Admitted to Practice | Washington, 2003 | | Oregon, 1997 |
| Marc Williams advises clients in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate law and is actively representing some of the Pacific Northwest’s best known companies in their most important transactions, including the pending $210 million initial public offering of HomeStreet, Inc., a $750 million senior note offering by a well known global consumer products manufacturer, the auction and $364 million sale of Semitool, Inc., and McCormick & Schmick’s response to its unsolicited tender offer and the resulting auction process and pending $131 million sale. Marc primarily focuses on public and mature private companies, including mergers and acquisitions, capital markets transactions, and ongoing corporate governance and securities compliance matters. He also has represented underwriters and private equity firms in the financial institutions, manufacturing, hospitality and consumer products industries, and has served as special counsel to boards of directors and committees, including one of the Pacific Northwest’s consumer products companies.
Marc's clients include: HomeStreet, Inc., McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurants, JELD-WEN, Williams Controls, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, Pendrell Corporation, Coldstream Capital Management, and Pope Resources. Selected Experience Response to unsolicited tender offer. (2011) Initial public offering. (2011) Represented McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurants in its negotiated $130,000,000 merger with Landry’s Restaurants, Inc., following the defeat of Landry's previously announced hostile tender offer. (2011) Represented Columbia Commercial Bancorp, parent holding company of Columbia Community Bank, in $3 million convertible debt financing. (2010) Response to unsolicited merger proposal. (2010) Represented BEO Bancorp, parent holding company of Bank of Eastern Oregon, in $1.5 million convertible debt financing. (2009) Represented Semitool, Inc., in its $364 million tender offer and merger with Applied Materials, Inc. (2009) Represented limited liability company in the medical device industry in the sale of 100 percent of its membership interests to The Riverside Co., a private equity firm. (2009) Acquisition of Citizens Bank of Guam. (2007) $600 million initial public offering. (2007) $900 million private equity financing. (2006) $110 million acquisition by Qwest Communications. (2006) Company counsel to technology manufacturer in $60 million sale of Series C preferred stock to private equity firm and simultaneous redemption of Series A and Series B preferred stock held by venture capital funds. (2006) Acquisition of equity interests of BRC, S.r.l, an Italian manufacturer of alternative fuels systems, and contemporaneous public securities offering. (2005) Represented physician practice management company with a private equity-financed health care management company. Additional Qualifications
- Naval Flight Officer, United States Navy, United States Marine Corps
- FAA Licensed Airline Transport Pilot (Single and Multi-Engine Land and Seaplane) and Commercial Glider Pilot
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Professional and Community Activities
- Blessed Trinity Parish
- Securities Committee and Legislative Committee, Washington State Bar Association
- Board of Directors, Family Services of King County, 2003-2006
- Mission Pilot, Veterans' Airlift Command
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Professional Recognition
- Named as one of "America's Leading Lawyers for Business" in Corporate/Commercial (Washington) by Chambers USA, 2010-2011
- Willard J. Wright Award for Outstanding Community Service, 2010
- Selected to “Washington Super Lawyers” in Securities & Corporate Finance, Law & Politics, 2009-2011
- Named as one of the "Top 87 Business Lawyers" by Seattle Business Monthly, 2008
- Named as one of the “Top 500 dealmakers in America” by Lawdragon, 2007
- Named as one of "155 Top Lawyers" by Seattle Magazine and Seattle Business Monthly, 2007
- Selected to “Washington Rising Stars,” Law & Politics, 2007
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Education J.D., Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law, 1997, cum laude B.S., Political Science, History, Auburn University, 1988 | |