With a long history of representing privately held companies, both as outside general counsel and when they decide to sell, we have substantial experience working with private equity firms, on both sides of the table.
Our strength is in mid-market transactions, focused around industries and geographies where we have depth and experience. Those industries include food and food processing, transportation, maritime, building materials, energy, health care, financial services, communications and media. In most of those industries, we have a strong regulatory capability, which plays a critical role in many transactions. The geographies are primarily the Pacific Northwest, California and Alaska.
We are equally comfortable representing the buyer or seller, and our experience with each enables us to provide valuable perspective when representing the other. This insight brings parties together and gets deals done quickly and efficiently. Our goal is to create strong, lasting relationships with our clients, and to facilitate those relationships among the parties to a transaction.
We offer clients a strong M&A team, backed by experienced lawyers to handle the range of issues involved in transactions, including tax, finance, executive compensation, option plans, ERISA, environmental, intellectual property, bankruptcy and estate planning. We help clients with acquisitions, follow-on investments and restructurings. We also represent private equity portfolio clients in their ongoing operational and strategic needs. |