Erica L. Lawson is a partner at Hinman, Howard & Kattell and is the Chair of Hinman, Howard & Kattell’s Business and Corporate Law Practice Group. Erica concentrates her practice in advising business and corporate clients on all aspects of their operations.
Ms. Lawson is part of the HH&K mergers and acquisitions team, and she regularly engages in negotiation and drafting of transaction documents for various complex business transactions. Her M&A practice involves everything from the purchase and sale of small, closely held businesses to large scale acquisitions and includes asset and equity transactions, private equity recapitalizations, mergers and consolidations and everything in between. Ms. Lawson has also handled formation and organization of various business entities, is well versed in business succession planning, and regularly assists clients with their day-to-day operations, including compliance with corporate formalities, equity investment and incentive equity options, and drafting and reviewing of contracts.
Ms. Lawson’s corporate practice also involves representing various healthcare facilities, including skilled nursing and other long term care facilities, with respect to mergers and acquisitions as well as other contract matters. Her representation of various corporate clients also includes handling financing matters, and she has assisted numerous clients with obtaining financing from governmental agencies, financial institutions and other non-traditional lenders, and obtaining tax reductions and bond financing from applicable economic development organizations.
In addition to her corporate practice, as a member of the HH&K Construction Law Practice Group, she also counsels and assists both contractors and owners with the preparation, negotiation and implementation of construction contracts.
Ms. Lawson is the Chair of the Firm’s Technology Committee and counsels various clients with respect to information technology matters and cybersecurity compliance.
Erica also has experience in all matters related to intellectual property. She combines her business law experience with her intellectual property knowledge to counsel clients in a variety of intellectual property matters, including patent and trademark prosecution, licensing and enforcement, evaluation of intellectual property portfolios and software and other intellectual property licensing agreements.
A native of Binghamton and graduate of Chenango Forks High School, Ms. Lawson is active in the business community and participates in a number of community organizations. Her past and present community activities include holding the office of Co-Chair of the Board of Directors of Planned Parenthood of South Central New York; holding the office of Vice-Chair of The Community Foundation for South Central New York; being a member of the Board of Governors of the Binghamton Club; being a member of the Signature Committee of the Faith in Action Volunteers for the Broome County Council of Churches; being a member of the Board of Directors of Broome County Habitat for Humanity; and participating as active volunteer for and member of the Balloon Committee of the Spiedie Fest and Balloon Rally.
