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Experience
Public Companies
AT&T Wireless, Inc.
Represented AT&T Wireless, Inc. in public debt offerings, establishing commercial paper and 4(2) notes programs, debt tender offer and consent solicitation.
Aurcana Corporation
Represented Aurcana Corporation (TSX: AUN) in connection with its US$ 50mm unsecured three year credit facility from Orion Mine Finance, a private equity firm, and a related Silver Offtake Agreement.
Burlington Northern Railroad
Represented Burlington Northern in public offerings of mortgage bonds.
Outerwall, Inc.
Represented Outerwall, Inc. in public offerings of common stock and convertible notes and in proxy contest related to the company's 2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
Itron, Inc.
Represented Itron, Inc. in its IPO and subsequent public offerings of common stock, convertible debt and 144A debt offerings.
Weyerhaeuser Company
Represented Weyerhaeuser and Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company in public offerings of common stock.
Puget Energy Inc. and Puget Sound Energy Inc.
Represented Puget Energy and Puget Sound Energy in public offerings of common and preferred stock, first mortgage bonds, senior notes, trust preferred securities and pollution control bonds.
ZymoGenetics Inc.
Represented ZymoGenetics in its initial public offering and subsequent offerings of common stock.
Starbucks Corporation
Represented the underwriters in Starbucks initial public offering and convertible debenture offerings.
Burlington Resources Company
Represented Burlington Resources in its initial public offering and public debt offerings.
El Paso Natural Gas Company
Represented El Paso Natural Gas in its initial public offering and debt tender offer and consent solicitation.
T-Mobile USA, Inc.
Represented T-Mobile USA, Inc. in a $5.6 billion secondary offering of senior unsecured notes by majority stockholder, Deutsche Telekom AG.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Puget Energy Inc.
Represented Puget Energy, the parent company of Puget Sound Energy Inc., in aspects of its sale to a consortium of long-term infrastructure partners for approximately $7.4 billion.
Sale of Captaris, Inc.
Represented Captaris, Inc. in its $131 million sale to Open Text Inc.
aQuantive, Inc.
Dave McShea, Andrew Bor, and Roy Tucker served as lead counsel to aQuantive, Inc. in its record-setting acquisition by Microsoft Corporation. In the largest acquisition in its history, Microsoft agreed to pay $66.50 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $6 billion. The deal was announced in May and was completed on August 10, 2007.
Perkins Coie represented aQuantive from its incorporation through its venture capital financings, its initial public offering in 2000 and its life as a public company.
Itron, Inc.
Represented Itron, Inc. in its $1.7 billion acquisition of Actaris Metering Systems SA.
The Boeing Company
Represented Boeing in several acquisitions, including the purchase and eventual sale of de Havilland.
Acquisition by Esterline Technologies Corporation
Represented Esterline Technologies Corporation in its acquisition of the Weston Group Inc.
Acquisition by Esterline Technologies Corporation
Represented Esterline Technologies Corporation in its acquisition of Leach Holding Corporation.
Esterline Technologies Corporation
Represented Esterline Technologies Corporation in its acquisitions of Kirkhill, the Weston Group, Leach Holding Corporation, Canadian Marconi Company (CMC) Electronics Holdings Inc.
Acquisition by Itron, Inc.
Represented Itron, Inc. in its acquisition of Regional Economic Research Inc.
Acquisition by Itron, Inc.
Represented Itron, Inc. in its acquisition of LineSoft Corporation.
Acquisition by Itron, Inc.
Represented Itron, Inc. in its acquisition of eMobile Data Corporation.
Acquisition by Itron, Inc.
Represented Itron, Inc. in its $255 million acquisition of Schlumberger Electricity Inc.
Acquisition by Itron, Inc.
Represented Itron, Inc. in its acquisition of Silicon Energy Corporation
KSL Capital Partners LLC/ClubCorp
Represented KSL Capital Partners in $1.8 billion Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (CMBS)/mezz financing in connection with an acquisition by a KSL-sponsored acquisition of ClubCorp Inc., who owns or operates approximately 100 golf courses, 60 business clubs as well as the Barton Creek and Homestead Resorts.
The transaction involved the restructuring of the ownership of approximately 170 golf courses, business clubs and two resorts. The mortgage financing is secured by mortgages on 61 of the company's golf courses as well as its two resorts and the mezzanine financing is secured by a pledge of equity in connection with a large number of business clubs and golf courses.
Blucora, Inc. (f/k/a Infospace Inc.)
Represented Blucora, Inc. in its acquisition of 2SS Holdings Inc., the parent company of the TaxACT business.
Blucora, Inc.
Represented Blucora, Inc. in its offering of Convertible Notes.
Emeritus Corporation
Represented Emeritus Corporation in its acquisition of the "Nurse-On-Call" entities.
Emeritus Corporation
Represented Emeritus Corporation in its secondary public offering.
