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Corporate Law - Portland, Oregon
About this Practice AreaOwen has an extensive range of legal experience in business, commercial, real estate, and corporate matters. Among the clients he represents are small family-held businesses, national and international corporations, nonprofit organizations and charitable foundations. His industry experience includes manufacturing, retail, sports, media, entertainment and technology. Representative transactional matters Owen regularly handles include: Real estate sales and acquisitions Business mergers, acquis...
Brent Bullock's practice focuses on the representation of emerging growth companies, established public and private companies, and venture capital and private equity investors in various corporate matters and transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt financings, and strategic partnerships, as well as corporate governance and securities law matters. With more than two decades of experience, Brent has been involved in hundreds of strategic transactions over the years, in...
Sherrill is a member of Tonkon Torp's managing board. She counsels clients on buying and selling businesses and structuring complex joint ventures. She is also a member of our firm's Corporate Finance practice group and advises clients on bank financings, private placements and public offerings. Sherrill also represents public companies and advises them on securities compliance and corporate governance matters and follow-on offerings. In addition, Sherrill co-chairs the firm's Information Pri...
David is a member of the firm's Entrepreneurial Services, Corporate Finance and Transactions, and Mergers & Acquisitions practice groups. He advises emerging, small and mid-market private companies in their general corporate, financing and transactional matters and helps founders, managers, and investors recognize and achieve their strategic goals. David also works with founders, managers, and investors who use their resources to promote the development and implementations of Benefit Comp...
Ron’s business law practice emphasizes securities, finance and corporate acquisitions, and counseling companies through the stages of growth. He has been actively involved in venture capital financings, representing both venture investors and growth-stage companies, and later-stage financings including public offerings. His practice has also focused on the structuring and implementation of management leveraged buyouts, involving both private and publicly held companies. Examples of some...
Heather Guthrie is a partner at Dunn Carney who focuses on estate planning and administration. She leads the firm’s Estate Planning and Administration Team. Heather’s practice includes developing comprehensive plans for estates of all sizes, with an emphasis on legacy-building for families and individuals using complex tax-planning strategies. Heather also assists clients in establishing and administering guardianships and conservatorships, and through probate and post-mortem trus...
Chris Hall is a partner in the Portland office of Perkins Coie LLP. He focuses his practice on serving clients in such areas as corporate finance and acquisitions and dispositions. Chris manages complex transactions having strategic importance to a company's future. He has extensive experience with transaction structuring, and has completed a number of acquisitions and dispositions, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations and reorganizations, as well as a wide range of public and private capital...
James's business and corporate law practice involves counseling clients through all stages of growth, with an emphasis on mergers, acquisitions, and sales of businesses. His experience includes entity formation and structure, corporate finance, commercial law, and contracts. Many of James's clients are family-owned and other closely held businesses. They span a variety of industries, including distribution, retail, manufacturing, and services. Having begun his career as a trial lawyer, James ...
David Matheson, a partner in the firm’s Business practice, brings value to clients by providing strategic and practical advice. He has more than 20 years of experience in counseling on corporate governance matters, raising capital through public and private equity and debt offerings, and acquiring and disposing of businesses and assets. David advises domestic and foreign public companies — including controlled companies and master limited partnerships — on their SEC and secu...
Brendan Gutierrez McDonnell is the administrative partner of the firm’s Portland office and serves on the firm management committee for K&L Gates. He counsels clients on corporate and securities laws, mergers and acquisitions and public and private financings, including private equity and venture capital transactions. His practice focuses on the legal and business issues affecting public and private growth companies, both in the technology and non–technology sectors. He also r...
Neil Nathanson, a partner in the firm's Business practice, focuses on emerging technology company representation. He advises startups and other emerging growth companies in venture, angel and other private and public equity and debt financings, corporate governance, securities law, mergers and acquisitions, and computer and Internet law. He also represents angels, venture capital funds and private equity firms on portfolio investments.
Tom serves as Chair of the firm's Corporate Finance practice group. His practice emphasizes securities and general corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions, public offerings and private placements. General corporate counseling—including representation of special committees of directors, corporate governance issues, and SEC reporting and disclosure matters—is an important part of his practice. Tom's recent transactions include: Representation of placement agent in $14....
Kurt's practice emphasizes mergers and acquisitions, private equity, public and private securities offerings and general corporate counseling. He is a member of the firm's Managing Board. Kurt has extensive experience representing companies, underwriters, borrowers, lenders, investors, private investment firms, private equity firms and venture capitalists in public offerings, commercial loans and private placements of debt and equity securities. He also represents buyers and sellers of public...
Pat Simpson is a partner in Perkins Coie's Business Group. He has more than 40 years of experience in the financing of new ventures, mergers and acquisitions, capital formation, corporate governance and state and federal securities laws compliance. He is the former Chair of the Oregon Securities Law Section and a frequent speaker on corporate governance and related matters.
Roy Tucker is an experienced business counselor and advisor who focuses his practice on public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, securities compliance and corporate governance and restructurings. Roy has represented issuers and underwriters in numerous public offerings and regularly advises corporate clients and private equity firms on mergers, asset sales and leveraged buyouts.
Rachel is an associate in the firm's Business Department. She focuses her practice on corporate work in mergers and acquisitions, drafting and negotiating contracts, and on various real estate matters including commercial purchases and sales. Rachel is a 2013, magna cum laude, graduate of Lewis & Clark Law School, where she earned a Dean’s Scholarship for academic merit and earned the Oregon State Bar Securities Section Scholarship. Rachel was voted outstanding associate editor of t...
Alex helps his clients resolve business disputes in and out of court. He represents individuals and companies on a variety of claims, including contract disputes, business owner disputes, and business torts. He has helped Tonkon clients win on motions to dismiss, on summary judgment, and at trial. In addition to his litigation work, Alex is Chair of our Cannabis Industry Practice Group. He represents individuals and companies doing business in the cannabis industry, and advises clients on can...
Corporate Law Definition
Depending on the size of the market in which the lawyer practices and the size of the lawyer’s firm, he or she may be required to handle nearly all of a corporation’s legal matters. In larger firms, the Corporate lawyer with the principal client relationship will be expected to be familiar with all the issues the corporation is likely to confront, but may engage lawyers from other practice areas to assist in matters requiring special expertise, such as securities offerings, tax issues, and litigation.
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