REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
Stephan H. Coonrod
The SEER Group LLC - sale to Genstar Capital Partners
Dalian Wanda - sale of equity interests in Legendary Pictures to Apollo Management
USNR - sale to One Equity Partners
Bartell Drug Company - sale to Rite Aid
Office Ally - sale to Francisco Partners
Washington Corporations - going-private transaction for Atlas Corporation
Slalom Inc. - employee stock offering and conversion to corporation
OXARC - sale to Meritus Gas Partners
Laird Norton Company - acquisition of Wetherby Asset Management
Firewood Marketing - sale to S4 Capital
Altran Technologies S.A. - purchase by Cambridge Consultants of Synapse Product Development
Apollo Video Technology LLC - sale to a unit of Audax Capital
Selmet, Inc. - acquisition of Onamac Industries, Inc.
Terminal Freezers, Inc. - sale to Bay Grove Capital
Digital Kitchen - sale to Kyu Investment (Hakuhodo KY Holdings)
San Francisco Baseball Associates, L.P. (San Francisco Giants) - change in control person and investment transaction
Quorum Review Inc. - sale to Advarra, Inc.
PAC Stainless Ltd. - transaction with Evergreen Pacific Partners
VECO Corporation - sale to CH2M Hill
Tekion, Inc. (Illinois and Burnaby, BC) - Series B-2 Preferred Stock Financing and 2006 Series C Preferred Stock Financing
Northland Transportation Company - recapitalization and syndicated bank financing transactions
Northland Transportation Company - sale to Lynden Inc.
Investor group in NetMotion Wireless, Inc. - Series B-2 Preferred Stock Financing
MarketRange, Incorporated and TalentMatch, Incorporated - Series B Preferred Stock Financing led by Ignition Venture Partners and Mellon Ventures
DaVinci Gourmet, Ltd. - asset sale to Kerry Group plc subsidiaries
Telecom Transport Management, Inc. - Series D Preferred Stock Financing led by Columbia Capital Equity Partners
Wonder Auto Technology, Inc. - going-private acquisition
BP Amoco - sale of its carbon fiber business to Cytec
Concordia Coffee Company, Inc. - Series A Preferred Stock Financing
Concordia Coffee Company, Inc. - sale to Middleby Marshall Inc.
Concordia Coffee Company, Inc. - Series C Preferred Stock Financing led by Marker Hill
Concordia Coffee Company, Inc. - Series B Preferred Stock Financing led by Fluke Venture Partners
MindPlay LLC - asset sale to Alliance Gaming Corporation
Dennis Washington Family Interests - formation of Greater China Intermodal Investments with Seaspan Corporation and The Carlyle Group
Dennis Washington Family Interests - Seaspan Corporation issuance of US$200 million Series A Preferred Shares
Attenex Corporation - Series B Preferred Stock Financing
AIS, Inc. - Series C1 Preferred Stock Financing
Laird Norton Company - sale of Lanoga Corporation, largest privately held company based in Washington, to a unit of Fidelity Capital
Laird Norton Company - investment in Series C Preferred Units of Zevia
Laird Norton Company - investment in Class E Preferred Stock of CIRCA, Inc.
Fusion Academy (American Education Group LLC) - sale to a unit of Leeds Equity Partners
Laird Norton Company - investment in Class A Units of Fusion Education Group
NCG Holdings, L.P. and New Century GlobalNet KK, Kobe, Japan - equity financing
Wajax, of Toronto - sale of Pacific Northern Equipment and sale of Spencer Industries
CarPoint, Inc. - acquisition of DriveOff.com, Inc.
Speakeasy, Inc. - Series D Preferred Stock Financing led by 3i Technology Partners and BV Capital Series A Preferred Stock Financing with a global alternative investment manager, Carlyle, and H & Q Funds; Series B Preferred Stock Financing; Series C Preferred Stock Financing
Speakeasy, Inc. - sale to an American multinational consumer electronics retailer
Alexander Hutton Venture Partners - lead investor in Series B Preferred Stock investment in Myrio Corporation
Synrad, Inc. - sale to Excel Technologies, Inc.
Duke Seabridge Limited (Vancouver, BC) - acquisition of Smith Tractor & Equipment Co.
Duke Seabridge Limited (Vancouver, BC) - disposition of Smith Tractor & Equipment Co.
Matthew G. Norton and WestRiver Capital - lead investors in Series AA Preferred Stock issued by Tachyon, Inc.
