Overview

Tyler Clarke co-leads Stoel Rives’ firm-wide Agribusiness Industry Group. He represents clients in complex real estate transactions, with a focus on the agricultural, timber, vineyard, and renewable energy sectors. Tyler has advised clients throughout the country and across industries and asset classes, ranging from office, multifamily, and industrial developments in urban areas to farmland, timberland, and vineyard transactions. He has advised on a number of renewable energy projects, including renewable natural gas, solar, and wind energy projects. He also represents clients in the real estate aspects of M&A transactions.

Before joining Stoel Rives, Tyler was an associate and summer associate for a prominent law firm in Dallas, Texas. While in law school, he was a judicial intern for Magistrate Judge Paul Papak of the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon.

Education

Cornell Law School, J.D., 2013; General Editor, Cornell International Law Journal

Duke University, B.A., Political Science, Philosophy (minor), 2009; Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field: Team Captain & NCAA Qualifier

Admissions

Oregon

Texas

Experience

Agribusiness

  • Represents agribusinesses, investment advisors, and asset managers regarding the acquisition, disposition, and leasing of farmland, including leading transaction teams to draft and negotiate purchase and sale agreements and leases, oversee due diligence review, and manage transactions through closing, with transaction size ranging from $2 million to $50+ million.
  • Representation of asset manager in acquisition and dispositions of farmland in the California Central Valley with total transaction values in excess of $100 million.
  • Representation of vineyard in the disposition of 45-acre property in Washington’s Red Mountain AVA.
  • Representation of vineyard in the acquisition of 150+ acre property in Monterey County, California.

Timber and Forest Products Industry

  • Regularly represents timber and forest products companies, investment advisors, and asset managers regarding the acquisition and disposition of timberlands, with transaction size ranging from under $5 million to $200+ million.
  • Representation of timberland investment management organization (TIMO) in the acquisition of approximately 646,700 acres of timberlands and other assets in the upper peninsula of Michigan.

Renewable Energy Industry

  • Representation of renewable natural gas developer in construction loan transactions for financing construction of RNG dairy digester and associated pipelines.
  • Representation of solar developer in real estate acquisition and development of solar projects in Texas and Arizona.

General Real Estate Transactions

  • Representation of real estate investment trust in its $20 million acquisition of an industrial facility in Ohio.
  • Representation of real estate investment trust in its $13 million acquisition of an industrial facility in Mississippi.
  • Representation of senior housing developer in the acquisition of undeveloped city block in Portland’s Pearl District.
  • Representation of developer in the acquisition of 75,000-square-foot industrial building in Maricopa County, Arizona.
  • Representation of municipality in lease and sale negotiations of golf course in southern Oregon.

Recognition

  • Included in Best Lawyers®: Ones to Watch in America (Real Estate Law), 2024–present
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