Duff Bryant
Experience
Duff Bryant is a partner of the firm in the Corporate group and also serves on the
firm's Executive Committee. He focuses his practice on significant business
transactions for companies in a wide range of industries and at various stages of
growth. Duff chairs the firm's Mergers and Acquisitions practice group and has
significant experience in domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, and
joint ventures. He has also advised and assisted numerous clients in forming,
capitalizing and maintaining domestic and foreign entities. Duff also has extensive
experience in secured and unsecured financings.
Duff was an associate at Dorsey & Whitney LLP (2000-2004) and at Ryan, Swanson &
Cleveland, PLLC (1999-2000).
Representative Work
Energy Transactions
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Partner
Seattle, WA
Represented SunPower in connection with financing EPC and OEM Agreements for
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19.2mw project in Colorado.
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Represented SunPower Corporation in connection with purchase of companies
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owning green field solar projects in California and Arizona.
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Represented a company headquartered in India in its investments in various
ethanol projects throughout the United States, which included acquisitions,
equity investments, debt financings and joint venture formations.
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Represented Idaho Solar Power, LLC (a subsidiary of IDACORP, Inc.) in the sale of
its solar photovoltaic systems business to Schott Applied Power Corporation.
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Represented IdaTech LLC, a leading fuel cell company, in connection with a
three-party supply agreement for fuel cell systems to be manufactured and
distributed in India and surrounding areas.
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Represented IdaTech LLC in a coal gasification project and technology
development agreement with a large Japanese energy company.
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Represented IdaTech LLC in licensing fuel cell system technology to Tokyo Boeki,
Ltd.
Mergers and Acquisitions
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Represented National Frozen Foods Corporation, a private-label frozen vegetable
industry leader headquartered in Seattle, in its acquisition of substantially all of
the assets of Columbia Foods, Inc.
Education
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University of Oregon School of Law,
J.D., 1999
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University of Washington, B.A., 1996
Admissions
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Washington
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Represented Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCHN), a global leader in the metals recycling industry, in multiple
acquisitions of metals recycling businesses in Alaska, California, Hawaii, Montana, Nevada and Washington.
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Represented Interfor Pacific Inc., a forest products company, in multiple acquisitions of lumber mills in Oregon and Washington.
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Represented Darigold, Inc., the operating business of Northwest Dairy Association, in its acquisition of Inland Northwest
Corporation, which was Darigold, Inc.'s joint venture partner for a milk processing facility in Spokane, Washington.
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Represented Darigold, Inc. in its acquisition of certain business assets from Wilcox Farms.
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Represented Endeavour Capital, a private equity firm, in its acquisition (through merger) of National Frozen Foods Corporation.
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Represented Precision Castparts Corp. (NYSE: PCP) in its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of McWilliams Forge
Company, Inc., headquartered in Rockaway, New Jersey.
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Represented Versacold Holdings Corp. (a Canadian company) and its subsidiaries in the acquisition of the public refrigerated
warehousing and distribution business of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (aka P&O).
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Represented UMD Advanced Test Technologies (provider of products and services that address semiconductor test cell
requirements) in its merger with Antares conTech (a provider of high-end sockets and connectors for the semiconductor
industry).
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Represented Darigold, Inc. in its sale of substantially all of the assets of Olympic Foods, Inc. (a subsidiary of Darigold, Inc. that
produced and sold juice).
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Represented Darigold, Inc. in the sale of its ice cream and frozen novelty business to Humboldt Creamery Association and the
licensing of the right to use the "Darigold" trademark and other marks in connection with the production, marketing and sale of
ice cream and frozen novelties.
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Represented SSA Mexico Holdings, S.A. de C.V., a holding company with investments in port and terminal operations in Mexico,
in its acquisition of SSA Mexico, S.A. de C.V. (fka TMM Puertos y Terminales, S.A. de C.V.) from Grupo TMM, S.A.
