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Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts
Within M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m), Stoel Rives LLP is a third tier firm,
Stoel Rives LLP has an extensive practice in the acquisition, sale, reorganization and restructuring of corporations, partnerships and other business entities, with attorneys working out of 11 offices in seven states. Representative clients include financial institutions, public and private utilities, energy and renewable energy companies, developers, manufacturers, retailers, hospitals, universities, agribusinesses, software companies, food and beverage companies, charitable foundations, telecommunications and forestry companies. In energy deals, the team represented affiliates of AEGON in connection with an equity investment in Invenergy Wind Finance Company, a portfolio holding company that indirectly owns and constructs wind-powered generation facilities. Altra was assisted in the purchase of a Greenfield fuel ethanol production plant in Coshocton, Ohio, from the original developer, including the purchase and sale agreement and related due diligence. Portland-based Ruth Beyer has considerable experience in financial sector-related M&A. Beyer also represented the purchaser in the acquisition of a materials business headquartered in Scotland, and advised the purchaser in the acquisition of a family-owned manufacturing business located in New Jersey.