Randy A. Bridgeman Partner

M&A Specialist and Outside Counsel

Randy Bridgeman represents businesses and their owners in sale transactions, acquisitions, strategic partnerships, and general corporate matters across a wide variety of sectors, particularly the food and beverage industry. He frequently serves as the client’s primary outside counsel, quarterbacking all its legal matters and utilization of legal resources within the firm. Randy is the former firmwide co-chair of Perkins Coie’s Corporate & Securities practice and current chair of the firm’s Food & Beverage industry group.

Sell-Side Focus

With more than 30 years in practice, Randy has extensive experience in representing privately held and family-owned businesses through the entirety of the sale process. He has provided owners advice on presale preparations, sale strategy, tax planning and structuring, post-sale employment and equity holdings, and family succession, in addition to taking the lead legal role in the execution of the transaction.

Industry Experience: Food and Beverage Leader

While Randy represents clients in a wide range of industries, he has worked extensively in the food and beverage sector, including beverage alcohol. Randy has acted as the primary outside counsel to a multinational food ingredient manufacturer for more than 20 years, and he represents several other emerging and growth-stage food companies, including acting as primary outside counsel to a leading nondiary milk manufacturer and retail brand. He is currently the chair of Perkins Coie’s firmwide Food & Beverage industry group. He is also the current chair of the board of directors of the Chicagoland Food and Beverage Network. He is recognized for his knowledge and experience in the industry and for his leadership roles in various supporting organizations in this sector.

Randy also represents companies with domestic and overseas operations in such sectors as gaming, transportation and transportation services, industrial manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, waste management, and professional services.

Management Team Representation

He regularly represents management teams in various strategic transactions, counseling them on equity liquidation as well as executive employment and incentive equity matters.

“Get To Know the Business” Style

Randy is known for immersing himself in his clients’ businesses and industries. In his role as primary outside counsel, Randy manages the client’s utilization of legal resources throughout the firm and contributes to strategy and team management related to litigation, labor and employment, intellectual property, regulatory compliance, estate planning, and real estate issues that arise in his clients’ legal matters. He also has experience in counseling companies in “bet-the-company” litigation challenges.