Tana Materi joined the firm in 1999. She is a member of Carney Badley Spellman’s Board of Directors and is the Chair of its Business Department.
Ms. Materi focuses her legal practice on corporate, finance and M&A transactions. Her broad experience includes:
- drafting and negotiating letters of intent (LOI)
- drafting and negotiating on the buy side or sell side –
- stock purchase
- asset purchase
- merger agreements
- drafting and negotiating –
- debt and equity finance documents
- commercial loan transactions
- shareholder agreements
- employment agreements
- transition agreements
- licensing and distribution agreements
- advising on post closing –
- purchase price adjustments
- earn-outs
- indemnification matters
- creating, dissolving, and working with partnerships, limited liability companies, and joint ventures
- advising on corporate governance
Ms. Materi’s merger and acquisition work includes representing buyers and sellers of businesses across a broad spectrum of industries, including retail, e-commerce, manufacturing, administrative services (business consulting, staffing), food and beverage, construction, dental services, education, consumer products, communications, and aerospace.
Ms. Materi works with family-owned and closely-held businesses of all sizes on wide-ranging legal issues, including contract negotiation and drafting, business counseling and shareholder disputes. She serves as outside general counsel to a number of private companies in the Pacific Northwest, including professional services like law firms, accounting firms, and banks.
Prior to entering the practice of law, Ms. Materi was a finance officer and Captain in the Canadian Air Force. She served as the Squadron Logistics Officer for the Canadian Forces Air Demonstration Team, The Snowbirds, prior to her retirement from the Canadian Forces in 1996.
