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When I am not advising foreign and domestic clients in their strategic business transactions, I enjoy photography, snorkeling, and ziplining. I am fluent in Bahasa Indonesia and American Sign Language.

Steven leads the intellectual property contracting and licensing practice for the Seattle office. He assists clients in diverse industries with a wide range of intellectual property, contracting and licensing matters including: biotech, biomed, computer, consumer information, electronics, government, internet, online privacy, wholesale and retail foods, construction, entertainment, franchising and venture capital investments. Steve was recently named as a “Super Lawyer” in Washington Law & Politics.. Prior to joining Lane Powell, Steven was a partner in the Seattle office of Riddell Williams P.S. Steven also brings to the Firm seven years’ experience as the Director of Research and Strategic Planning for Bozell Worldwide in Los Angeles, an international marketing and advertising agency headquartered in New York.

Since my career has focused on working with start-ups, I understand the common set of issues which effect emerging companies. I have dedicated my career to this area because I am entrepreneurial myself and thrive on the excitement and energy involved in new ventures and ideas. I genuinely enjoy working with entrepreneurs and welcome the opportunity to become part of the team that helps them achieve their objectives.

Paul is a member of our firm’s Business, Licensing & Technology and Real Estate Groups. On a day-to-day basis, he provides the advice and services clients need to achieve their business goals. Paul’s focus is on business formations, business and real estate acquisitions and financings, and other commercial transactions. He represents both start-up businesses and established companies. Paul has considerable experience representing technology companies in venture capital financings, joint ventures, and licensing and marketing agreements. Paul is also experienced in the purchase and sale of dental and other professional practices.

My practice is concentrated on corporate and securities law. Since 1984, I have represented corporate clients and individuals in a variety of business transactions, including public and private financings, mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures, both domestically and internationally.. I currently serve as outside general counsel to select businesses in several different industries. I also work with companies, founders and investors on specific projects such as startup structuring, debt and equity financings, and sales of businesses.

My practice focuses on securities and corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and private equity investments and general corporate counseling.. In addition to advising clients on general corporate governance matters, I have experience in entity formations, venture capital financings, domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, public offerings and SEC reporting and disclosure.. I have also formed several non-profit organizations with domestic and international operations and advised them on governance, structure, tax-exemption and corporate transactions.

Ms. Anderson is a partner in Dorsey & Whitney's public company practice group. Her practice specializes in the areas of corporate finance and securities. She assists clients with corporate governance compliance, Exchange Act reporting and Section 16 matters under the federal securities laws as well as private placements of debt and equity securities, initial and secondary public offerings and M&A. She counsels clients listed on the NYSE, Nasdaq and the TSE.
 

Ms. Anderson also has extensive experience in Canadian cross-border transactions and advises clients in a variety of industries, including software, Internet and e-business and oil and gas

Mr. Bonini is a business, securities and tax attorney with a practice focused on organizing business ventures and complex partnership transactions. George also advises companies regarding mergers and acquisitions, tax matters, private equity transactions, and provides general business counsel.    George has experience assisting hedge funds and other private investment funds structure transactions, and complying with applicable federal securities laws.. In addition, he is able to assist clients with loan, secured finance, and real estate transactions.  Finally, George has expertise assisting in resolving tax disputes with the Washington Department of Revenue and the Internal Revenue Service.George earned a B.A. from the University of Montana, a J.D. cum laude from Seattle University School of Law, and a Masters (LL.M.) in Taxation from the University of Washington. George is a member of the Washington State Bar Association.. In the 2002-2004 Washington Law & Politics surveys, Mr. Bonini was listed as a “Rising Star” in the areas of corporate finance and taxation.

Mike practices in the areas of securities law, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, project finance, officer and director liability, internal investi­gations, high net worth individual representation and general corporate and commercial law.. Mike has represented issuers in scores of private and public offerings of both equity and debt, including angel, seed, venture and institutional investments. He has extensive experience in business combinations and financings of all types and sizes, from less than $1 million to over $1 billion. He has counseled companies in ongoing ‘34 Act reporting, 144A financings and regulatory compliance in a variety of areas, and has had extensive dealings with under­writers, investment bankers, broker-dealers, venture capital funds, private equity firms and other institu­tional investors and service providers. In addition, he has served as general corporate counsel to a wide range of companies, and has advised boards of directors, special committees, directors and officers on particular legal challenges.. He has advised individual officers and directors in mediation, litigation and negotiation in connection with class action securities suits and derivative claims, and given general advice about liability avoidance. He has further advised many executives on executive employment agreements and options and benefits packages, as well as their rights upon termination or departure.. Mike has worked on financings and transactions in a wide variety of industries, including: information technology, Internet and software, biotech, medical device, alternative and nuclear energy and other technologies; aerospace and avionics; manufacturing; distribution; retail; trans­portation; service providers; seafood and fishing; gaming (including casino finance); media and enter­tainment (including online games and other media products); food and restaurants; construction; pulp and paper; franchising; financial institutions; financial service providers and broker/dealers; leasing; travel; and other industries. Mike has worked on many matters involving foreign components, and deals with lawyers from Canada, Mexico, Australia, and various countries in Europe, South America, Asia, and the Middle East. He speaks or has studied Spanish, Italian, French, German, Persian and Hebrew.

