Client Collaborations
All Representative Cases
Have represented numerous clients in Trademark Trial and Appeal Board opposition and cancellation proceedings.
Represented a buyer with its entry into the Oregon and Washington real estate markets, which included the acquisition of two local grocery store chains.
Represent clients in an extended range of mergers and asset acquisitions or sales, including structuring, negotiating, and drafting transactional documents.
Coastal Development. Obtained the first ever Oregon Statewide Planning Goal 18 exception to place ocean-front protective structures to prevent catastrophic loss of prominent resort from erosion.
Drafted and negotiated legislation creating a new type of special district for flood safety and water quality to manage the Columbia River levee system in north Multnomah County. ORS Chapter 550 passed in the 2019 Oregon Legislative Session. Currently assisting in implementation.
Regularly counsel clients on how to best protect and preserve their brands.
Obtained multiple master plan amendments on behalf of the owner of mixed-use property (retail, office, and residential), to allow development in line with changed market conditions.
Advise clients on the tax-efficient structuring of business transactions and succession planning.
Counseled a tribe on a $625 million revolving and term credit facility, secured with gaming revenue, for expansion of a gaming and hotel property.