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Pat

Patrick J. Franke
ShareholderBusiness Department Director
Seattle
D 206.223.7100
C 425.443.6770
frankep@lanepowell.com

Pat Franke is a corporate and M&A attorney, and trusted advisor to privately-held companies including large family-owned businesses, private equity sponsored companies, and venture-backed startups, and their founders, boards of directors, and investors. He is also the Director of the firm’s Business Department comprising all of its transactional, business, and other non-litigation practices.  

He advises clients at every stage of the business lifecycle on a broad range of issues, including debt and equity financings, corporate reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic transactions and relationships, licensing and distribution transactions, and other commercial matters. Pat also counsels individual and institutional investors (including venture capital firms and corporations) with respect to their investment activities and transactions.

Chambers® USA’s Guide to America’s Leading Lawyers for Business has recognized Pat as a leading corporate lawyer. One source mentions, “he is by far one of the best attorneys I've ever worked with” and highlights his “outstanding business acumen.”

Experience

  • Give InKind, Inc.
    Sale to Wolfe
  • Tempered Networks
    Sale to Johnson Controls  
  • SkinSpirit Holdings
    Private Equity Investment  
  • Christensen Inc.
    Acquisition of United Oil  
  • Paramount Data Management Inc.
    Series Seed 2 Financing and Series Seed 1 Stock
  • Porsche Automobil Holding SE
    Advise on Investment
  • GeoDynamics LLC
    Sale of Company to NV5 Global, Inc.
  • Harbor Wholesale Grocery
    Acquisition of Rich & Rhine Assets
  • iFoodDecisionSciences
    $15 million Series A Preferred Stock
  • Porsche Automobil Holding SE
    Investment in Aeva SPAC/Pipe
  • iFoodDecisionSciences
    Acquisition of HarvestMark
  • Porsche Automobil Holding SE
    Follow-on Investment in Markforged
  • DefinedCrowd
    Series Seed Financing
  • Airbiquity
    Series C Financing
  • DCC Propane LLC
    Acquisition of Pacific Coast Energy
  • Evrnu
    Series A Preferred Stock Financing
  • Freestone Capital Management
    Acquisition of Controlling Interest in Quik Pik LLC
  • Give InKind, Inc.
    Convertible Debt Financing
  • Harbor Wholesale Grocery
    Acquisition of Kent, WA Operations of Food Services of America
  • iFoodDecisionSciences
    Series Seed Preferred Stock Financing
  • Porsche Automobil Holding SE
    US Venture Investments
  • Red Tricycle Inc.
    Sale to Tinybeans Group Limited
  • Vibrant Cities, LLC
    Advise on Real Estate Development Financing Transactions
  • Porsche Automobil Holding SE
    2018 Investment
  • LUMEDIQ, Inc.
    Acquisition by Providence St. Joseph Health
  • Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd.
    $310M Acquisition of Sid Richardson Carbon, Ltd.
  • Noble House Hotels & Resorts
    Refinancing of The Edgewater Hotel
  • DefinedCrowd
    Series A Financing
  • Tempered Networks
    Series B Financing
  • Tempered Networks
    Convertible Debt Financing
  • Evrnu
    Series Seed Financing
  • Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.
    $285M Acquisition of Weyerhaeuser's Longview Liquid-Packaging Business
  • Stress-Tek, Inc.
    $20M Sale to Vishay Precision Group, Inc.
  • Valant Medical Solutions, Inc.
    Series A-3 Financing
  • DimensionalMechanics, Inc.
    Convertible Debt Financing
  • SCI Solutions, Inc.
    Acquisition of Clarity Health Services
  • Thermal Hydra Plastics LLC
    Acquisition of Hydra Plastics Inc.
  • Datacastle Corporation
    Acquisition of OEM Channel Partner's Business Unit
  • Valant Medical Solutions, Inc.
    Bridge and Venture Financings
  • Guardian Operations d/b/a Guardian Roofing LLC
    Sale of Business
  • Valant Medical Solutions, Inc.
    A-2 Preferred Stock Financing and Recapitalization
  • SkinSpirit Holdings
    Private Equity Financing
  • Vibrant Cities, LLC
    Financing, Acquisition and Development Activities
  • Artificial Intelligence Technology Service
    $50.5M Series B Financing
  • Tempered Networks
    Series B Preferred Stock Financing

Professional Experience

Graham & Dunn PC, Partner (2006-2013)

Leary Franke Droppert PLLC, Founding Partner (2000-2006)

Smith & Leary PLLC, Associate (1993-2000)
 

Community Involvement

University of Washington School of Law Entrepreneurial Law Clinic, Supervising Attorney (2017-Present)

Washington State Bar Association, Member (1993-Present)

Keiretsu Forum Northwest, Sponsor (2015-Present)

Zino Society, Sponsor (2005-2015)

Entrepreneurs’ Organization Seattle, Sponsor (2008-2013)

King County Bar Association, Community Involvement Committee, Chairman (1997-2000)

