Business

The Business Group of Ater Wynne provides strategic legal advice to help clients achieve their business goals. Our clients range from closely held family businesses, to high-growth venture-backed companies, to multinational public corporations. Whether your business is a small start-up company or a long-established corporation, our attorneys will provide the counsel you need in today’s fast-paced business environment.

Entrepreneurial companies turn to us for advice in developing and protecting their businesses, complying with federal and state regulations, evaluating risks and pursuing opportunities. Ater Wynne attorneys are skilled in business, corporate finance, securities and intellectual property, as well as regulatory, employment, real estate and dispute resolution.

We know the industries in which our clients do business. And, perhaps most important, we enjoy working with people whose goal is to build something new. Ater Wynne’s legal services include:

  • Entity structure and formation
  • Negotiation and documentation of private and public financing
  • Securities law compliance
  • Product and technology research and development transactions
  • Strategic partnering
  • Licensing and distribution of intellectual property
  • Protection of trademarks, copyrights and domain names
  • Employment law and executive compensation
  • Tax planning and execution
  • Global trade
  • Domestic and international distribution and marketing
  • Mergers, acquisitions, and management buyouts

Representative Clients

  • Albertina Kerr Centers
  • Avnera Corporation
  • Boyd Coffee Company
  • Equilibrium Capital Group
  • Northwest Pipe Company
  • Oregon Health Sciences University
  • TriMet
  • TriQuint Semiconductor