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WASHINGTON, DC 20001-1531
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Ms Debra Harrison
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Work Department
Corporate Advisory
Position
As a member of the Corporate Department, Debra focuses her practice on renewable energy transactions, general corporate matters, franchising, licensing and distribution matters, as well as other business growth strategies.
Debra’s corporate practice includes counseling clients, both publicly and privately held, on transactions related to capital formation, mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, brand extension programs, joint ventures and strategic alliances in a variety of industries. She has extensive experience advising clients on renewable energy transactions, including the structuring, development and financing of renewable projects throughout North America and Europe. Debra has served as counsel for major investment banking clients, large developers, sponsors, utilities, and other lenders and investors in the development, implementation, acquisition, structuring and financing of renewable assets, including the negotiation of acquisition and financing documents (including tax equity and back leverage), strategic investments, PPAs, EPCs, and various agreements related to state and local incentives and renewable energy credits.
Debra also counsels clients on distribution, franchise and dealer relations, terminations, transfers and regulatory compliance. Her experience includes mergers and acquisitions involving franchise systems, development of domestic and international franchise strategies, preparation of franchise and license agreements and related disclosure materials, advising on compliance programs and distributor consolidation matters, as well as franchisee and dealer terminations. She has worked with hundreds of franchisors and suppliers in a wide variety of industries, including energy, food service, retail, beverage (alcohol and non-alcohol), hospitality, automobile rental, convenience store, sports and entertainment, cosmetology, healthcare, real estate, industrial goods, clothiers, cosmetics, and residential and light commercial services.
Debra has served as pro bono counsel to the National Association of Women Business Owners, coordinates the Firm’s staffing of, and regularly volunteers at the D.C. Bar’s Landlord Tenant Resource Center, and has provided pro bono legal assistance to multiple charitable organizations, including FAIR Girls, No One Left Behind, UNITAS, the Human Rights Campaign and the Northern Virginia Coalition.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
A team with a ‘good mix of project finance, M&A and corporate legal expertise’, McDermott Will & Emery LLP is well positioned to advise its host of energy companies, utilities, developers and large-cap sponsors for an array of transactions in the conventional and renewable energy space. The firm particularly stands out for its work with private equity and infrastructure funds, and also has the ability to handle complex tax issues relating to energy transition assets. Practice heads Edward Zaelke and Philip Tingle operate out of Los Angeles and Miami respectively, with the former focused on M&A and joint ventures and the latter on financings and equity investments. Frederick Lark, based in New York, is the key advisor to key client Argo Infrastructure Partners and their M&A requirements. Debra Harrison is a renewables and tax equity expert and works out of Washington DC. Robert Lamkin has left the firm.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Tax > Financial products
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Tax > International tax
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Government > Government contracts
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- International trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Finance > Fintech