Ronald L Greenman

Practice Areas

Corporate Finance & Transactions

Business Law

Mergers & Acquisitions

Corporate Governance

Food & Beverage

Career

Ron’s business law practice emphasizes securities, finance, and corporate acquisitions, and counseling companies through the stages of growth. He has been actively involved in venture capital financings, representing both venture investors and growth-stage companies, and later-stage financings including public offerings. His practice has also focused on the structuring and implementation of management leveraged buyouts, involving both private and publicly held companies.

Examples of some of Ron’s recent transactions include:

$75 million acquisition in an industry consolidation transaction

Pooling of interests tax-free merger with a public company

$7 million venture financing for a technology client

Structuring and representing management in a management buy-out

In addition to his transactional work, Ron advises clients concerning corporate structure, equity-based compensation, regulatory compliance, and financial matters on a regular basis.

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association

Multnomah Bar Association

Oregon State Bar Securities Regulation Section.

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Oregon State Bar

State Bar of California, Inactive

Work Highlights

Tonkon Torp Guides SnappyData through Equity Sale

Tonkon Torp helped client SnappyData, Inc. to negotiate and complete an equity sale to TIBCO Software. SnappyData is a software company based in Portland that operates in the open-source big data space.

Tonkon Torp Helps Columbia Distributing Continue Expansion

Tonkon Torp partners Ron Greenman and James Hein assisted the firm’s long-term client, Columbia Distributing, in its acquisition of Graybeal Distributing. The transaction adds new beverage brands to Columbia’s portfolio and expands its territory into Eastern Oregon.

United States Bakery

Tonkon Torp has represented United States Bakery (USB), best known for its Franz Family Bakery brands, for more than 40 years. Find details and more featured cases here.

Acquisition of Eastern Oregon-Based Beverage Distributor

We assisted our client, Columbia Distributing, in its acquisition of Eastern Oregon-based Graybeal Distributing. This expands Columbia's territory as it continues to grow as one of the largest U.S. beverage distributors.

Sale of Cadet Manufacturing Company

Tonkon Torp negotiated and finalized the sale of Vancouver-based Cadet Manufacturing to an Irish company called Glen Dimplex, the world's largest electric heat manufacturer.

Tonkon Torp and Law Firm Alliance Partner Facilitate Key Technology Merger

Tonkon Torp represented Key Technology in its acquisition of Belgium-based Visys N.V. The deal, valued at approximately $21 million, created a single source of high-performance sorting technologies for food processing and other industrial markets. Find details and more featured cases here.

Coho

Represented Columbia Distributing, one of the nation's largest malt beverage, wine and non-alcoholic beverage distributors, in a nine-figure sale to a financial buyer.

Sale of Portland Bottling Company

Tonkon Torp negotiated the sale of 92-year old Portland Bottling Company. The buyer is an entity formed by Ed Maletis, former founder of beer and spirits giant Columbia Distributing.

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