SEATTLE, Wash. (June 20, 2016) - Perkins Coie acted as outside counsel to Weyerhaeuser Company (NYSE: WY), one of the world's largest private owners of timberlands, in its agreement to sell its liquid packaging board business to Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd., a Japanese paper manufacturing company, for $285 million in cash.

Led by Seattle partner Andrew Bor, the Perkins Coie team included Seattle partners Andrew Moore, Eric DeJong, Kurt Linsenmayer, James Sanders, Karen McGaffey and Todd Hinnen; Bellevue partners Pam Anderson, Bruce Dick and Kristine Wilson; Washington, D.C. partner Barry Reingold; Seattle senior counsel Ann Nagele; and Seattle associates Nick Davis and June Wang.

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