Federal Bar Association, Member (1993-2000)
 

Thought Leadership

  • August 18, 2022News

    The Best Lawyers in America© 2023 Recognizes 90 Lane Powell Attorneys

    Awards & Honors
  • July 14, 2022News

    Forty-four Lane Powell Attorneys Recognized by Super Lawyers in Washington for 2022

    Awards & Honors
  • June 1, 2022News
    Lane Powell Again Ranked Among Top Firms in 2022 Chambers® USA
    Awards & Honors
  • August 19, 2021News
    The Best Lawyers in America© 2022 Recognizes 90 Lane Powell Attorneys
    Awards & Honors
  • May 20, 2021News
    Lane Powell Again Ranked Among Top Firms in 2021 Chambers® USA
    Awards & Honors
  • January 21, 2021Event / CLE
    Why Good Governance Attracts Good Investors
    National Association of Corporate Directors | Virtual
  • August 20, 2020News
    The Best Lawyers in America© 2021 Recognizes 92 Lane Powell Attorneys
    Awards & Honors
  • April 23, 2020 News
    Lane Powell Again Ranked Among Top Firms in 2020 Chambers® USA
    Awards & Honors
  • March 18, 2020Publication
    Will Coronavirus Make Some Contracts Unenforceable?
    COVID-19 Resource
  • August 15, 2019News
    The Best Lawyers in America© 2020 Recognizes 63 Lane Powell Attorneys
    Awards & Honors
  • June 10, 2019News
    Thirty-one Lane Powell Attorneys Named ‘Washington Super Lawyers’ and Nine Named ‘Washington Rising Stars’
    Awards & Honors
  • April 26, 2019News
    Lane Powell Again Ranked Among Top Firms in 2019 Chambers® USA
    Awards & Honors
  • December 6, 2018Event / CLE
    Fifth Annual Startups Seminar: Celebrating the Pacific Northwest’s Startup Ecosystem
    Lane Powell Seminar | Seattle
  • August 22, 2018News
    Lane Powell Represents AI-Startup DefinedCrowd in $11.8M Series A Financing
    Client Conversations
  • August 15, 2018News
    The Best Lawyers in America© 2019 Recognizes 62 Lane Powell Attorneys
    Awards & Honors
  • June 18, 2018News
    Thirty-two Lane Powell Attorneys Named ‘Washington Super Lawyers’ and 14 Named ‘Washington Rising Stars’
    Awards & Honors
  • December 7, 2017Event / CLE
    Fourth Annual Startups Seminar: Building for Scale
    Lane Powell Seminar | Seattle
  • June 9, 2017News
    Thirty-one Lane Powell Attorneys Named ‘Washington Super Lawyers’ and 16 Named ‘Washington Rising Stars’
    Awards & Honors
  • December 8, 2016Event / CLE
    Third Annual Startups and Emerging Companies Seminar
    Lane Powell Seminar | Seattle
  • December 2, 2015Event / CLE
    Second Annual Startups and Emerging Companies Seminar: The Startup Journey — Idea to Exit
    Lane Powell Seminar | Seattle
  • August 21, 2015Event / CLE
    Advanced Concepts in Licensing IP and Technology
    Seminar | Seattle
  • June 12, 2015News
    Thirty-two Lane Powell Attorneys Named ‘Washington Super Lawyers’ and 11 Named as ‘Washington Rising Stars’
    Awards & Honors
  • November 5, 2014News
    Lane Powell Featured in Puget Sound Business Journal Special Insert About Dec 4 Startups and Emerging Companies Seminar
    In the News
  • June 13, 2014News
    Thirty-five Lane Powell Attorneys Named ‘Washington Super Lawyers’ and Fifteen Named as ‘Washington Rising Stars’
    Awards & Honors
  • May 22, 2014Publication
    Reward v. Risk: Advantages and Disadvantages of Courting Strategic Investors
    Seattle Business
  • June 14, 2013News
    Thirty-Six Lane Powell Attorneys Named ‘Washington Super Lawyers’ and Sixteen Named as ‘Washington Rising Stars’
    Awards & Honors
  • Awards_2023 Best Lawyers America
  • Chambers USA Leading Lawyer 2022
  • Washington Super Lawyers 2022

Practices & Industries

  • Corporate, Securities, and M&A
  • Health Care Transactions
  • Startups & Emerging Companies
  • Business Dispute Resolution

Education

  • The University of Texas, J.D., 1993
  • Santa Clara University, B.A., magna cum laude, 1990
    • Phi Beta Kappa

Admission

  • Washington

Honors

Chambers® USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Corporate, Securities and M&A (2019-2022)

The Best Lawyers in America©, Mergers & Acquisitions (2019-2023)

“Washington Super Lawyer,” Thomson Reuters, Business/Corporate (2005-2019, 2022)

“League of Justice,” Washington CEO magazine (2006)

“Washington Rising Star,” Thomson Reuters (2000)

AV Preeminent® in Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™

“Life Member,” National Registry of Who’s Who Among Lawyers

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