Sarah F. Alderin

Sarah F. Alderin is a corporate and M&A attorney who advises clients on complex business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings, and governance matters. Sarah provides strategic counsel to companies across industries, guiding them through all phases of transactional work—from due diligence and negotiation to drafting principal agreements and managing risk.

Before joining Stoel Rives, Sarah was most recently an associate at a local law firm and before that practiced law in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Education

University of Hawaii, J.D., 2019, magna cum laude; comments and technical editor, University of Hawaii Law Review

Willamette University, B.A., Women’s and Gender Studies / Film Studies, 2016

Admissions

Washington

Hawaii

Mergers and Acquisitions

• Represented The Willamette Valley Company, an Oregon-based manufacturer and engineering firm, in its sale to Arclin
• Represented California Olive Ranch, a portfolio company of Solum Partners, in its $173.5 million sale to Cobram Estate Olives
• Represented Precizion Partners, a leading demolition and remediation company and portfolio company of DCA Partners, in its acquisition of Morgan Construction, Inc
• Represented the seller of multiple Washington-based dental practices to a private equity-backed national platform
• Represented a leading consulting and project management firm in the sale of its business through a complex cross-border merger
• Represented a US-based technology company in multiple domestic and cross-border acquisitions of cloud software and technology services businesses
• Represented a private equity sponsor in the sale of its plumbing, electrical, and HVAC services portfolio company

Other Corporate Experience

• Represent private equity funds in connection with platform and add-on acquisitions, portfolio company governance matters, ownership restructurings, and other strategic transactions
• Advise privately held companies, founders, boards of directors, and investors on corporate governance, ownership transitions, and other strategic corporate matters
• Assist in various reorganizations and restructurings, including mergers, conversations, domestications, and re-domiciliations

Client Successes

• Best Draft (Buyer Side), Transactional LawMeets, 2018
• CALI Excellence for the Future Award, Criminal Law, 2017
• CALI Excellence for the Future Award, Contracts I, 2016

Professional

• Association for Corporate Growth Seattle Y20, 2025–2027 Cohort
• Member, Puget Sound Deal Network
• Section Chair, Business Law Section 2024–2025, Member, 2024–present, King County Bar Association
• Member, Washington State Bar Association
• Member, Hawaii State Bar Association
• Member, Hawaii Women Lawyers
• Member, American Bar Association