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ReadRichard A. Repp
Partner
- Location:
- Spokane
- Phone:
- 509.755.2043
- Fax:
- 509.213.8744
- Email:
- rrepp@hawleytroxell.com
Biography
Richard A. “Rick” Repp assists business clients with raising debt and equity capital from investors, including private offerings for start-up and early stage businesses. He also negotiates mergers, acquisitions and sales of public and private businesses. He handles regulatory compliance and corporate governance matters, including entity formation for corporations and limited liability companies, and advises clients with regard to shareholder, officer and board fiduciary duties. Richard also prepares and negotiates complex licensing, distribution and service agreements.
A business lawyer with a business background prior to practicing law, Richard lived and worked in Boston, New York, New Jersey and Copenhagen, Denmark before returning to Spokane to begin his law practice.
BAR ADMISSIONS
Washington
Idaho
United States District Court, District of Idaho
REPRESENTATIVE MERGERS & ACQUISITION TRANSACTIONS
Sale of Bulldog Rooter to Radiant Holdings
Sale of CdA Metals to Norfolk Iron & Metal
Sale of Hart Capital Management to Mercer Advisors
Sale of BIAS Accounting Inc. to Springbrook Holding Company
Sale of Idaho Independent Bank to First Interstate BancSystem
Sale of Northwest Bancorporation to First Interstate BancSystem
Inland Northwest Bank acquisition of CenterPointe Community Bank
Sale of PacifiCAD to IMAGINit Technologies/Rand Worldwide
Auction Edge acquisition of Auto Auction Solutions
Northwest Bancorporation acquisition of Bank of Fairfield
Sale of Lead-Lok, Inc. to Graphic Controls Acquisition Corp
Sterling Financial Corporation Acquisition of Klamath First Bancorp
PROFESSIONAL/COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS
Cornell Alumni Admissions Ambassador Network, Regional Committee Chair
Habitat for Humanity-Spokane, Past Chair
Ignite Northwest, Board of Directors
Rotary 21, Board of Directors
Spokane Angel Alliance, Chair, Board of Directors
Spokane Club, Past Chair
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Lawyer of the Year–Corporate Law/Spokane, Best Lawyers in America®, 2022
Recognized by Best Lawyers in America® for Corporate Law, 2018–present
Top Lawyers–Securities Offerings, Spokane Coeur d’Alene Living Magazine, 2018–present
Spokane Business Catalyst, 20 Under 40 “Rising Star,” 2007
EDUCATION
Law School:
University of Idaho School of Law, J.D., 2001
Idaho Law Review, Spring Edition Editor
Undergraduate:
Cornell University School of Hotel Administration, B.S., 1991
REPRESENTATIVE SECURITIES OFFERINGS
Treasury4 Convertible Promissory Notes; $7 million private placement
Continuous Composites Series A Preferred Stock offering; $17 million private placement
RiverBank Holding Company; $3.5 million private placement
Northwest Bancorporation, Inc.; $20 million private placement
Equity financing for media/advertising company; $3 million private placement
Idaho Independent Bank; $6 million rights offering and exempt public offering
Sterling Financial Corporation; $730 million recapitalization via private placement
Equity financing for tele-pharmacy company; $2.5 million private placement
Sterling Financial Corporation; $347 million registered public offering
PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
University of Idaho, College of Law “Securities Law Exemptions” 2023
SP3NW Startup Advisor “Raising a Round of Funding” 2023
Gonzaga University, School of Law, “Securities Law Exemptions” 2022
Ignite Northwest, “Term Sheets for Financing Your Startup,” 2022
Gonzaga University Business School, “Mergers and Acquisitions Timeline,” 2019
Ignite Northwest Accelerator Class, “General Legal Issues for Start-Ups,” 2019
The Spokane Club BizConnect, “Raising Business Capital,” 2019
Startup Spokane, “Venture Capital Investment Series” 2018
Life Science WA Boot Camp, “Introduction to Equity Financing,” 2017
Startup Spokane, “Equity Financing Tips for Startups,” 2017
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