Marc Therrien

Marc focuses his practice on business and transactional corporate law, helping renewable energy, technology, manufacturing, and other clients with strategic transactions; mergers and acquisitions; equity, venture capital, and debt financings; securities regulation and compliance; business formation; and strategic counsel. A trusted and solutions-oriented advisor, he regularly draws on his M.B.A. and business experience to understand his client’s business and provide practical solutions to their complex challenges.

Before his legal career, Marc was an associate with the University Venture Fund, worked in the Legal Department of Boise Inc. (now Boise Paper, a division of Packaging Corporation of America), and served as a judicial extern to Justice Jill Parish of the Utah Supreme Court. Marc was also an associate with a commercial investment real estate brokerage firm, where he was integrally involved in all aspects of multiple multi-family, office, retail, and special use facility investment transactions, and maintains an active interest in real estate and real estate development.

Education

University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, J.D., with high honors
Articles Editor, Utah Law Review

University of Utah David Eccles School of Business, M.B.A.

Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, independent studies

Willamette University, B.A.

London School of Economics, General Course

Admissions

Oregon

Marc’s recent strategic transaction experience has included assisting:

• Sale of development-stage solar portfolio in Illinois
• A large, nationwide renewable energy producer in its acquisition and disposition of development-stage solar and BESS portfolios in Maine, New Jersey, Texas, and West Virginia.
• Sale of a solar EPC contractor to a private equity fund.
• Ahern Rentals in its $2 billion sale to United Rentals (NYSE: URI).
• SMT Energy in its sale of a development-stage BESS portfolio in Texas to UBS.
• Schoolhouse Electric Company in its sale to Food52.
• An investor in his acquisition of a heli-skiing operation.
• Hubb in its sale to Intrado.
• Volpara in its acquisition of CRA Health.
• Tellutax in its sale to Vertex.
• Northwest Natural Water of Washington in its acquisition of the water and sewer utility companies of the Sunriver Resort.
• New Force Equity Partners in its sale of Opus Global to a global publicly traded company.
• SmartMedia Technologies in its consolidation with FastG8, Media Design Group, and vAtom Labs, and related sale of stock to investors.
• Lithia Motors (NYSE: LAD) in acquisitions and sales of dealerships.
• Zoom+Care in its sale of convertible promissory notes to private equity investors and its sale of the company to PeaceHealth On Demand Networks.
• RADAR in its transaction with Vista Equity Partners.
• ESCO Corporation in its $1.3 billion sale to The Weir Group plc.
• PNE Corporation and affiliated entities in a corporate restructuring and recapitalization transaction with private equity firm Hamilton Robinson Capital Partners.

Marc’s recent venture capital and financing experience has included assisting:

• A medical products company in its recapitalization, roll-up merger, and strategic financing transaction.
• A national wealth management firm in formation of and subscription to a $100 million multi-strategy investment fund,
• A terpenes manufacturer in its Series Seed preferred stock financing.
• An investment advisor services company in its preferred equity financing.
• A renewable hydrogen developer in its Series Seed preferred stock financing.
• A corporate venture capital firm in various portfolio company Series Seed, Series A, and Series B preferred stock investments.
• Slumberkins in its Series Seed Plus financing.
• Goodwell in its Series Seed financing.
• Columbia Pacific Management to raise capital for senior living development projects in SE Asia.
• A global public company in its strategic convertible note investment in a medical software company.
• A large family office in its investments in various emerging growth companies.
• Holt Homes to raise capital from investors for real estate development projects.
• Specht Development to raise capital from investors for real estate development projects.
• CodeLogic (formerly Crosscode) in its sale of Series A preferred stock to investors in connection with its bankruptcy, exit from bankruptcy, and following exit from bankruptcy.
• COVYDx in its Series A financing.
• Diabetomics in its Series D, convertible note, and Series E financings.

Insights & Presentations

• “Definition of a Security,” Advising Oregon Business (Oregon State Bar) (2017 revision)

• Included in Best Lawyers^®: Ones to Watch in America (Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Venture Capital Law), 2023–present

Professional

• Leadership Portland, Class of 2019
• Oregon State Bar, Business Law and Corporate Law, Member

Civic

• Chamber Music Northwest, Board Member
• Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholar to Chile, 2007