Matthew G. Norton Co. - term debt facility
Sea Coast Foods, Inc., a branded food products company - sale to Aurora Foods, Inc., a publicly traded company
Cable Concepts, Inc. - issuance of Class B Common Stock to Blue Ridge Investors II, L.P.
Cable Concepts, Inc. - issuance of Class C Common Stock to Geneva Capital
CALPERS - minority stake investment in, and capital commitments to, the Carlyle Group in a transaction involving up to US$850 million of equity capital
Q/Media Software Corporation - CA$110 million term and revolving debt facility with Royal Bank of Canada
Q/Media Software Corporation (US counsel) - subordinated debt financing from Ontario Teachers’ Pension Fund and a global bank
Q/Media Software Corporation (Vancouver, BC) - acquisition from Quebecor of Print Northwest
Asterion, Inc. - Series A Preferred Stock Financing
Milliman, Inc. - sale of Milliman Care Guidelines to The Hearst Corporation
Sundal Collier & Co. A.S. (Oslo) and Orkla Finans Fondsmegling A.S. (Oslo) (US counsel) - underwriting of a private placement of stock by the Resource Group International
EMF Corporation - Series A Preferred Stock Financing
Yardarm Knot, Inc. - purchase of the Wards Cove Naknek and Ekuk operations
Claircom Communications Group - airborne communications equipment supply and TFTS service transaction with SAS and the related TFTS service arrangement with Jetphone Limited (a British Telecommunications/France Telecom joint venture)
Claircom Communications Group (later AT&T Wireless, Aviation Communications Division) - service contracts with Société Internationale de Télécommunications Aéronautiques and American Airlines and with COMSAT Corporation for Delta Airlines
Claircom Communications Group - airborne communications equipment supply transactions with Air France, KLM, and SAS, and the related revenue arrangements with Société Internationale de Télécommunications Aéronautiques (SITA-Paris)
Claircom Communications Group - airborne communications equipment supply transaction with Lufthansa and related revenue arrangement with British Telecommunications plc
West Travel, Inc. - purchase of Clipper Navigation small cruise ships/business
Cruise West - term debt facility with an American multinational investment bank and financial services holding company, refinance of that facility with Caterpillar Financial Services, and term debt facility with a provider of financial services
Mikron Industries - sale to Quanex Corporation
Mikron Industries, Inc. - acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Spectus Systems, Inc. (Rockford, Illinois)
Mikron Industries, Inc. - equipment facility lease in Richmond, Kentucky
Mikron Industries, Inc. - fixed-rate term loan facility with Prudential Insurance Company and restructured credit facility with Seafirst Bank
The Odom Corporation - sale of joint venture interest to Southern Wine & Spirits of America
The Odom Corporation - acquisition from Alaska Distributors Co. and joint venture with Southern Wine & Spirits of America
OKI Electric Industry Co., Ltd. - sale of Cascade Design Automation Corporation to Duet Corporation
OKI Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (Tokyo) - acquisition of the software tools division of Seattle Silicon Corporation
The Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle (Metro) - two transit equipment cross-border lease transactions with Mitsui Leasing & Development, Ltd. (Tokyo)
McClatchy Newspapers - acquisition of The Tacoma News Tribune
Corbis Corporation - acquisition of Zefa Visual Media gmbh and affiliates of Düsseldorf, Hamburg, London, Paris, Amsterdam, Bruxelles, and Milan
Corbis Corporation - acquisition of Sygma SA of Paris, London, and New York
Corbis Corporation - acquisition of Splash News and Picture Agency
Corbis Corporation - acquisition of Westlight (Los Angeles) and the Craig Aurness collection and acquisition of Outline Press Syndicate, Inc.
Corbis Corporation - acquisition of Veer Corporation of Calgary, Berlin, and New York
Microsoft Corporation - formation of CarPoint.com, LLC with the Ford Motor Company
Endeavour Capital - investment in USNR, LLC
North Coast Electric - sale to Sonepar Holdings
AKKA Technologies SE - acquisition of PDS Tech, Inc.
Grakon International, Inc. - sale to Greenbriar Equity Group
Telecom Transport Management, Inc. - Series B-1 Preferred Stock Financing
Apollo Gold Corporation - sale to Neverro Gold Corporation
Cello Bag Co., Inc. - sale and joint venture arrangement with Amcor Limited (Melbourne, Australia)
Microsoft Corporation - formation of NEXTIDE Inc., a Japanese joint venture with Hitachi Co., Ltd.
Microsoft - investment in Series E Convertible Preferred Stock issued by Groove Network, Inc.
Microsoft Corporation - Series B Preferred Stock Financing in Plural Inc. (formerly Micro Modeling Associates, Inc.)
