About Adam
Adam Dittman co-leads Stoel Rives’ firm-wide Agribusiness, Food, Beverage and Timber industry group, and regularly counsels businesses in diverse industries across a wide range of business and real estate matters, including mergers and acquisitions, commercial transactions, contract negotiation and drafting, entity selection and formation, general corporate governance, and financing transactions. Clients regularly rely on Adam to assist them in natural resources and real estate transactions, particularly in the agricultural production and processing industries and in the timber and forest products industries.
Adam has dedicated over a decade of his career to representing timberland owners and forest products manufacturing businesses in virtually all aspects of their businesses. Adam is a nationally recognized counsel to industry clients, and he is committed to delivering practical, solutions-oriented advice. Clients regularly entrust him to help them navigate many aspects of their timber and forest products operations, including forest industry mergers and acquisitions, timberland and timber resource transactions, credit and financing transactions, and operational issues affecting their businesses. Adam understands and competently negotiates purchase and sale transactions, purchase options, easements and right of way agreements, licenses and permits, product sales agreements, supply agreements, independent contractor agreements, logging contracts, service agreements, and other operational agreements.
His deep experience leading mixed corporate and real estate transactions allows him to manage the most important aspects of clients’ transactions and provide a responsive, single point of contact to get results knowledgably and efficiently. Adam focuses on understanding clients’ industries and their motivations for each transaction, which helps him know when to “dig in” on issues and when to say it’s “good enough.”
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Adam has earned the confidence and trust of many clients who rely on him for excellent representation in corporate transactions and a deep understanding of their business.”
—Galen G. Schuler, Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Affairs – Green Diamond Resource Company
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Adam Dittman is a proactive, exceptional communicator who walks the talk everyday with integrity, passion and a genuine care for people. In my opinion, he is an exceptional lawyer who is fully committed to the long-term success of our industry and the rural communities and people of Oregon.”
—Senior Vice President, Private Forest Products Company
“I have learned something each time I have worked with
[Adam] and this, combined with his outstanding legal counsel and the timeliness of his work, provides the greatest value to the client.”
– Head of Acquisitions, Timberland Investment Management Organization
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Adam is the rare lawyer who couples issue spotting with solutions, and who invests himself in his client’s success.”
—General Counsel, Private Forest Products Company
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