Client Collaborations
All Representative Cases
Represented a brewery software company in its merger with a competitor.
Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission (OLCC) Enforcement Response. Successfully appealed enforcement actions, including proposed license termination, for alleged violations of OLCC rules.
Represented investor obtaining TIC interest in 18-unit apartment complex.
Briefed and presented before, tribal councils and boards.
Helped plan sponsors with the correction of qualification failures in their qualified and 403(b) plans under EPCRS, through either self-correction or VCP filings. These failures included incorrect or untimely contributions, improper distributions, participation errors, testing failures, vesting failures, improper participant loans, and failures to amend. The recommended and implemented corrections enabled the plans to maintain their qualified status.
Coordinated team efforts in building and maintaining worldwide trademark portfolios for a major computer-network control provider and three global computer-game development companies.
Regularly work with clients to secure Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board approval of various licensing changes including change of ownership, assumption of license, change of location and operating plan, approval of management and consulting agreements, approval of intellectual property agreements, financier applications, and other regulatory compliance inquiries.
Provided corporate counsel in the sale of a large parcel of real property and a related LLC dissolution.
OLCC Licensing. Obtained liquor and cannabis licenses for retail establishments in sensitive locations and appealed proposed restrictions on liquor licenses.