lower Charles River and Boston Harbor.

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Foley Hoag partner Paul Sweeney was quoted in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly on a pilot program by LevelUp called "LevelUp Your Startup."

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Foley Hoag client SustainX, based in West Lebanon, NH, received $14.4 million from GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of GE (NYSE: GE), and other investors to continue developing technology for energy storage using compressed air. Foley Hoag has represented SustainX since its inception in 2007 and acts as general counsel for the emerging energy technology company.

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Foley Hoag LLP congratulates North Shore InnoVentures (NSIV) and its Cleantech InnoVenture Center (CIVC) for the recent feature in Greentech Media’s Cleantech Investing blog.

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Foley Hoag lawyers and practice areas retain a number of top rankings in Chambers and Partners, a leading U.K.-based research and publishing company, has ranked Foley Hoag lawyers and practice areas in its 2010 guide.  A total of 26 lawyers are ranked in the following practice areas for Massachusetts:  Antitrust, Banking & Finance, Bankrupcty/Restructuring, Corporate/M&A, Environment, Health Care, Hedge & Mutual Funds, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, Litigation: General Commercial, Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations, Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment.  The International Arbitration practice is ranked nationally.

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Foley Hoag LLP has launched an updated version of www.emergingenterprisecenter.com, its Web site designed to serve the Emerging Enterprise Center (EEC), the destination opened in Waltham in 2006.

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Lawyers in Foley Hoag’s Business Department congratulate Advanced Electron Beams, Inc., a client of the firm, for recently closing a $14.2 million Series C financing. The round was led by a new investor, Flagship Ventures, and current investors, including Atlas Venture, General Catalyst, General Electric Co. and RockPort.

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In its annual directory, Chambers USA: The Client’s Guide, Chambers and Partners, a leading U.K.-based research and publishing company, has again ranked Foley Hoag’s leading practice areas in Massachusetts.

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The Legal 500 2009 U.S. guide has recognized Foley Hoag’s M&A, Venture Capital and Antitrust groups as leading practices in the northeast.

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Lawyers in the Energy Technology & Renewables practice at Foley Hoag LLP congratulate participants in the second class of the New England Clean Energy Council’s Fellowship Program.  The program, launched in 2008, is designed to boost the cleantech industry in Massachusetts by retraining entrepreneurs experienced in other high-growth industries to lead the numerous cleantech companies in the region.

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On March 4, 2009 more than 300 people took part in the summit, Solar in Boston/Solar in America held at Foley Hoag’s Boston office, broadcasted to the firm’s Emerging Enterprise Center in Waltham and via webcast.

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Anticipating the rollout of the nearly $800 billion Stimulus Package making its way through Congress, several practices at Foley Hoag LLP have formed an interdisciplinary team to assist clients seeking advice on securing funding for capital projects and growth initiatives. Those practices include Energy Technology & Renewables, Environment, Government Strategies, Infrastructure & Privatization and Life Sciences practices.

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has traveled to Washington recently, lobbying for federal funding for areas such as transportation and infrastructure, life sciences initiatives and clean technology/environmental initiatives. All areas are expected to be active in 2009 and will provide much of the region’s growth and activity.

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Cynthia Lewiton Jackson, former Global Director of Career Development at Bain & Company, has joined the law firm Foley Hoag LLP as its first Director of Professional Development. In this role, Ms. Jackson will be responsible for developing and implementing a firmwide career development program for its lawyers and staff.