Attorneys
Gittinger, D. Wayne

Practices & Industries

D. Wayne Gittinger

Shareholder | Seattle | 206.223.7053 | gittingerw@lanepowell.com

Wayne Gittinger focuses his practice on domestic and international business counseling, transactional and litigation work for U.S. and foreign corporations.

Business

  • Business
  • Corporate Finance and Securities
  • Antitrust Litigation and Counseling

Admitted to Practice

  • Washington

Academics

  • University of Washington (J.D., 1957; B.A., 1954)
    • Member, Board of Editors, Washington Law Review, 1956-1957
  • Northwestern University School of Law (Teaching Associate, 1957-1958)

Practice Group and Specialty Team Memberships

  • Antitrust and Trade Regulation
  • Business
  • Corporate Finance and Securities
  • Retail

Representative Matters and Clients

  • Represented a U.S. brewer in an importing and custom brewing arrangement with a German brewer in Hamburg, Germany.
  • Represented a Japanese trading company in antitrust litigation in the United States involving seafood.
  • Acted as co-counsel to a U.S. company in a debt-equity financing in Chile.
  • Represented a U.S. importer of wearing apparel in an insolvency proceeding of a selling agent in the United Kingdom.
  • Acted as co-counsel in an action in Germany to recover the value of wood pulp destroyed in the warehouse of a bailee for hire.
  • Represented a Canadian company’s U.S. subsidiary in structuring transactions for the export of wood chips to Japan.
  • Represented a U.S. company in the acquisition of timber cutting rights and formation of operating subsidiaries in Saskatchewan and Alberta, Canada.
  • Represented U.S. companies in matters before the Consumer Products Safety Commission.
  • Represented a U.S. company in the acquisition of distribution outlets in Pennsylvania and Kentucky.
  • Represented a U.S. meatpacker in the acquisition of an Iowa beefpacker and in the acquisition of Nebraska feedlots.
  • Represented a U.S. company in the sale of Alaska seafood facilities to a U.S. company.
  • Represented a U.S. company in connection with public debt and equity offering and other matters with the S.E.C and N.Y.S.E.

Awards and Honors

  • Rated “AV” in Martindale-Hubbell
  • Named as one of The Best Lawyers in America® 1988-2010
  • Named in “Best Lawyers” survey published by Seattle Metropolitan Magazine, 2006-2007

Professional and Community Activities

  • American Bar Association, Business Law and Antitrust Sections
  • Director, Nordstrom, Inc., 1971-2004
  • Director, Pabst Brewing Company, 1983-1985
  • Chair, Tyee Board of Advisors, 1990-1991
  • Board of Directors and Executive Committee, Seattle Sports Commission
  • Board of Directors, First Tee of Greater Seattle
  • University of Washington Law School Alumni Board, 1986-1992