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Matt

Matthew D. Viers
ShareholderStartups & Emerging Companies Team Chair
Portland
D 503.778.2182
C 503.962.9146
viersm@lanepowell.com

Matt Viers is the Chair of the firm’s Startups & Emerging Companies Team. He represents entrepreneurs, startups and investors in connection with corporate, venture capital financing, intellectual property licensing and other emerging company transactional matters.   

His educational and professional experience in finance provide unique value to clients in connection with the negotiation and structuring of complex financing and recapitalization transactions. Matt also advises clients on mergers and acquisitions, and other strategic corporate transactions.

Experience

  • Abeja, LLC
    Acquisition of Abeja Winery
  • Airbiquity
    Series C Financing
  • Anchor QEA LLC
    Acquisition of North Carolina-Based Professional Practice
  • Aquor Water Systems
    Convertible Note Financing
  • Clario Medical Imaging Inc.
    Sale by Merger to Intelerad Medical Systems
  • Datacastle Corporation
    Acquisition of OEM Channel Partner's Business Unit
  • DimensionalMechanics, Inc.
    Convertible Debt Financing
  • Hesco Bastion, Ltd
    Acquisition of Controlling Interest in Reed Composite Solutions, LLC
  • Homewatch International, Inc.
    Sale to Authority Brands, LLC
  • Insurance Partners LLC
    Purchase of Miller Insurance
  • January Company
    Sale of Business
  • Lundberg, LLC
    Sale of Business
  • Nordstrom, Inc.
     $650M Public Debt Offering
  • Nordstrom, Inc.
    Exchange of 7% Senior Notes Due 2038 for up to $300M 5% Senior Notes Due 2044
  • Nordstrom, Inc.
    Private Offering of $400M 5% Senior Notes Due 2044
  • Prime Advisors, Inc.
    Sale to Sun Life Financial (U.S.) Investments LLC
  • Salmon Innovation Fund
    Formation of Investment Fund
  • SCI Solutions, Inc.
    Acquisition of Clarity Health Services
  • Tempered Networks
    Convertible Debt Financing
  • Tempered Networks
    Series B Financing
  • Valant Medical Solutions, Inc.
    Bridge and Venture Financings
  • Valant Medical Solutions, Inc.
    A-2 Preferred Stock Financing and Recapitalization
  • Valant Medical Solutions, Inc.
    Series A-3 Financing
  • Back Porch International
    $15M Management Buyout
  • Showdigs
    Series Seed Financing
  • Plover, Inc.
    Convertible Debt and SAFE Financings

Professional Experience

Lane Powell

  • Shareholder (2020-Present)
  • Associate

Miller Nash Graham & Dunn LLP

  • Associate
  • Summer Associate

Cogence Group, P.C., Senior Associate, Valuation and Litigation Consulting

Thompson Wiest & Sickler. P.C., Valuation and Litigation Consulting

Community Involvement

Oregon Entrepreneurs Network, Curriculum Committee 

University of Washington Entrepreneurial Law Clinic

Thought Leadership

  • January 1, 2020News
    Lane Powell Elects New Shareholders in Portland and Seattle
    Firm Announcement
  • December 6, 2018Event / CLE
    Fifth Annual Startups Seminar: Celebrating the Pacific Northwest’s Startup Ecosystem
    Lane Powell Seminar | Seattle
  • October 4, 2018Event / CLE
    Choosing the Right Entity for Your Startup
    Oregon Entrepreneurs Network Startup Series | Portland, Oregon
  • May 17, 2018Event / CLE
    Working With Third-Party Vendors
    Oregon Entrepreneurs Network Startup Series | Portland, Oregon
  • March 30, 2017News
    Lane Powell Supports Startups at TechfestNW
    Firm Announcement
  • December 8, 2016Event / CLE
    Third Annual Startups and Emerging Companies Seminar
    Lane Powell Seminar | Seattle
  • October 6, 2015Publication
    Lane Powell Featured in Puget Sound Business Journal Special Insert on Startups and Emerging Companies Seminar
    Puget Sound Business Journal

Practices & Industries

  • Corporate, Securities and M&A
  • Nonprofit & Social Enterprise
  • Startups & Emerging Companies

Education

  • University of Washington School of Law, J.D.
    • Washington Law Review, Notes and Comments Editor
  • Seattle Pacific University , B.B.A., summa cum laude

Accreditation

American Society of Appraisers (Accredited Senior Appraiser — Business Valuation)

Admissions

  • Oregon
  • Washington

Honors

Transactional LawMeet, Western Region, First Place and Best Draft (2012)

Transactional LawMeet, National Competition, Quarter-finalist and Best Draft (2012)

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