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Eric A. DeJong

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Eric A. DeJong

Eric has provided transactional, governance, and securities-related guidance to public and private companies for more than 30 years.

Eric DeJong advises companies in a range of industries on mergers and acquisitions, representing both buyers and sellers in public-to-public, private-to-public, private-to-private, carve-out, and private equity transactions. He also works with public companies on U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission reporting, capital markets transactions, and corporate governance matters. 

Eric’s securities offering experience includes initial and follow-on public offerings, debt offerings, and private investment in public equity financings. In addition, he represents private companies in venture capital and other private financing transactions and general corporate and business matters.

Eric is a longtime member of the Corporate Act Revision Committee of the Washington State Bar Association's Business Law Section, which is responsible for considering and proposing changes to the Washington Business Corporation Act.

Education & Credentials

Education

  • Washington State University, B.A., cum laude, 1986
  • University of California, College of the Law, San Francisco, J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, 1990

Bar and Court Admissions

  • Washington

Related Employment

  • Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP, Seattle, WA, Associate, 1994-1997; Partner, 1997-2000
  • Farella Braun & Martel, San Francisco, CA, Associate, 1990-1993

Professional Recognition

  • Ranked by Chambers USA: "America's Leading Lawyers" for Corporate/Commercial/Mergers and Acquisitions, 2018-2024

  • Listed in Best Lawyers in America: Corporate Law - Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2009-2025

  • Listed in Super Lawyers Magazine, "Washington's Super Lawyers," 2003, 2005, 2015-2024

Impact

Professional Leadership

  • Washington State Bar Association, Corporate Act Revision Committee, Co-Chair

Professional Experience

Mergers & Acquisitions

Sale of Pacific Coast Feather Company

Represented Pacific Coast Feather Company in its sale to Hollander Sleep Products, LLC, a portfolio company of Sentinel Capital Partners.

Weyerhaeuser Company Divestitures

Represented Weyerhaeuser Company in the carve-out sale of its liquid packaging board business and in the sale of North Pacific Paper Company.

Zillow Group, Inc. Divestitures

Represented Zillow Group, Inc. in the carve-out sale of its Market Leader business and the carve-out sale of its Diverse Solutions business.

Acquisitions by Microsoft Corporation

Represented Microsoft Corporation in its acquisitions of Sentillion Inc., Revolution Analytics, Inc., Blue Stripe Software, Inc. and VoloMetrix, Inc.

Sale of Big Fish Games, Inc.

Represented Big Fish Games, Inc. in its sale to Churchill Downs Incorporated.

Sale of RootMetrics

Represented Root Wireless, Inc. (d/b/a RootMetrics) in its sale to IHS Global, Inc.

Acquisitions by Blucora, Inc.

Represented Blucora, Inc. in its acquisition of the HowStuffWorks business from Discovery Communications and its acquisition of 2SS Holdings Inc., the parent company of the TaxACT business.

Sale of Market Leader, Inc.

Represented Market Leader, Inc. in its sale to Trulia, Inc.

Key Tronic Corporation

Represented Key Tronic Corporation in its acquisition of CDR Manufacturing (d/b/a Ayrshire Electronics).

Sale of CleanScapes, Inc.

Represented CleanScapes, Inc. in its sale to Recology Inc.

Acquisition by Big Fish Games, Inc.

Represented Big Fish Games, Inc. in its acquisition of Self Aware Games.

Acquisition by Continental Mills, Inc.

Represented Continental Mills in its acquisition of Sun Country Foods (Kretschmer Wheat Germ).

Sale of Cardiac Science Corporation

Represented Cardiac Science Corporation in its sale to Opto Circuits (India) Ltd. through a cash tender offer.

Recapitalization of Voyetra Turtle Beach

Represented Voyetra Turtle Beach Inc. in a recapitalization transaction led by the Stripes Group.

Sale of SNAPin Software Inc

Represented SNAPin Software Inc. in its sale to Nuance Communications Inc.

Sale of Attenex Corporation

Represented Attenex Corporation in its sale to FTI Consulting Inc.

Acquisition by Park Electrochemical

Represented Park Electrochemical Corp. in its acquisition of the business of Nova Composites.

Sale of WebFeat Inc.

Represented WebFeat Inc. in its sale to Cambridge Information Group.

Acquisition by HouseValues, Inc.

Represented HouseValues, Inc. in its acquisition of Realty Generator.

Acquisition by Emeritus Corporation

Represented Emeritus Corporation in certain aspects of its acquisition of Summerville Senior Living Inc.

