Our Portland office is poised at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia
Rivers, a critical gateway for international trade and business with the
Asia-Pacific region. For more than 25 years, our Portland office has provided
services to leading national and international businesses in connection with
their interests in the Pacific Northwest, as well as to regional companies
expanding nationally and internationally.
No other firm in the Portland legal market can match our global reach. Our
Portland lawyers are experienced in antitrust, corporate, mergers and
acquisitions, commercial transactions, emerging technology, energy, finance,
food and agriculture, international, labor and employment, private equity, and
real estate law. Our clients come from varied industries, including apparel,
sports and entertainment, technology, manufacturing, maritime, and
transportation and logistics.
The Portland Securities and Transactional Litigation team represents clients in
significant mergers and acquisitions, asset dispositions, restructuring, and
private equity financings. We are the go-to law firm for a number of public and
private companies for their corporate compliance and governance, international
business legal and compliance issues, expansion, market entry, restructuring,
and exits in the United States and globally. We represent middle market and
large private and public companies on commercial transactions with customers,
vendors, suppliers, and partners. We also represent many start-up and
early-stage emerging technology companies and work with these companies through
the various stages of their business development.
Our lawyers counsel on sophisticated finance deals involving public and private
equity offerings, project finance, senior and subordinated secured and unsecured
debt transactions, and distressed company finance. For private equity, hedge
fund, and venture capital clients, we advise on fund formation and investments,
and provide portfolio company counsel. Additionally, we advise on complex real
estate transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, financing, leasing,
tax advice, joint ventures, and workouts and restructurings of commercial real
estate loans.
The Portland office includes a strong renewable energy and utilities practice,
advising utilities, independent power producers, transmission companies, and
renewable energy sector clients. We represent clients on siting and development,
project financing, environmental compliance, transmission, and interconnection
matters, as well as before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Our team is
experienced in emerging technologies and trends, including energy storage and
corporate energy sourcing.
Our Agribusiness practice advises clients throughout the food and agricultural
supply chain, providing services for integrated mergers and acquisitions, real
estate, land use, labor and employment, commercial contracts, litigation
services, and restructurings.
Our litigators in our Portland office cover a spectrum of complex commercial
disputes and government enforcement and investigations, including anti-trust,
anti-money laundering, and anti-corruption (including FCPA); bankruptcy;
contracts; creditors’ rights; environment; insurance coverage;
intellectual property; securities and transactions; shareholder disputes;
taxation; trade secret and noncompete; and tort claims. Our Litigation and
Dispute Resolution lawyers also have robust experience defending claims and
investigations (including criminal) by the US Department of Justice, Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation, Department of Revenue, and the Office of
Inspector General in various industries, including healthcare, financial
services, and transportation and logistics. We have experience defending both
the federal False Claims Act and Oregon False Claims Act, as well as qui tam
actions.
Additionally, our office includes a strong Labor, Employment, and Workplace
Safety practice, handling advice and counseling, compliance, training, and
litigation. Through our global platform, we also assist businesses that need
global employment law advice.
Finally, we have sophisticated capabilities in private wealth and estate
planning, with more than 25 years of experience in income and estate tax
planning for high-net-worth individuals and the owners of closely held
businesses.
