Mergers, Acquisitions and Finance Transaction Highlights

Hotel Sales

Los Angeles, CA: Sale of 700-room hotel ($25,000,000).
Las Vegas, Nevada: Bankruptcy litigation over ground leased hotel.
San Francisco, CA: Sale of fee interest and retention management agreement hotel ($15,000,000).
Albuquerque, NM: Sale of ground leased hotel with Port of Albuquerque .
Valencia, CA: Sale of fee interest in hotel/resort ($5,000,000).
California and Arizona: National Park Hotel. Sale of Grand Canyon and Death Valley National Park concessions.

Plant and Company Sales

Oregon: Oregon Garden Products. Sale of largest container nursery in U.S. ($15,000,000).
California: Amfac Nurseries. Sale of 200 acre container nursery Elsinore/Riverside.
Philadelphia, PA: Sale of 30+ stores (in 7 states) of retail clothing company, including sale of inventory, assignment of commercial leases and trademarks ($30,000,000).
Atlanta, GA: Sale of 15-state wholesale veterinary supply distribution business, including commercial lease assignments, distributor agreements and DEA controlled substance licenses ($20,000,000).
Seattle, WA: Pacific Pearl Seafood. Sale of branded retail canned seafood business to C. Itoh Co. and sale of crab and salmon fishing fleet.
Portland, OR: Portland Bottling Company. Sale of plants, warehouses and retail soft drink bottling business ($6,000,000).
Atlanta, GA: Wakefield Seafood. Sale of branded retail frozen seafood business to Rich Products.
Portland, OR: Lamb-Weston, Inc. Sale of potato processing company ($300,000,000).
Alaska and Bellingham, WA: Seafood Plant Sales.

Plant and Company Purchases and Leases

Boardman, OR: Purchase of processing plant, branded food product line, inventory and growing agreements on over 50,000 acres ($60,000,000).
Richland, WA: Purchase of storage warehouses ($3,000,000).
American Falls, ID: Long-term lease on cold storage facility.
St. Louis, MO: Ralston Purina Co. Purchase of processing facilities ($20,000,000).
Illinois and Florida: Purchase of manufacturing plants ($25,000,000).
Houston, TX: Purchase of $60 million oil field, marine and pipe distribution businesses.
Nationwide: Union Pacific Railroad. Negotiation of $100 million private rail transportation agreement.
Navajo Indian Reservation: Negotiation for construction and operation of food processing joint venture with Navajo Indian Nation.
Nationwide: Private Rail Fleet Agreement. Negotiation of 100-car private rail fleet lease agreement ($50,000,000).

Refinance

Hawaii: Liberty House Stores. Refinancing of chain of department stores ($70,000,000).
Nationwide: Fred Harvey Hotels & Resorts. Refinance national park concessions ($125,000,000).

International

France: License and eventual termination of patent and trade secret.
India: Formation of foreign subsidiary and negotiation of food processing joint venture in India.
Mexico: Formation of Mexican subsidiaries of American corporation for manufacture and distribution of products in Mexico ; negotiation of real estate purchase.
United Kingdom: Joint venture partner buy out of manufacturing and distribution.
Mexico: Defended client in patent infringement matter.
Mexico: Purchase of manufacturing plant and manufacturing agreements($30+million).

Real Estate

Oregon and Washington: Purchase, sale and financing of over 2000 residential apartment units.
Napa, CA, Clover Island, WA, Mammoth Mountain, CA , Kanapali Beach, HA, Poipu Beach, HA, Roche Harbor, WA: Planning, acquisition, sale and/or financing of destination resort, residential condominiums and marina developments.
Nationwide: Negotiation and document preparation for the sale of a co-tenancy interest as part of a § 1031 tax-free exchange.

Residential/Commercial Real Estate Transactions

Energy Project Transaction Highlights

Mt. Poso, Bakersfield, CA: Coal fired power plant joint venture partner with Bechtel Corp. and Pyro Power Co.
Soledad, CA: Urban wood waste powered plant joint venture.
Long Island, NY: Gas fired 100MW cogeneration plant development joint venture.
Crockett, CA: C & H Sugar cogeneration power plant development.
Chatteau Gay, NY: Partnership to develop wood and industrial waste fired cogeneration plant.
Stoneybrook, NY: State University of New York . Development of gas-fired steam and electric cogeneration plant.
San Diego, CA: Sale of San Diego Central Cooling water plant and distribution system.
Hanes, AL: Partnership in wood waste fired cogeneration plant.
White City, OR: Biomass I, operator of wood waste fired cogeneration plant.
Molokai, HA: Construction and operation of partnership-owned biowaste fired cogeneration plant.
Turners Falls, MA: Partner in 20+MW cogeneration plant.
Houston, TX : Joint venture with CRS-Serene to build and operate utilities.
Camas, WA: Negotiated a contract for cogeneration plant at James River paper mill.
Western United States: Represented Lamb Weston, Co. in numerous electric power purchase, fuel and engineering/construction projects at processing plants.