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Practice areas

Five practices.
One firm.

Halden & Crowe is a boutique by design. We have built five practice groups deeply and resisted the temptation to expand into areas where we cannot lead. The result is a firm in which any matter, in any practice, is staffed by the partners who have done the most of them.

I.

Practice chair

Marcus Halden

Corporate & M&A

The full lifecycle of the closely held and venture-backed company. We have served as outside general counsel to founders from seed financing through public exit, and have represented strategic and financial buyers in transactions ranging from $4M to $1.2B.

  • Venture capital financings (seed through Series F)
  • M&A, asset acquisitions, and divestitures
  • Joint ventures and strategic alliances
  • Corporate governance and board counsel
  • Securities and capital markets
  • Founder, executive, and equity arrangements
II.

Practice chair

Diana Crowe

Complex Commercial Litigation

Bet-the-company disputes in state, federal, and arbitral forums. We try cases that other firms settle, and we settle cases that should not be tried — based on cold-eyed assessment, never appetite.

  • Contract and commercial disputes
  • Shareholder and partnership disputes
  • Trade secret and restrictive covenant litigation
  • Class action defense
  • Appellate practice (Ninth Circuit and Oregon Supreme Court)
  • International arbitration (ICC, AAA, JAMS)
III.

Practice chair

Dr. Priya Suresh

Intellectual Property & Technology

A patent, trademark, and technology transactions practice serving operating companies, research institutions, and the venture community. Three of our attorneys hold engineering doctorates.

  • Patent prosecution and portfolio management
  • Trademark clearance, prosecution, and enforcement
  • Technology licensing and SaaS agreements
  • Open source compliance counseling
  • Trade secret protection and litigation
  • IP diligence in M&A transactions
IV.

Practice chair

James Beauchamp

Employment, Benefits & Executive Compensation

Counsel to growing companies and litigation support for their most difficult moments. We help companies build the kinds of programs that prevent disputes; when prevention fails, we try the case.

  • Employment counseling and policy drafting
  • Executive employment and separation agreements
  • Restrictive covenants and trade secret protection
  • ERISA compliance and benefits
  • Wage-and-hour and discrimination defense
  • Equity plans (RSUs, options, profits interests)
V.

Practice chair

Elena Vasquez

Real Estate & Land Use

Commercial transactions and entitlements throughout the Pacific Northwest. We have represented developers, institutional owners, and adaptive-reuse pioneers in matters from a single-tenant retail closing to a forty-five-acre mixed-use development.

  • Acquisitions, dispositions, and joint ventures
  • Commercial leasing (landlord and tenant)
  • Land use entitlements and zoning
  • Adaptive reuse and historic preservation
  • Construction and design contracts
  • Real estate finance

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