Mick Fleming is Co-Chair of Lane Powell's Real Estate Litigation Practice Group and is a member of the Corporate Finance and Securities department.  He focuses his practice on complex dispute resolution and also handles a number of business mergers and acquisitions.  Mick has also worked on a number of complex real estate finance transactions.

Mark Worthington concentrates his practice on corporate and securities law and has experience with a wide range of corporate finance and technology licensing transactions. Mark joined Summit Law Group in 1997 and has served as the firm's managing partner and chief financial officer. He has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America, as a Super Lawyer by Washington Law & Politics, and as one of Seattle's Best Lawyers by Seattle Metropolitan Magazine.

Marc’s practice covers the broad range of corporate law and commercial transactions, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, complex negotiations and strategic planning. Marc is a member of the Emerging Companies Team.. Marc has extensive experience as a corporate lawyer and has served as a member of management for a number of companies, including PACCAR Inc, Virginia Mason Medical Center (where he was General Counsel and a member of senior management), Virginia Mason Health Plan (where he was President of a 40,000 life HMO) and Medtronic Physio-Control Corporation (where he was initially Sr. V.P. - Law, Human Resources, and Business Development, and was ultimately Executive Vice President -Operations).

Laura represents emerging growth as well as established companies in a wide range of transactions, including public offerings, venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, securities law compliance and corporate governance issues. Laura advises a number of public companies on a wide range of issues, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, preparation and review of periodic reports, and compliance with insider trading and disclosure regulations.

I focus my practice on corporate, business and transactional matters with a particular emphasis on mergers and acquisitions. I also have experience handling real property transactions, land use and planning, contract negotiation and coordination, and construction and development issues for long term care and seniors housing communities. My years of experience working with a premier provider of skilled nursing and seniors housing services makes me a natural fit to serve as a member on Lane Powell’s Long Term Care and Seniors Housing Client Service Team, the largest of its kind in the Pacific Northwest.

I am a startup and corporate transactions attorney in Seattle. My practice falls into three broad categories:. I represent companies from inception to exit, and provide general counsel services along the way. For example, I regularly help companies adopt and administer stock option and other forms of equity compensation plans and arrangements.. I also represent investors in companies, as well as executives and founders.. You can reach me at, or via email at You can follow me on Twitter at @joewallin.. I am a frequent public speaker, and happily entertain offers to speak.. I blog at , and I podcast at .

I am a Seattle-based attorney and President of The Otto Law Group. My practice focuses on corporate finance, securities, mergers and acquisitions and corporate law and governance. I began my law practice on Wall Street in New York City in 1987, where I concentrated on significant corporate acquisitions, equity and debt offerings and regulatory compliance.  In 1991, I moved to Seattle in order to dedicate my experience in corporate law and finance, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, public and private securities offerings and private equity and venture capital financing to entrepreneurs, technology innovators, start-up, emerging growth and middle-market businesses.. In July of 1999, I founded my own firm, The Otto Law Group, PLLC, in Seattle, Washington, to better serve privately-held and publicly traded technology-based start-up, emerging growth and middle-market companies with respect to corporate finance, capital markets, securities, strategic development, corporate governance, mergers, acquisitions and venture capital and private equity matters.  Representative transactions completed by The Otto Law Group include an initial public offering for a digital technology company, acquisition and financing of an education services and products public company, private financing for the expansion of a window coverings manufacturer and “reverse” mergers and financings for companies in the medical and pharmaceutical products, alternative energy, environmental products and services, security technology, alternative power and gas production, internet domain and network construction and plastics recycling industries. The Otto Law Group also handles ’34 Act compliance work for several technology and service businesses, share exchanges and filings for publicly held companies, renders opinions regarding various financings and acquisitions and advises businesses on entity governance and fiduciary standards, commercial contracts, executive employment agreements and intellectual property transfers.

Greg Perry is an associate in the tax practice group of Dorsey & Whitney's Seattle office. Mr. Perry's practice involves tax advising on a variety of business tax matters, including public and private mergers, acquisitions, spin-offs, corporate restructurings, incorporations, partnerships and limited liability companies, and offerings of debt, equity and other financial instruments.

Brian works extensively with rapidly-growing, private companies as part of Graham & Dunn’s Emerging Companies and Entrepreneur's team. He counsels clients on general corporate and transactional matters, including corporate formation and governance issues, private equity and debt financings, mergers and acquisitions and other business transactions.. Brian also works regularly with clients in a variety of industries to draft and negotiate contracts related to their core business.  These include agreements related to technology and intellectual property licensing and acquisition, partnering or other revenue sharing relationships, sales and distribution, manufacturing, OEM and outsourcing.  He began his practice in Silicon Valley as a corporate associate in the Palo Alto office of a large, international law firm.

Andy is Senior Innovation Counsel at Perkins Coie LLP, helping our Emerging Company / Venture Capital practice leverage technology to better serve our clients. Andy has 12 years of experience with a wide range of corporate finance and acquisition transactions (M&A, VC, IPO), securities law matters (’34 Act reporting and disclosure, etc.), and general corporate governance for businesses in many industries, including technology, SAAS, life sciences, manufacturing, consumer products, healthcare and consulting, among many others.. Throughout his career, Andy has advised clients on M&A, VC and IPO transactions valued in the billions of dollars.  Before joining Perkins Coie LLP, he was a partner at Summit Law Group from 2012-2020, and before that Andy was a corporate associate in the Seattle office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.