Scott Blickenstaff

SIGNIFICANT REPRESENTATION & EXPERIENCE

• Managed the legal department for a $2 billion agricultural cooperative with over 700 shareholder members; ensured compliance with environmental, safety, employment, antitrust, securities, and other applicable laws and regulations; participated in and prepared official minutes for all board and committee meetings; managed all commercial and employment litigation; managed resolution of all claims, disputes, and litigation with members; primary board liaison responsible for cooperative governance matters.
• Represented numerous technology startup companies in all aspects of corporate formation and governance, governmental compliance, equity and debt financing, stock plan management, employment policies and agreements, technology license agreements, and various commercial transactions.
• Advised a California-based technology company as primary outside counsel in connection with its corporate formation, technology licensing, equity financings, and operations; achieved client goals in closing more than $50 million in equity financings, negotiating complex licensing arrangements, and counseling clients in all aspects of company operations.
• Oversaw all aspects of Capper-Volstead Act compliance for a $2 billion agricultural cooperative with over 700 members; led the review, revision, and member approval of updated articles of incorporation, bylaws, and other constituent documents; led the review, revision, and updating of the cooperative’s functional compliance programs.
• Oversaw large attorney and business teams for a multinational energy company client in connection with the successful development, project financing and construction of a $1 billion South American energy project comprising a natural gas pipeline and related power generation, co-generation and transportation facilities.
• Led the restructuring of the ownership and management rights for seven related California wind energy projects for a consortium of equity holders in connection with the bankruptcy of a prominent U.S. wind power developer; achieved a timely and successful restructuring of the projects.
• Negotiated, documented, and closed commercial property sales totaling more than $200 million on behalf of a major U.S. public company.
• Advised a major resort developer in connection with complex real estate issues relating to the redevelopment of a large resort property bordering the California coastline.
• Advised a public company client in the negotiation of business and legal terms and documentation of $200 million stock purchase of a private equity owned operating company.
• Represented a U.S. agricultural cooperative in the successful creation of a $40 million European joint venture production facility.

EDUCATION

Law School:

University of California, Hastings College of Law, 1990

Undergraduate:

College of Idaho, B.A. cum laude, 1984

BAR ADMISSIONS

Idaho, since 2010

California, since 1990

PROFESSIONAL/COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS

Morrison Center Endowment Foundation, Board member