Professional Biography
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Troy J. Hickman Partner

  • Seattle

    D +1.206.359.6356

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    Seattle

    1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900

    Seattle, WA 98101-3099

    +1.206.359.6356

    THickman@perkinscoie.com

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Overview

Experience

Mergers & Acquisitions

Tilting Motor Works sale to Arcimoto

Represented Tilting Motor Works in a sale of its assets to Arcimoto, a public company in the electric vehicle industry.

Represented Les Schwab Tire Centers

Represented Les Schwab Tire Centers, a 68-year old family-owned business and leading tire retailer and service center operator, in its sale to Meritage Group.

Esterline Technologies Corporation Acquisition and Divestitures

Represented Esterline in its acquisitions of Kirkhill, the Weston Group, Leach Holding Corporation, Canadian Marconi Company (CMC) Electronics Holdings Inc., Racal Acoustics, Avista Corporation, NMC Group, Souriau and others, as well as its sale of Pressure Systems, Fluid Regulators, Eclipse Electronic System, Pacific Aerospace, and other subsidiaries.

Acquisition for MacDonald, Dettwiler & Associates Ltd.

Represented MacDonald, Dettwiler & Associates Ltd. (MDA Corporation - MDA:Toronto) as U.S. counsel in its acquisition of Loral Space & Communications.

Sale of JetParts Engineering

Represented Jet Parts Engineering in its sale to Vance Street Capital.

Sale of Exotic Metals

Represented Exotic Metals in its sale to Parker-Hannifin.

Sale of American Fast Freight

Represented American Fast Freight in its sale to The Jordan Company.

Acquisition by Amazon.com, Inc.

Represented Amazon.com, Inc. in its acquisition of Lexcyle Inc., TouchCo, and Yap.

Sale of Aculight Corporation

Represented Aculight Corporation in its sale to Lockheed Martin Corporation.

Sale of Serengeti

Represented the owner of Serengeti legal expense software tool in its sale to Thompson Reuters.

Overall Laundry Services — Sale to ARAMARK Uniform and Career Apparel Inc.

Represented Overall Laundry Services in a sale of the business to ARAMARK Uniform and Career Apparel Inc.

Sale of The Threshold Group

Advised The Threshold Group in its sale to Tiedemann Wealth Management Holdings.

Acquisition of Volant Aerospace

Represented ST Aerospace in its acquisition of Volant Aerospace.

NAES Corporation

Represented NAES Corporation in its acquisitions of E3 Consulting, Greenberry Construction and Olympus Power Operations.

Trucking Transactions

  • Represented Gordon Trucking in its sale to Heartland Express.
  • Represented Valley Freightliner in several truck dealership acquisitions.

Private Equity

Blue Point Capital Partners

Represented Blue Point Capital Partners in its leveraged recapitalizations of Rapid Transportation, V&S Transportation, and Dri-Eaz Products.

Endeavour Capital

Represented Endeavour Capital in its acquisition of Columbus Foods, and in the sale of Columbus Distributing to Tony's Fine Foods.

Sale of Black Bear Diners

Represented the Black Bear Diners restaurant franchise in its sale to P/W/P Growth Equity..

Sale of RC Rasmussen Corporation

Represented family-owned R.C. Rasmussen Corporation in its sale to Mangrove Equity Partners.

Sale of ThriftBooks

Assisted ThriftBooks in its sale to KCB Management.

Joint Ventures/Partnerships/Restructurings

Healthcare Joint Venture

Assisted University of Washington Medicine in the creation of a joint venture with a private-equity owner of community hospitals to expand the reach of UW medical expertise.

Mariners Ownership Change

Represented the Seattle Mariners organization in connection with its 2016 ownership restructuring.

Formation of Real Estate Investment Funds

Represented local builders and developers in the formation of several smaller ($10-100M) real estate investment funds.

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