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Cliff

Cliff E. Spencer

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Cliff Spencer is a legal and business advisor to clients in a broad spectrum of industries. He has extensive experience in the purchase and sale of auto dealerships and other businesses; strategic business planning and organization; capital formation and securities; corporate governance and cooperatives.

Cliff has a deep understanding of dealer and manufacturer relations and counsels auto dealers and other privately held businesses in succession planning, growth and organizational strategies, and buy/sell transactions.

In addition to helping clients plan and execute their strategic business objectives, Cliff advises clients with regard to equity compensation planning, and contract formation and litigation.

Experience

McCarty Flanigan LLC
Acquisition of Schooner Creek Boat Works
Valley Co-ops Inc.
$81M Merger With Valley Wide Cooperative
Sale of Assets to Summit Auto Group Portland, LLC
$1.85B Syndicated Credit Facility
Asset Sale
Dale White Motors
Sale of Chrysler/Jeep/Dodge/Toyota Dealership to Rydell Group
Acquisition of Rasmussen BMW/Mini and Mercedes Benz Dealerships
PrimeStar Solar, Inc.
Acquisition by General Electric
Bob Stone Freeway Autocenter
Sale of Dealership Assets
Bedrock Concrete Cutting, Inc.
Private Acquisition
Acquisition of Seattle Volvo
Acquisition of BMW of Eugene, Oregon
Acquisition of Everett Ford
Merger With Hazelnut Growers of Oregon
Merger With Valley Agronomics
Icon Powersports, Inc.
Acquisition of Harley-Davidson of Eugene
Information Display Company
Stock Sale to Carmanah Technologies Company
Acquisition of Mercedes-Benz of Seattle
Acquisition of Auburn Volkswagen
Acquisition of Missoula Kia
Sale of Assets to Dinsmore Auto
Acquisition of Newberg Ford by YAZ Investments
Sale to GiftCraft USA, Inc.

Professional Experience

Foster Pepper LLP/Roberts Kaplan LLP

Partner (2005-2010)
Associate (1998-2004)

J.P. Harris, II, P.C., Associate (1996-1997)

Community Involvement

Oregon State Bar Association, Member

Washington State Bar Association, Member

American Bar Association, Member

Portland Chapter of National Association of Stock Plan Professionals, Advisor Board (NASPP)

Portland Chapter of Association for Corporate Growth, Membership Committee (ACG)

Oregon Entrepreneurs Network, Member

Thought Leadership

June 25, 2018Event / CLE
Driving Force Annual Conference
Driving Force Auto Dealer Consulting Group | Moran, Wyoming

Practices & Industries

Corporate, Securities, and M&A

Education

Willamette University , J.D., 1995
- Willamette Law Review, Associate Editor (1995)
Willamette University, Atkinson Graduate School of Management , M.B.A., Finance, 1995
Montana State University, B.S., Business Administration, 1991

Admissions

Oregon
Washington

Honors

Who’s Who: American Law Students

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