Overview

Emily Olsen is an associate in Stoel Rives’ Corporate practice group. She has experience handling a variety of corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions, loan transactions, formations and reorganizations, corporate governance issues, private securities transactions, and other general corporate matters. Her practice spans a variety of industries, including agribusiness and renewable energy. In addition to domestic transactions, Emily also has experience handling a variety of cross-border transactional matters, including international acquisitions, corporate governance counseling, and formation matters.

Before joining Stoel Rives, Emily was an associate at an international law firm, where she gained experience across a broad spectrum of domestic and cross-border business matters and worked in both the corporate/M&A and real estate practice groups.

Education

University of Michigan Law School, J.D., 2022, cum laude; Dean’s Scholarship; Certificate of Merit Award in Torts

Oberlin College, B.A., East Asian Studies and Politics, Concentration in Chinese Studies, High Honors in Politics, 2019; John D. Lewis Prize for Excellence in Comparative Politics

Admissions

Oregon

Experience

  • Frequently advise an institutional lender on the debt financing of various agribusiness assets.
  • Represented an investment management firm in its acquisition of a solar portfolio comprised of rooftop solar systems spread throughout the United States.
  • Represented an Oregon-based family business with sand and gravel operations in its acquisition by a private equity firm.
  • Represented a Washington-based family-owned manufacturing and paint finishing business with operations spread throughout the United States in its sale to a private equity firm.
  • Represented an HVAC and refrigeration wholesale distributor in miscellaneous business matters, including private securities offerings, corporate research projects, and acquisitions of local distribution companies spread throughout New York, New Jersey, Iowa, South Dakota, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Mississippi, Nevada, and Arizona.
  • Represented a receiver in a bankruptcy case involving over 900 entities as part of the corporate team.
  • Represented a logistics, packaging, and freight forwarding company through miscellaneous domestic and cross-border matters, including cross-border M&A transactions, share transfers, entity formation, and general corporate governance matters.
  • Represented a nonprofit organization in an acquisition involving 46 farms across eight states and over 41,000 acres of farmland.
  • Represented a public real estate investment trust in the sale of two gas pipelines.
  • Represented a fruit grower and producer in its acquisition of Washington facilities.
  • Represented farmers and ranchers in the sale and exchange of 13 farmland parcels across California.

Affiliations

Professional

  • Multnomah Bar Association, 2022–present
  • Taking Ownership PDX, Board Member and Secretary

Civic

  • Oregon Chapter of the National Bar Association, Student Outreach Committee Member, 2025
  • Oregon Women Lawyers Community Service Committee Member, 2024–present
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