Patrick R. Lamb

Mr. Lamb is a member of the firm’s Board of Directors and the Chair of the firm’s M&A Practice Group.

Mr. Lamb focuses his practice on corporate transactions and business matters. His practice involves significant work in the following areas:

Corporate transactions including mergers and acquisitions of businesses
Commercial loan transactions
Preparation and negotiation of complex corporate and business agreements, including limited liability company agreements, shareholder agreements, joint venture agreements, as well as supply and service agreements and licensing and distribution agreements
Ongoing corporate governance and counseling matters

Patrick is listed on Best Lawyers for Corporate/M&A Law, Best Lawyers in America, 2025 Edition.

Patrick has been recognized as one of Seattle’s Top Business Lawyers by Seattle Business Magazine and Seattle Metropolitan Magazine. Patrick has been consistently named by Washington Super Lawyers as a top lawyer for mergers and acquisitions.

JD, cum laude, University of Puget Sound School of Law (now Seattle University School of Law), 1988; Associate Editor of University of Puget Sound Law Review, 1987-88

BA, cum laude, Washington State University, 1985, Honors Program

State of Washington, 1988

U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington, 1988

I have served as lead counsel on complex transactions ranging in value from the lower middle market (sub $10M) to upper middle market (great than $300M) including serving as deal counsel:

to a large, multi-state operator of over 30 big box, farm & ranch retail stores in a merger with another West Coast operator of farm & ranch retail stores to form the largest, single operator of farm & ranch retail stores in the Western U.S.
to a large, multi-state Mid-West General Construction firm in a sale to a top-10 National General Construction firm
to a large Northwest HVAC company in a sale to a large, national HVAC platform company
to a local coffee company in the divestiture of its wholesale coffee business to a large, publicly held coffee company to one of the largest privately-held construction companies in the Northwest in connection with a sale to a major national and international construction firm
to the seller in the sale of a prominent West Coast flooring company to a platform company controlled by a large Midwest private equity group
to a premium toy company in a share exchange transaction with a major, publicly held New York toy company
to a national marine and bridge construction company in an ESOP sale to an employee stock ownership plan group for one of Washington’s largest credit unions in the spinoff of a document preparation software platform to a strategic buyer
to a large, local coffee company in the bankruptcy sale of all of its assets including over 75 company-owned and licensed retail coffee shops
to an electronics technology company owned by a major West Coast private equity firm in an asset sale to a large Mid-west private equity firm
to an industry leading electronics company in the spin-off of division of its business to a Fortune 500 company

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Assistant: Lynn Caragol

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Patrick R. Lamb

Mr. Lamb is a member of the firm’s Board of Directors and the Chair of the firm’s M&A Practice Group.

Assistant: Lynn Caragol

Legal Support I Provide

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