Experience

Mergers and Acquisitions

• Represented the shareholders of a Washington recycling and transportation business in the sale of their stock to a global asset management fund.
• Represented a consulting and project management firm in the carve out and divestiture of its governmental consulting and defense contracting business and represented its shareholders in the shareholders’ stock sale to a global project management firm.
• Represented owners of an insurance agency and its related subsidiaries in the sale of the owners’ membership interests to a national insurance broker.
• Represented the sole member in the sale and equity rollover of membership interests of a material handling solutions company.
• Represented an Alaska seafood processing company in its acquisition of all the outstanding membership interests of a Washington food processing company.
• Represented an Alaska Native Corporation in its acquisition of substantially all the assets of a directional drilling company located in Washington.
• Represented an Alaska Native Corporation in its acquisition of all the membership interests of a general contracting business located in Alaska.
• Represented an Alaska Native Corporation in its acquisition of the membership interests of a coach tour business headquartered in Alaska, serving the Pacific Northwest.
• Represented a private equity firm in its acquisition of the assets of an adventure tourism business in Alaska.
• Represented a private equity firm in its acquisition of the membership interests of two related touring and travel companies in Alaska.
• Represented a private equity backed software company in its acquisition of all the shares of a complementary software company.
• Represented a transportation and recycling company in its acquisition of all the shares of a hauling and container services company in Washington.
• Member of the team that served as counsel to a joint venture’s acquisition of the fishing vessels, fishing rights, and other fishing assets of various Alaskan companies operating in the Bering Sea.

Other Corporate Experience

• Provides counsel to a sustainable fishery in its general corporate matters and in establishing a Washington and North America presence.
• Provides counsel to a Washington-based timber company regarding corporate governance matters.
• Prepares commercial agreements for a wood products manufacturer.
• Represented a Washington-based seafood company in obtaining a $160 million syndicated credit facility to support its seafood processing operations.
• Represented an investor in its $12 million investment in Series B of a medical software company.
• Represented the co-lead investor in the $4 million investment of Series Seed of a medical software company providing doctors with an integrated charting platform.
• Represented the lead investor in the $7.5 million investment Series B of a medical software company providing streamlined services in hospitals.

Honors & Activities

Professional Honors & Activities

• Chair of Stoel Rives’ Corporate Associates Quarterly Meetings
• Seattle Office Representative of Stoel Rives’ Associates Committee
• CALI Excellence for the Future Award, Corporate Tax
• CALI Excellence for the Future Award, Contract Drafting

Civic Activities

• Committee Member and Firm Co-Chair of the Associates Campaign for Equal Justice, 2022
• Member, Asian Bar Association of Washington, 2020–present
• Board of Directors, Asian Bar Association of Washington, 2023-present
• Volunteer Attorney—1L Virtual Coffee Break, Seattle University School of Law, 2021–present

Insights & Presentations

• “For Richer or Poorer: Incentivizing Meaningful Investments in Qualified Opportunity Zones” (comment), 44 SEATTLE U. L. REV. 1227, 2021 
• “Socially Responsible Investing and Qualified Opportunity Zones,” 41 WASH. ST. BAR ASS’N BUS. L. SEC. 6, 2020
• Memorandum on the Effects of AB5 and Dynamex on the Motor-Carrier Industry for Megan Lutes and the 2020 Transportation Lawyers Association Annual Conference, April 7, 2020