Schwabe, a leading Pacific Northwest law firm with offices across the region, announced today that Amanda Afshar, Jesse Burgess, Patrick Cleary, Mario Delegato, Lily Hubbard, and Savannah Wolfe have been named shareholders at the firm. Attorneys at offices in Portland, Salem, and Seattle were promoted.
As a collective, these attorneys practice across Schwabe’s Consumer Products, Manufacturing and Retail; Healthcare and Life Sciences; Natural Resources; Real Estate and Construction; and Ports and Maritime industry groups. Their promotions underscore Schwabe’s extensive expertise across diverse industries and celebrate attorneys whose dedication supports their clients’ business priorities, industry needs and strategic goals.
“These six attorneys truly embody the values that set Schwabe apart,” Schwabe CEO Tom Tongue said. “Their deep industry knowledge, strategic thinking, and dedication to understanding each client’s goals allow us to provide quality, tailored services to our clients. They are leaders within their practice areas and champions of the collaboration, excellence-driven culture that defines Schwabe.”
The new shareholders are:
Healthcare and Life Sciences
Consumer Products, Manufacturing and Retail
Amanda helps clients achieve their estate planning, succession, and tax goals while helping families establish a well-tailored, strategic estate plan, and eventually their trust or estate administration. She seeks to simplify and ease an emotionally complex process by providing effective assistance and designing estate plans that meet each client’s needs. Representing clients across Alaska, Oregon, and Washington, Amanda has experience with high-net-worth estates, gifting and succession planning, complex trust administrations, estate and gift tax return preparation, and probate matters.
Real Estate and Construction
Natural Resources
Jesse provides strategic guidance on complex land use and real estate matters, helping clients make informed decisions with confidence. He delivers customized solutions for acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, and telecommunications real estate projects, including site developments, modifications, collocations, and easements. Representing clients across Oregon, Washington, and California, Jesse combines deep legal expertise with a results-driven approach, ensuring clients can move forward with confidence and achieve their business goals efficiently and effectively.
Natural Resources
Real Estate and Construction
Patrick represents clients in a broad range of commercial real estate and business transactions. He has significant experience with natural resources transactions focused on the acquisition, disposition, financing, and operation of timberland and agricultural properties. Patrick also advises clients on leasing transactions and a wide variety of commercial contracting matters. By providing strategic advice tailored to each client’s goals, Patrick ensures smooth, organized transactions and successful outcomes. His work includes conservation transactions, carbon projects, renewable energy projects, and the drafting and negotiation of supply, stumpage, management, and services agreements.
Consumer Products, Manufacturing and Retail
Real Estate and Construction
Mario helps clients navigate complex litigation with strategic and results-driven guidance. He represents clients in matters including product liability, premises liability, torts, real estate, and commercial disputes, in both state and federal courts. Known for strong advocacy and case management skills, Mario has successfully tried multiple cases to verdict and secured favorable outcomes through trial, motions, and negotiated agreements. His experience and insight ensure clients can move forward with confidence while achieving meaningful results.
Consumer Products, Manufacturing and Retail
Ports and Maritime
Lily guides clients through complex commercial and general litigation, providing strategic support at every stage of a dispute. She represents clients in prelitigation negotiations, mediations, arbitrations, and trials, providing strategic advice tailored to each situation. Serving a range of clients from large public companies to individuals, Lily leverages her experience in contracts, government matters, and business solutions to achieve favorable outcomes.
Consumer Products, Manufacturing and Retail
Healthcare and Life Sciences
Savannah helps clients achieve their business goals with a tenacious, solutions-oriented approach. She advises businesses on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, entity formation, and organization, while also representing lenders and borrowers in commercial lending and refinancing transactions. Savannah has guided clients through business sales, ownership succession planning, and strategic financing opportunities, delivering long-term results. Her combination of strategic insight and attention to detail ensures clients navigate complex transactions with confidence.
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