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Michael E. Morgan

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Mike Morgan has more than 40 years of experience representing major publicly and privately held companies in a wide range of business transactions including corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, private equity and various venture capital investments, proxy contests and strategic relationships.

He is one of the most recognized lawyers in the Pacific Northwest, acting as regular outside counsel to well-known companies including Nordstrom, Inc., Bank of Hawaii Corporation and New Wave Group AB. Mike’s other representative clients include:

BNBuilders, Inc.
Cutter & Buck Inc.
Frank Coluccio Construction Company
KinderCare Education
Kosta Boda
Paris Glove
Petrogas Energy Corp.
SanMar Corporation
Westminster Cracker

Mike has been involved in numerous public offerings as well as other conventional and innovative corporate finance transactions utilizing common stock, various forms of preferred stock, PIPES, straight debt and convertible debt. He regularly represents clients on corporate governance matters and also serves as counsel to Boards and Board committees and individual Board members of many companies. Mike has led Board and special committee investigations involving conflict of interest, corporate governance and enterprise risk management issues.

Mike’s M&A practice includes representing buyers and sellers in domestic and international deals. He frequently speaks at M&A and securities programs and has served on the advisory board of the Seattle University Center on Corporations, Law & Society’s Director Training Academy.

Chambers® USA’s America’s Leading Lawyers for Business has honored Mike annually for more than a decade. The publication indicates that he is “one of Seattle's most preeminent and most respected deal and corporate lawyers,” with clients enthusing that he is “available around-the-clock and often has out-of-the-box solutions to our issues."

Experience

SanMar Corporation
Acquisition of Volunteer Knitwear
$55M Investment in Inrix, Inc.
Stock Sale to C.H. Guenther & Son, Inc.
$800M Revolving Credit Facility
Westminster Cracker Company, Inc.
Acquisition of Dr. Lucy's
Purchase and Rebranding of Five Tully's Franchise Coffee Shops
Sale of Alaska Business to White Mountain Beverage, LLC
$350M Acquisition of Trunk Club, Inc.
Advanced H2O, LLC
Sale to HM Advanced Holdings, LLC
Java Trading Co.
Sale to Distant Lands Trading Company
KAREC FCI, Inc.
Sale and Related Transactions With Bentall U.S. Limited Partnership and Rushmore Partners LLC
ImageX.com, Inc.
Acquisition of CreativePro.com, Inc.
Private Equity
Purchase of Essential Baking Company
Metropolitan Travel, Inc.
Sale to Expedia, Inc.
ImageX.com, Inc.
Sale to Kinko’s, Inc.
Highwire, Inc.
Sale to Galileo International, Inc.
Enchanted Parks
$19.3M Sale of Park to Six Flags, Inc.
$210M Sale of Façonnable Fashion House to M1 Group
Sale of Distribution Rights to Anheuser-Busch of Washington, Inc.
Equity Investment in Bonobos, Inc. Merchandise Line
New Wave Group AB
New Wave Group AB Acquisition of Ahead, Inc.
Rogers & Norman
Sale to Brown & Brown Inc.
Special Committee of Zones, Inc.
Going Private Transaction
Fleischmann Office Interiors, Inc.
Sale to Chukchansi, Inc.
Alaska Distributors Co.
Sale of Washington Business to Columbia Distributors
$20M Sale to Acorn Growth Companies
MCM Worldwide
Acquisition of Bacic Group, Inc.
$122M Purchase of Alcoa Intalco’s Wharf, Pier and Associated Items
Abacus Engineered Systems, Inc.
Sale to Schnieder Electric
Alltel Corp.
Acquisition of Western Wireless Corp.
BNBuilders, Inc.
Buyout of Co-Owner’s Interests and Related Business Succession
EPI Realty, Inc.
Restructure of Wild Waves Theme Park
E. Masin Furniture Company, Inc.
Sale to Seldens Interior Furnishings, Inc.
ImageX.com, Inc.
Private Investment in Public Equity (PIPE) Financing of Common Stock
ImageX.com, Inc.
Sale of Extensis, Inc. to CelartemTechnology, USA, Inc.
Intercoastal, Inc.
Sale to Herndon Products, Inc.
J & J Minneapolis LLC
Industrial Property Acquisition
J & J Management d/b/a Lake Washington Partners LLC
Multi-Tenant Office Building Purchase
Liberty Mutual Group
Purchase of Safeco Corporation
Repurchase of Interests Held by Benchmark Capital and Madrona in Nordstrom.com, Inc.
Investment in Peek, Aren't You Curious?
Majority Interest Purchase in Jeffrey’s
Private Owners
Sale of Interests to BNBT Builders, Inc.
Prime Advisors, Inc.
Sale to Sun Life Financial (U.S.) Investments LLC
SanMar Corporation
Acquisition of Elcatex LLC
Simon G. Golub & Sons, Inc.
Sale to Shrenuj and Company Limited
The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
Sale of Frank Russell Company to the London Stock Exchange Group
United Online, Inc.
Acquisition of Classmates.com
Cutter & Buck
Sale to New Wave Group AB
Kennedy Associates Real Estate Counsel, Inc.
Sale to Bentall U.S. Limited Partnership
Advanced H2O, LLC
Sale to LaSalle Capital
Enchanted Parks, Inc.
Acquisition of CNL Lifestyle Properties by EPR Properties
SanMar Corporation
$75.5M Acquisition and Licensing Arrangement of OGIO Products
New Wave Group AB
New Wave Group AB Acquisition of of Paris Glove of Canada, Ltd.
Co-Counsel in Acquisition of Rainbow Child Care Centers (150 locations)
Acquisition by Monarch Landscaping Holdings
2018 Acquisitions of Early Education Centers Across the U.S.
Acquisition of Crème de la Crème Child Care Centers (47 locations in 14 states)

