Avery, Robert Dean

Current Employment Position(s)

Of Counsel

Lawyer Overview

Bob Avery advises public and private companies focusing on corporate governance, M&A, and securities matters.

Bob has represented the Washington Division of URS Corporation (formerly Washington Group International) for more than 30 years. Examples of transactions for the company include: the acquisition of Washington Group by URS; the formation, and ultimate winding up, of a joint venture with British Nuclear Fuels plc to acquire the Westinghouse nuclear assets from CBS; the acquisition of Raytheon Engineers & Constructors; and representation of Morrison Knudsen Corporation in its merger with Washington Construction Group as part of Morrison Knudsen's chapter 11 proceedings.

Bob also regularly advises Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan and Micron Technology. Among other clients Bob has represented in recent years are Bridgestone/Firestone, Physicians Clinical Laboratory, Trillium Digital Systems, Automatic Data Processing, Harman International Industries, Invensys plc, and CalPERS.

Bob formerly acted as general counsel to Los Angeles Export Terminal, a consortium of American and Japanese entities that developed, owned, and operated a coal exporting facility at the Port of Los Angeles, and also formerly acted as general counsel to LAXFUEL Corporation, a consortium of airlines that leases and operates the fueling system at Los Angeles International Airport.

Areas of Practice

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• M&A
• Corporate Governance
• Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances
• Construction

Representative Cases

• All-Phase Electric Supply acquired by Consolidated Electrical Distributors
• Harman International acquires Crown International
• Infrastructure Holdings acquires FNF Construction
• Invensys plc sells Hoffman Air and Filtration Systems to Gardner Denver
• Morrison Knudsen Corp acquired by Washington Construction Group , (2009)
• Northwest Media sells King County Journal and other Seattle newspapers
• PeerLogic merges with Critical Path
• Physicians Clinical reorganizes $200 million in debt
• PotashCorp completes take-down public offering of $500 million of Notes
• PotashCorp obtains dismissal of suit alleging retaliatory discharge in violation of Sarbanes-Oxley Act
• Trillium Digitial merges with Intel , (2009)
• Washington Group International acquires Raytheon Engineers & Constructors from Raytheon Company and settles price adjustment dispute , (2009)
• Washington Group International dismissed from Hurricane Katrina levee breach class action , (2009)
• Washington Group International forms and winds up joint venture with British Nuclear Fuels plc
• Washington Group International is acquired by URS Corp for $3.2 billion

West Practice Categories

Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Corporate Governance, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, Joint Ventures, Limited Liability Companies, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Reorganizations, Shareholders' Rights, Trade Associations

Bar Admissions

• California
• Illinois
• Ohio

Education

• Columbia University - New York
• Northwestern University

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Chicago, IL 60601-1692

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