Allrecipes.com

Represented Allrecipes.com in its sale to The Reader's Digest Association Inc.

Sale of Yaktrax Inc.

Represented Yaktrax Inc. in its sale to Implus Footcare, LLC, a portfolio company of FdG Associates LP.

Sale of Shurgard Storage Centers Inc.

Represented Shurgard Storage Centers, as special Washington counsel, in its $5.5 billion sale to Public Storage Inc.

Sale of Thomas Kemper Soda

Represented Pyramid Breweries Inc. in the sale of its Thomas Kemper Sodas division to a private equity fund.

Callison Architecture Inc.

Represented Callison Architecture in its recapitalization with private equity fund, Blue Point Capital Partners.

Acquisition by Pyramid Breweries Inc.

Represented Pyramid Breweries Inc. in its acquisition of the business of Portland Brewing Company.

Quinton Cardiology Systems Inc. - Merger with Cardiac Science Inc.

Represented Quinton Cardiology Systems Inc. in its merger of equals with Cardiac Science Inc. to form Cardiac Science Corporation.

Sale of Financial Pacific Corporation

Represented Financial Pacific Corporation in its sale to Allied Capital Corporation.

Click2learn Inc. - Merger with Docent Inc.

Represented Click2learn Inc. in its merger of equals with Docent Inc. to become SumTotal Systems Inc.

Acquisition by Itron, Inc.

Represented Itron, Inc. in its acquisition of Schlumberger Electricity Inc.

Sale of Alcide Corporation

Represented Alcide Corporation in its sale to Ecolab Inc.

Sale of Interlinq Software Corporation

Represented Interlinq Software Corporation in its sale to Harland Financial Solutions Inc.

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. - Sale of Fixed Wireless Business

Represented AT&T Wireless Services Inc. in its sale of fixed wireless division assets to Netro Corporation.

Capital Markets

Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Debt Offering

Represented Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in its $345 million offering of convertible senior notes under Rule 144A.

Zillow Group, Inc. Debt Offering

Represented Zillow Group, Inc. in its $460 million offering of convertible senior notes under Rule 144A.

Vifor (International) Ltd. Investment

Represented Vifor (International) Ltd. in its strategic investment in ChemoCentryx, Inc.

T-Mobile U.S., Inc.
  • Represented T-Mobile U.S., Inc. in a $5.6 billion secondary offering of senior unsecured notes by majority stockholder, Deutsche Telekom AG.
  • Represented T-Mobile U.S., Inc. in a $1.8 billion public offering of common stock.
  • Represented T-Mobile U.S., Inc. in a $1.0 billion public offering of mandatory convertible preferred stock.
Blucora, Inc. Debt Offering

Represented Blucora, Inc. in its $201 million offering of convertible senior notes under Rule 144A.

Emeritus Corporation Follow-on Offering

Represented Emeritus Corporation in its $365 million public offering of common stock.

Quinton Cardiology Systems Follow-on Offering

Represented Quinton Cardiology Systems in its follow-on public equity offering after IPO.

ZymoGenetics IPO

Represented ZymoGenetics in its initial public offering.

Quinton Cardiology Systems IPO

Represented Quinton Cardiology Systems in its initial public offering.

Financial Pacific Company IPO

Represented Financial Pacific Company in initial public offering that was ultimately withdrawn in connection with Financial Pacific's sale to Allied Capital Corporation.

Briazz IPO

Represented underwriter, WR Hambrecht + Co., in Briazz initial public offering.

Click2learn

Represented Click2learn Inc. in PIPE financings.

Crocs Inc. 

Represented Crocs Inc. in a Rule 144A / Regulation S offering of $350 million aggregate principal amount of its 4.250% senior notes due 2029.

Venture Capital

Avalara, Inc. Financing

Represented Avalara, Inc. in its Series D-2 Preferred Stock financing.

CleanScapes Inc. Financing

Represented CleanScapes in preferred stock financing.

Global Market Insite Inc. Financing

Representation of Global Market Insite Inc. in a venture capital financing.

Pathway Medical Technologies Inc. Financings

Represented Pathway Medical Technologies Inc. in venture capital financings.

Investment by Incepta Partners

Represented venture capital firm, Incepta Partners, in a preferred equity financing of Fulcrum Technologies Inc.

Investment by Voyager Capital

Represented venture capital firm, Voyager Capital, in a preferred equity financing of Agital Inc.

Confirma Financing

Represented Confirma in a venture capital financing.

ZymoGenetics Spinoff and Financing

Represented ZymoGenetics in spinoff and venture capital financing led by Warburg Pincus.

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