Erin McCrady
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Erin McCrady

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mccrady.erin@dorsey.com
Seattle P +1 (206) 903-8885 F +1 (406) 543-0863 Missoula P +1 (406) 329-5585 F +1 (406) 543-0863

Overview

Erin represents clients in a variety of finance transactions, including public and private offerings of equity and debt securities, mergers and acquisitions, and restructuring transactions.

Erin works with start-up, emerging growth, and publicly traded companies. She advises on a wide range of debt and equity financing matters, including friends & family, angel, venture capital, and other strategic finance transactions, as well as public offerings and other private placement transactions. She has extensive experience advising both domestic and foreign issuers and underwriters on public and private debt securities offerings, including high yield, investment grade, and convertible debt, and on tender offers, exchange offers, consent solicitations, and other debt restructuring transactions. In addition, Erin represents clients on mergers and acquisitions/dispositions (M&A), corporate governance matters, federal and state securities law compliance, and general corporate contract matters. Her experience spans a range of industries, including technology, healthcare, oil & gas, and mining.

Erin also represents state and local governments, conduit issuers, universities, economic development authorities, hospitals and other 501(c)(3) organizations, underwriters, banks, and financial institutions on public finance debt and leasing transactions, including public offerings and private placements and tax-exempt and taxable structures. In addition, she advises public finance clients with respect to securities laws, tax matters, and disclosure issues. 

Erin currently serves on Dorsey's Management Committee.

 

Education & Admissions

Syracuse University (J.D., 1999), summa cum laude, Order of the Coif, Syracuse Law Review

University of Washington (B.A., 1995)

Admissions

  • Washington
  • Montana
  • New York
  • California

Experience

Representative Matters

Recent Corporate Finance and M&A Matters

  • Energy Fuels offering of $600 million of convertible senior notes, including capped call transactions
  • First Majestic Silver Corp. offering of $350 million of convertible senior notes
  • Endeavour Silver Corp. offering of $350 million of convertible senior notes 
  • Caledonia Mining Corporation PLC offering of $150 million of convertible senior notes, including capped call transactions.
  • Lithium Americas Corp. offering of $258 million of convertible senior notes 
  • Eldorado Gold Corporation offering of $500 million of high yield notes
  • IAMGOLD Corporation offering of $650 million of high yield notes
  • Lightstream Resources Ltd. offerings of high yield notes aggregating $1.5 billion
  • Trulieve Cannabis Corp. $350 million of senior secured notes
  • Best Buy Co., Inc. offering of $500 million of senior notes
  • Columbia Care Inc. offering of $185 million of senior secured first lien notes
  • SSR Mining Inc. offering of $200 million of convertible notes
  • Canopy Growth Corporation offering of $500 million of convertible notes
  • goeasy Ltd. offerings of high yield notes aggregating $1.025 billion
  • Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. offerings of high yield notes aggregating $1.5 billion
  • Golden Star Resources Ltd. offering of $65 million of convertible notes
  • Boart Longyear Ltd.  $1.1 billion recapitalization and restructuring (IFLR APAC Restructuring Deal of the Year Award)
  • Akerna Corp. offering of $20 million of convertible notes
  • Nouveau Monde Graphite Inc. offering of $50 million of convertible notes
  • RightNow Technologies offering of $200 million of convertible notes
  • Well Health Technologies Corp. offering of $65 million of convertible debentures
  • Inimmune Corp. Series A Preferred Stock financing
  • Quiq, Inc. Series C Preferred Stock financing
  • Acquisition of Billings Mustangs Minor League Baseball Team
  • Sale of Wisetail, Inc. to Alchemy Systems L.P.
  • Foundant Technologies strategic growth investment by L2 Capital Partners
  • Acquisition of multiple Jiffy Lube franchises by The Foster Group Inc.

Recent Public Finance Matters

  • Bond counsel and disclosure counsel to The Board of Regents of the State of Montana on multiple issuances of new money and refunding bonds for the University of Montana and Montana State University.
  • Bond counsel to the Montana Facility Finance Authority on multiple hospital and health care debt financings, including St. Peter’s Hospital, Bozeman Health, Kalispell Regional Medical Center, Shodair Children’s Hospital, Community Medical Center, Community Hospital of Anaconda, Big Horn Hospital, Glendive Medical Center, Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital, Billings Clinic, Marias Medical Center, and St. Luke’s Hospital.
  • Bond counsel to numerous cities, counties, special districts, and economic development authorities on a wide variety of tax-exempt and taxable bond, leasing and other finance transactions, including general obligation bonds, revenue bonds, certificates of participation (COPs), airport and other private activity bonds, economic development projects, tax increment financing, and bank placements.
  • Underwriters counsel on multiple hospital and health care financings, including Vail Valley Medical Center, Boulder Community Hospital, University of Colorado Hospital Authority, Children’s Hospital Colorado, and Benefis Health System.

Industries & Practices

Banking & Financial Institutions
Canada Cross-Border Transactions
Corporate Governance & Compliance
Development & Infrastructure
Energy & Natural Resources
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Higher Education & Academic Research Institutions

Higher Education & Academic Research Institutions

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Mergers & Acquisitions
Public-Private Partnerships
  • Banking & Financial Institutions
  • Canada Cross-Border Transactions
  • Cannabis
  • Capital Markets
  • Corporate Governance & Compliance
  • Development & Infrastructure
  • Emerging Companies
  • Energy & Natural Resources
  • Healthcare & Life Sciences
  • Higher Education & Academic Research Institutions
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Mining
  • Oil & Gas
  • Public Finance
  • Public-Private Partnerships
  • Technology

Professional & Civic

Professional Achievements

  • Member, National Association of Bond Lawyers

Accolades

    Chambers USA 2025 Dorsey

  • Chambers USA, “America’s Leading Business Lawyers” (Corporate/M&A, Montana), 2016-2025
  • Forbes, Best In-State Lawyers List, Finance Law in Montana, 2025
  • The Legal 500 Private Practice M&A Powerlist: USA Region, 2024
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