George represents individuals and businesses on a wide range of issues in their personal, commercial and corporate activities. George’s practice background involves manufacturing, forest products, private investment, corporate governance, automobile dealerships, wealth planning and nonprofits.

Known for combining his business knowledge, negotiating skills and effective personal counseling approach, George advises clients in such areas as finance, family business planning and wealth management, mergers and acquisitions, commercial contracts and corporate governance, both for profit and non-profit entities.

He represents businesses through all development stages, from start-up and early stage to maturity and sale.

Clients involved in family businesses and wealth management particularly appreciate George's personal counseling approach.

George began his legal career in 1966 at Portland's Black & Apicella law firm, where his work included family business planning and, in corporate law, hostile takeovers, mergers and acquisitions and securities financings. George moved to Tonkon Torp in 1989.

He has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® for more than the past ten consecutive years. George's representative matters, to name a few:

• Actively involved in hostile tender offer and proxy matters seeking control for utility, bioclinical and financial business clients.
• Counselor to families and their businesses in a variety of matters, including operations decision-making, formalizing corporate governance, management and ownership succession and business acquisitions and dispositions.
• Counseling family foundations and other non-profits in the conduct of their charitable activities.
• Special Counsel to the Lewis and Clark College Board of Trustees. This matter involved investigation and issuance of a report to the Board and the Oregon Attorney General concerning the College's failed loan.
• Reorganizing (for purposes of continuing in operation as a tax exempt organization) one of Oregon's historical cemeteries.
• Managing and participating in significant purchases and sales of businesses.

Publications

Oregon Law Review

Lewis and Clark College Report