Experience

Marc’s recent strategic transaction experience has included assisting:

• Sale of a solar EPC contractor to private equity fund.
• Ahern Rentals in its $2 billion sale to United Rentals (NYSE: URI).
• SMT Energy in its sale of a development stage BESS portfolio to UBS.
• A large, nationwide renewable energy producer in its acquisition and disposition of development-stage solar and BESS portfolios.
• Schoolhouse Electric Company in its sale to Food52.
• An investor in his acquisition of a heli-skiing operation.
• Hubb in its sale to Intrado.
• Volpara in its acquisition of CRA Health.
• Tellutax in its sale to Vertex.
• Northwest Natural Water of Washington in its acquisition of the water and sewer utility companies of the Sunriver Resort.
• New Force Equity Partners in its sale of Opus Global to a global publicly traded company.
• SmartMedia Technologies in its consolidation with FastG8, Media Design Group, and vAtom Labs, and related sale of stock to investors.
• Lithia Motors (NYSE: LAD) in acquisitions and sales of dealerships.
• Zoom+Care in its sale of convertible promissory notes to private equity investors and its sale of the company to PeaceHealth On Demand Networks.
• RADAR in its transaction with Vista Equity Partners.
• ESCO Corporation in its $1.3 billion sale to The Weir Group plc.
• PNE Corporation and affiliated entities in a corporate restructuring and recapitalization transaction with private equity firm Hamilton Robinson Capital Partners.

Marc’s recent venture capital and financing experience has included assisting:

• A renewable hydrogen developer in its Series Seed preferred stock financing.
• A corporate venture capital firm in various portfolio company Series Seed, Series A, and Series B preferred stock investments.
• Slumberkins in its Series Seed Plus financing.
• Goodwell in its Series Seed financing.
• Columbia Pacific Management to raise capital for senior living development projects in SE Asia.
• A global public company in its strategic convertible note investment in a medical software company.
• A large family office in its investments in various emerging growth companies.
• Holt Homes to raise capital from investors for real estate development projects.
• Specht Development to raise capital from investors for real estate development projects.
• CodeLogic (formerly Crosscode) in its sale of Series A preferred stock to investors in connection with its bankruptcy, exit from bankruptcy, and following exit from bankruptcy.
• COVYDx in its Series A financing.
• Diabetomics in its Series D, convertible note, and Series E financings.
• Tualatin Industrial Investors, LLC to raise capital to acquire a 10-building industrial real property portfolio.

Honors & Activities

Professional Honors & Activities

• Included in Best Lawyers^®: Ones to Watch in America (Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Venture Capital Law), 2023–2024
• Leadership Portland, Class of 2019
• Member, Business Law and Corporate Law sections of the Oregon State Bar

Civic Activities

• Board Member, Treasurer, Chamber Music Northwest
• Rotarian, Rotary Club of Salt Lake City Club 24, 2010‑2013
• Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholar to Chile, 2007

Insights & Presentations

• “Definition of a Security,” Advising Oregon Business (Oregon State Bar) (2017 revision)
• “Talkin’ Bout a Revolution? Utah Overhauls Its Rules of Civil Discovery,” Note, 2011 Utah L. Rev., 669

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