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Melanie G. Rubocki Partner

Boise Office Managing Partner

  • Boise

    D +1.208.343.3434

    F +1.208.343.3232

    Boise

    1111 West Jefferson Street, Suite 500

    Boise, ID 83702-5391

    +1.208.343.3434

    MRubocki@perkinscoie.com

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Overview

Experience

Mergers & Acquisitions

Acquisition of Empire Group Mining Claims

Represented Integra Holdings U.S. Inc. in its acquisition of mining claims, water and mineral rights, and other property located in Owyhee, County Idaho from Empire Mines Company.

Acquisition of TCHO Ventures, Inc. by Ezaki Glico Co., Ltd.

Represented TCHO Ventures, Inc. in its merger with and into Gold Craft Chocolate, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Ezaki Glico Co., Ltd.

Purchase and Sale of Target Units of RadQual, LLC

Represented the buyers in the acquisition of membership interests in RadQual, LLC, an Ohio limited liability company, from certain of its members.

Asset Sale by Bully Dog Technologies

Represented Bully Dog Technologies, LLC in the purchase of its assets by SCT Holdings, Inc.

Asset Sale of Boston Shade Company

Represented The Summit Group LLC in the asset sale of its Boston Shade Company business to System 7 Solutions Inc.

Acquisition of Conveyor Engineering

Represented Conveyor Engineering and majority shareholder in acquisition by FLSchmidt.

Acquisition of Unity Assets

Represented Transilio, Inc. in a purchase of IP assets of Unity Corporation.

Acquisitions by International Isotopes Inc.

Represented International Isotopes in various acquisitions, including assets for deconversion plant.

Acquisition of Northland Frozen Foods, Inc.

Acted as special counsel to Dickinson Frozen Foods, Inc. in its leveraged buyout to private equity owners.

Clearwater Analytics, LLC

Represented Clearwater Analytics, LLC and its affiliates in its purchase and redemption of equity interests from Caribou Consolidated, LLC.

IHI Corporation (TYO: 7013)

Represented a Japan-based public company and its wholly-owned subsidiary in a forward triangular merger with an Idaho, U.S.A.-based company.

Leveraged Buy-Out of Dickinson Frozen Foods Inc.

Represented Dickinson Frozen Foods in its leveraged buyout to private equity owners.

Merger of Dynamis Group LLC

Represented Dynamis Group, as the survivor, in its merger with Heartland Construction and its related entities.

Sale of Northwest Research Group

Represented Northwest Research Group in the sale of all of its operating assets to a wholly owned subsidiary of InfoUSA.

Sale of Quintex Corporation (Utah)

Represented Quintex Corporation - Utah in the sale of all its operating assets to Consolidated Container Corporation.

Sale of Quintex Corporation (Washington)

Represented Quintex Corporation - Washington in the sale of all its operating assets to Consolidated Container Corporation.

Sale of Trinity Springs Ltd.

Represented Trinity Springs Ltd. in the sale of all its operating assets to AMCON Distribution Company.

Stock Purchase of Hecla Ventures Corporation

Represented Great Basin Gold Ltd. in its stock purchase of Hecla Ventures Corporation.

Sale of Abbott Insurance

Represented TB Metal in the sale of insurance business to Alliance Insurance.

Corporate Finance

Natural Intelligence Systems, Inc. - Convertible Note Offering

Represented Natural Intelligence Systems, Inc. in a convertible note offering.

American Ostrich Farms - Convertible Note Offering

Represented American Ostrich Farms in a convertible note offering.

WantHub Inc. - Series Seed Offering

Represented WantHub Inc., a Delaware corporation in its Series Seed Preferred Stock financing.

Idaho Power Company Public Debt Offering

Represented Idaho Power Company in its public offering of $120,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Idaho Power’s 4.05% First Mortgage Bonds due 2046, Secured Medium-Term Notes, Series J.

Community Solar Energy

Representing developer of community solar energy projects involving panel sales, PPA with utility, and net metering arrangements.

Sale and Issuance of Series A-1 Preferred Stock

Represented Focus IP, Inc. in the sale and issuance of Series A-1 Preferred Stock.

pSiFlow Technology Inc. (Idaho)

Represented company in preferred stock offering.

SmartStory Technologies, Inc.

Represented SmartStory Technologies, Inc. in a Series AA Preferred Stock Financing and Debt conversion in an amount up to $4,853,268.

SmartStory Technologies, Inc. - 2017 Debt Financing

Represented SmartStory Technologies, Inc. in a Note Financing.

SmartStory Technologies, Inc. - Series AAA Preferred Stock Financing and Recapitalization

Represented SmartStory Technologies, Inc. in a Series AAA Preferred Stock Financing and Debt Conversion in an amount of $1,358,000.

TCHO Ventures, Inc. - Series A Preferred Stock Financing

Represented TCHO Ventures, Inc. in a Series A Preferred Stock Financing and Debt Conversion in an amount up to $6,717,358.

Series Seed Offering

Assisted client with Series Seed Financing including debt conversion.

Convertible Note Financing

Represented issuer in sale of convertible notes.

Mindshare Networks

Represented Mindshare Networks, Inc. in various common stock and preferred stock offerings.

Talus Holdings Investment in SpyderLynk, LLC

Represented Talus Holdings LLC in its original and follow-on Series B Preferred Units investment in SpyderLynk, LLC.

Transilio, Inc.

Represented Transilio, Inc. in its various convertible debt and preferred stock offerings.

Core Concepts Outdoor, Inc.

Represented Core Concepts Outdoor, Inc. in various Preferred Stock Offerings.

Fit Wrapz

Represented Fit Wrapz, Inc. in a Series Seed Preferred Stock Offering.

GenZ Corp.

Represented GenZ Corp. in a various Common Stock and Preferred Stock Offerings.

GoGo Labs, Inc.

Represented GoGo Labs, Inc. in various Common Stock and Preferred Stock Offerings.

Meesh & Mia Inc.

Represented Meesh & Mia Inc. in various Common Stock, Convertible Debt and Preferred Stock Offerings.

DG-Southfork, LP

Advised private equity fund in formation and offering.

Idaho Trust Bank

Advised Bank in relation to various private offerings.

ImQuant Inc.

Represented company in various preferred offerings.

Organix Inc.

Advised company in common stock offering.

TriGeo

Represented company in various common and preferred offerings.

Trinity Springs Ltd.

Represented company in various common and preferred offerings.

Aravah Organics Preferred Stock Financing

Represented Aravah Organics, Inc. in its Series A Preferred Stock offering.

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Bar and Court Admissions

  • Idaho

Education

  • Notre Dame Law School, J.D., 1997, Executive Editor, Journal of College and University Law Review
  • Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, B.S., Economics, 1993
  • College of Arts & Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, B.A., Psychology, 1993

Languages

  • Italian