Community Involvement

Kline Galland which operates residential and community services for seniors

Past Chairman
Board Member

Samuel and Althea Stroum Jewish Community Center

Past Chairman
Board Member

Seattle University Center on Corporations, Law and Society’s Directors Training Academy, Past Advisory Board Member

American Bar Association, Member

Washington State Bar Association, Member

King County Bar Association, Member

Thought Leadership

August 15, 2024News
The Best Lawyers in America© 2025 Recognizes 128 Lane Powell Attorneys
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July 31, 2024News
Fifty-seven Lane Powell Attorneys Recognized by Super Lawyers in Washington for 2024
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June 6, 2024News
Lane Powell Ranked Again Among Top Firms in 2024 Chambers® USA
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August 17, 2023News
The Best Lawyers in America© 2024 Recognizes 123 Lane Powell Attorneys
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July 31, 2023News
Forty-seven Lane Powell Attorneys Recognized by Super Lawyers in Washington for 2023
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June 1, 2023News
Lane Powell Again Ranked Among Top Firms in 2023 Chambers® USA
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August 18, 2022News
The Best Lawyers in America© 2023 Recognizes 90 Lane Powell Attorneys
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July 14, 2022News
Forty-four Lane Powell Attorneys Recognized by Super Lawyers in Washington for 2022
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June 1, 2022News
Lane Powell Again Ranked Among Top Firms in 2022 Chambers® USA
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August 19, 2021News
The Best Lawyers in America© 2022 Recognizes 90 Lane Powell Attorneys
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July 15, 2021News
Forty-Three Lane Powell Attorneys Recognized by Super Lawyers for 2021
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May 20, 2021News
Lane Powell Again Ranked Among Top Firms in 2021 Chambers® USA
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December 11, 2020News
Six Lane Powell Attorneys Recognized as 2020 ‘Client Service All-Stars’ by BTI Consulting
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August 20, 2020News
The Best Lawyers in America© 2021 Recognizes 92 Lane Powell Attorneys
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July 16, 2020News
Thirty-Two Lane Powell Attorneys Recognized by Super Lawyers in Washington for 2020
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August 15, 2019News
The Best Lawyers in America© 2020 Recognizes 63 Lane Powell Attorneys
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June 10, 2019News
Thirty-one Lane Powell Attorneys Named ‘Washington Super Lawyers’ and Nine Named ‘Washington Rising Stars’
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April 26, 2019News
Lane Powell Again Ranked Among Top Firms in 2019 Chambers® USA
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August 29, 2018News
Lane Powell Represents KinderCare Education in Acquisition of Rainbow Child Care Center
Client Conversations
August 15, 2018News
The Best Lawyers in America© 2019 Recognizes 62 Lane Powell Attorneys
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June 18, 2018News
Thirty-two Lane Powell Attorneys Named ‘Washington Super Lawyers’ and 14 Named ‘Washington Rising Stars’
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May 3, 2018News
Lane Powell Again Ranked Among Top Firms in 2018 Chambers® USA
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August 15, 2017News
Fifty-nine Lane Powell Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers® in America 2018
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June 9, 2017News
Thirty-one Lane Powell Attorneys Named ‘Washington Super Lawyers’ and 16 Named ‘Washington Rising Stars’
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May 30, 2017News
Chambers® USA Recommends Lane Powell in Multiple Categories for 2017
