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Washington, 1977

Greg F. Adams

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T206.757.8000

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Greg Adams is a corporate lawyer who serves as outside general counsel to a variety of clients. He also focuses on transactional work, including the purchase and sale of businesses and the creation, restructuring and reorganization of corporate and partnership enterprises. Greg counsels corporate clients in governance, shareholder rights and succession planning.

Representative Experience

Development - renewable for NaturEner

Representing developer in negotiating and obtaining regulatory approvals for power purchase and in associated renewable portfolio standard proceedings before the California Public Utilities Commission. (Ongoing)

International information security for cloud services providers

Advised several clients on data transfer and information security requirements under Argentinean data protection law related to providing services in and locating servers in Argentina. (2011)

Acquisition for Richard Tinney

Lead transaction counsel for Richard Tinney in auction/sale/purchase of manufacturing facilities in the state of Washington. (2009)

Sale of newspapers for The Seattle Times Company

Represented the client through the sale of Blethen Maine Newspapers, a group of three daily and additional weekly newspapers. (2009)

Credit facility for Pope Resources

Credit facility. (2008)

Merger and investment for Clearwire Corporation

Merger of Sprint and Clearwire WiMAX businesses and investment in Clearwire of $3.2 billion by Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks, Google and Intel. (2008) Read more

Corporate transaction for The Seattle Times Company

Renegotiated a joint operating agreement for a Seattle newspaper agency. (2007) Read more

Sale of business for Transportation Resources, Inc.

Sale of business to Con-way, Inc., a $750 million merger transaction. (2007)

Reorganization for investment company

Corporate reorganization of private company with $1 billion in assets. (2006)

Securities transaction for third-generation stockholder of large private family-owned national manufacturing company

Representation of shareholder in stock redemption transaction. (2006)

Sale of business for Buckner News Alliance

Sale of York Daily Record and renegotiation of joint operating agreement of York Newspaper Partnership. (2004)

Professional & Community Activities

Board, 2003-present; Audit Committee Chair, 2006-present; Finance Committee, 2005-present; Law Firm Challenge Co-chair, 2007-present – Washington Law School Foundation
Advisory Council, Seattle Pacific University School of Business and Economics, 2003-present
Founding Member, Advisory Board, University of Washington Edward E. Carlson Leadership and Public Service Center, 1991-2006
Community Building Committee, United Way of King County, July 2008-present

Professional Recognition

Davis Wright Tremaine John M. Davis Award, 2011
Named as one of "America's Leading Lawyers for Business" in Corporate/Commercial (Washington) by Chambers USA, 2005-2011
Named as one of the "Best Lawyers in America" in Corporate, M&A, and Securities Law by Woodward/White, 1995-2006; named in Corporate Law, 2007-present
Selected to "Washington Super Lawyers," Thomson Reuters, since 2001
Named as one of "Top 87 Business Lawyers" by Seattle Business Monthly, 2008
Named as one of "155 Top Lawyers" by Seattle Magazine and Seattle Business Monthly, 2007
Named as one of "Puget Sound's Top Business Lawyers" by Seattle Business Monthly, 2006

Education

J.D., University of Washington School of Law, 1977
- Order of the Coif
- Member, Law Review
B.A., Government, Pomona College, 1973, magna cum laude


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