Joint Ventures
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Represented the U.S. subsidiary of a large Japanese corporation in connection with its formation of a joint venture to develop a
golf course and residential real estate and its recapitalization (both equity and debt) of an existing residential real estate joint
venture.
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Represented SSA Terminals, LLC, a company with investments in port and terminal operations in the western United States, in
connection with its formation of several joint ventures.
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Represented a private equity fund headquartered in Washington in its investment in a joint venture vehicle used to acquire real
property in California and New Mexico.
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Represented SSA Mexico, Inc., a company with investments in port and terminal operations in Mexico, in the restructuring of its
joint venture operations in Mexico with Grupo TMM, S.A.
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Represented SSA Atlantic, Inc., a company with investments in port and terminal operations on the East Coast, in the formation
and organization of SSAC, LLC, a joint venture vehicle owned by SSA Atlantic and Cooper/T. Smith Stevedoring Co., Inc.
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Represented SSA Ventures, Inc. and SSA Gulf, Inc. in the transfer of certain stevedoring and related operations to CSA
Equipment Company LLC, a joint venture vehicle owned by SSA Ventures and Cooper/T. Smith Stevedoring Co., Inc.
Corporate Restructures
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Represented Keynetics Inc., an e-commerce company that operates ClickBank.com and ClickBank.net, in corporate
restructuring.
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Represented Carrix, Inc., a company with numerous subsidiaries engaged in stevedoring, port, terminal and rail operations, and
related services and technologies, in two corporate restructurings.
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Represented Nichirei Corporation of Japan in two restructurings of U.S. operations.
Other Significant Business Transactions
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Representing hedge fund management company headquartered in Washington in its formation and organization as a limited
liability company, as well as its initial capitalization and operations.
Professional Honors and Activities
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Listed in Best Lawyers in America© (currently: Mergers & Acquisitions Law), 2013-2016
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Selected as one of "America's Leading Lawyers for Business" (Washington) by Chambers USA (currently: Corporate/Commercial),
2006-2016
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Named a "Rising Star" by Washington Law and Politics magazine (Business/Corporate), 2005-2006
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Chair, Stoel Rives LLP's Mergers and Acquisitions practice group
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Chair, Stoel Rives LLP's Energy M&A and Finance initiative
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Member, Washington State Bar Association, King County Bar Association, American Bar Association
Presentations
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"What Kills Deals," Straight Talk Series, Stoel Rives LLP, May 15, 2012
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Moderator, "Developers' Perspectives on Outlook for the Wind Sector," Wind Power Finance & Investment Summit, San Diego,
Feb. 8-10, 2012
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"Renewable Developers' Perspectives on the Renewable Deal Making Market," Green Energy M&A Outlook for 2012, San Diego,
Nov. 15, 2011
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Summit co-chair, Green Energy M&A Outlook for 2012, Santa Clara, California, Nov. 14-15, 2011
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"Conflict of Interest and Fiduciary Duty Issues," 8th Annual Northwest Private Equity: 'The Resurgence of Credit Markets'
Seminar, The Seminar Group, Seattle, Oct. 21, 2011
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"Will Investor Owned Utilities Dominate the M&A Market?," AWEA Windpower 2011, Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim,
California, May 23, 2011
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"Transactional Aspect of Forest Carbon Disclosure, Transactional Issues, Carbon Offset Sales, Accounting for Carbon Value in
Timber Sales and Log Supply Agreements," Stoel Rives LLP program, "What's a Tree Worth," Weyerhaeuser Headquarters, Federal
Way, Washington, Oct. 2008
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"Governance and Management Issues for LLCs in Washington," Lorman Seminar Group, Aug. 2008
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"Recognizing the Blind Spots in Entity Selection and Formation in the World of Partnerships, LLPs, LPs and LLCs in Washington,"
Lorman Seminar Group, Oct. 2004-2005
Civic Activities
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Member, Public Affairs Council, Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce, 2001-2004, 2005-2009
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Member, Board of Directors, Alpha Rho Alumni Association, 2000-present