Erica Li

Overview

Erica Li is an associate in O’Hagan Meyer's Seattle office with a background in civil and commercial litigation, corporate and real estate transactions, and environmental and land use law. Her practice experience spans both litigation and transactional representations, providing a foundation for addressing disputes, managing legal risk, and navigating the commercial and regulatory considerations affecting businesses and their operations. Erica brings a thoughtful, solutions-oriented approach to her work, emphasizing strategic analysis, practical judgment, and an understanding of her clients' broader objectives.

Prior to joining O’Hagan Meyer, Erica represented businesses, insurers, and individuals in civil and commercial litigation. Her experience spans commercial and contractual disputes, corporate governance and ownership matters, construction and real estate litigation, general liability defense, and statutory and constitutional challenges.

Erica has advised businesses throughout their corporate lifecycle, from formation and organizational structuring to ongoing governance, commercial transactions, and strategic growth initiatives. Her transactional experience includes domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, encompassing transaction structuring, due diligence, negotiation, and closing. Her practice also extends to commercial real estate acquisitions and leasing, land use and development, and environmental compliance and remediation.

Her combined litigation and transactional background provides a comprehensive perspective on the legal and commercial considerations underlying client representation.

Experience

Mergers & Acquisitions

• Represented the seller in a multimillion-dollar acquisition involving a privately held company and its subsidiaries, with a transaction structure incorporating cash consideration, contingent earn-out payments, and rollover equity
• Represented the seller in an asset sale of an operating hospitality business, including the transfer of equipment, intellectual property, contractual rights, leasehold interests, and associated goodwill
• Represented the owner of affiliated businesses in a corporate reorganization and merger consolidating operations, ownership interests, and intellectual property under a unified corporate structure
• Represented the seller in a membership interest sale involving a hospitality business, addressing ownership transfers, contractual continuity, and post-closing governance

Corporate & Commercial Transactions

• Served as outside corporate counsel to a regional restaurant and hospitality group, advising on multi-entity organizational structures, capitalization, governance, investor arrangements, and ongoing commercial operations
• Advised a multi-state hospitality group on the formation and governance of affiliated operating entities across multiple jurisdictions
• Advised a medical aesthetics business on a multi-jurisdictional corporate and management structure, including regulatory considerations arising under the corporate practice of medicine doctrine
• Represented a commercial supplier in negotiating an international master supply agreement governing cross-border commercial operations
• Advised organizers of regional festivals on commercial contracting, sponsorship and talent agreements, and regulatory approvals

Commercial Real Estate

• Represented a purchaser in the acquisition of environmentally impacted commercial property, addressing historical contamination, remediation liability, environmental insurance rights, and contractual risk allocation
• Represented a commercial property owner in property acquisitions and long-term ground lease transactions supporting development for a national restaurant operator

Environmental & Land Use

• Represented a commercial property owner in negotiating a settlement and access agreement resolving environmental remediation obligations while preserving future redevelopment opportunities
• Represented a commercial property operator in negotiating access arrangements for third-party environmental remediation activities, balancing regulatory requirements with ongoing operations and property rights
• Assisted commercial developers with environmental mitigation and regulatory compliance matters affecting land development and the release of property restrictions

Professional

• Member, Asian Bar Association of Washington
• Member, Washington State Bar Association