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August 17, 2016News
Fifty-one Lane Powell Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America® 2017
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May 27, 2016News
Chambers® USA Recommends Lane Powell in Multiple Categories for 2016
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February 2, 2016News
Twenty-five Lane Powell Attorneys and 11 Practice Groups Recommended in Chambers® USA 2016
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August 17, 2015News
Forty-eight Lane Powell Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America® 2016
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June 12, 2015News
Thirty-two Lane Powell Attorneys Named ‘Washington Super Lawyers’ and 11 Named as ‘Washington Rising Stars’
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May 21, 2015News
Chambers® USA Recommends Lane Powell in Multiple Categories for 2015
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February 11, 2015News
Twenty-one Lane Powell Attorneys and 11 Practice Groups Recommended in Chambers® USA 2015
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August 18, 2014News
Fifty-One Lane Powell Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America® 2015
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June 13, 2014News
Thirty-five Lane Powell Attorneys Named ‘Washington Super Lawyers’ and Fifteen Named as ‘Washington Rising Stars’
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June 3, 2014News
Chambers® USA Recommends Lane Powell in Multiple Categories for 2014
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January 29, 2014News
Twenty-two Lane Powell Attorneys and 12 Practice Groups Recommended in Chambers® USA 2014
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June 14, 2013News
Thirty-Six Lane Powell Attorneys Named ‘Washington Super Lawyers’ and Sixteen Named as ‘Washington Rising Stars’
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June 13, 2012News
28 Lane Powell Attorneys Named ‘Washington Super Lawyers;’ 12 Named as ‘Washington Rising Stars’
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August 9, 2011News
Thirty-six Lane Powell Attorneys Listed as Top Lawyers in Seattle Metropolitan Magazine
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June 20, 2011News
Twenty-six Lane Powell Attorneys Named ‘Washington Super Lawyers;’ Ten Lane Powell Attorneys Named As ‘Washington Rising Stars’
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July 20, 2010News
58 Lane Powell Attorneys Listed as Top Lawyers in Seattle Metropolitan Magazine
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June 6, 2010News
28 Lane Powell Attorneys Named Washington Super Lawyers 2010
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Mike's Bios

Primary
Food, Beverage & Hospitality

Practices & Industries

Corporate, Securities, and M&A

Education

Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, J.D., cum laude, 1974
- Loyola Law Review, Associate Editor, 1973-1974
- St. Thomas More Law Honor Society
University of California Berkeley, A.B., with distinction, 1971

Admission

Washington

Honors

Chambers® USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Corporate/M&A

The Best Lawyers in America©, Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Employment — Individuals, Employment — Management, Mergers & Acquisitions (1987-2025)

“Washington Super Lawyer,” Thomson Reuters, Business/Corporate (2022-2024); Mergers and Acquisitions (2003-2021)

"Client Service All-Stars," BTI Consulting (2020)

“Top 100 Washington Super Lawyers,” Thomson Reuters, Mergers and Acquisitions (2011-2012, 2014)

Listed as one of Puget Sound’s top lawyers who completed “regions biggest deals of 2010,” Puget Sound Business Journal (February 25, 2011)

“Top Business Lawyer," Seattle Business magazine, Corporate Law (2008)

“Top Lawyer,” Washington CEO (2008)

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

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