Professional Biography
Jens Fischer

Jens M. Fischer Partner

  • Seattle

    D +1.206.359.6752

    F +1.206.359.7752

    Seattle

    1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900

    Seattle, WA 98101-3099

    +1.206.359.6752

    JFischer@perkinscoie.com

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Overview

Experience

Corporate Securities & Compliance

Outerwall Inc.

Represented Outerwall Inc. (along with its businesses Redbox, Coinstar, and ecoATM) in public offerings of equity, debt and convertible debt, equity tender and repurchase transactions, debt exchange offers, corporate governance, stockholder activist matters, and securities law compliance.

Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle

Represented Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle in its initial registration of equity securities under the Securities Exchange Act, corporate governance, and SEC compliance matters.

Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc.

Represented Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc. in self-tender offering for convertible notes.

Esterline Technologies Corporation

Represented Esterline Technologies Corporation in public offerings of common stock, Rule 144A debt offerings, and debt exchange offers.

ICOS Corporation

Represented ICOS Corporation in public equity offerings and securities law compliance. Also represented underwriter in Rule 144A convertible debt financing for ICOS.

Safeco Corporation

Represented Safeco in public equity and debt offerings and tender offers for capital securities and senior notes.

Itron, Inc.

Represented Itron, Inc. in public equity offering.

Emeritus Corporation

Represented Emeritus Corporation in public equity offering and listing on NYSE.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Sale of Northland Telecommunications Corporation

Represented Northland Telecommunications Corporation in its sale to certain affiliates of GTCR.

Acquisition of Rightside Group, Ltd.

Represented Donuts Inc. in its acquisition of public company Rightside Group, Ltd. through equity tender offering and follow-on merger.

Sale of Outerwall Inc.

Represented public company Outerwall Inc. in its sale to certain affiliates of Apollo Global Management, LLC.

Merger of Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle

Represented the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle in the first merger of Federal Home Loan Banks in its merger with the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines.

Sale of Intermec, Inc.

Represented public company Intermec, Inc. in its sale to Honeywell International Inc.

Acquisitions by Outerwall Inc.

Represented Outerwall Inc. in its acquisitions of, among others, Redbox Automated Retail, LLC, Video Vending New York, Inc. (dba DVDXpress), and the DVD kiosk business of NCR Corporation.

Dispositions by Outerwall Inc.

Represented Outerwall Inc. in the disposition of, among others, its e-payment business to InComm.

Sale of Financial Pacific Corporation

Represented Financial Pacific Corporation in its sale to Allied Capital Corporation.

Sale of Hinds-Bock Corporation

Represented minority shareholder in sale of Hinds-Bock Corporation to affiliate of Middleby Corporation.

Acquisition by Global Market Insite Inc.

Represented Global Market Insite Inc. in its acquisition of NetReflector Inc.

Sale of Gear.com, Inc.

Represented Gear.com, Inc. in its sale to Overstock.com Inc.

Private Companies

Global Market Insite Inc. Financings

Represented Global Market Insite Inc. in venture capital financings.

SNAPin Software Inc. Financing

Represented SNAPin Software Inc. in venture capital financing.

Financial Pacific Corporation Financing

Represented Financial Pacific Corporation in private equity financing.

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