Leon Simson

Before his retirement at the end of 2019, Leon was a member of Tonkon Torp's Corporate Finance, Entrepreneurial Services, and Mergers & Acquisitions practice groups. He was an experienced corporate and business restructuring attorney. Leon represented corporate clients in a wide range of business matters, including finance, license agreements, customer and supplier issues, equipment purchasing and financing, acquisitions and divestitures, and shareholder and director issues.

He represented the purchasers in several transactions in which businesses were purchased from various debtors. The purchased businesses included four steel foundries, an electric power plant, a pulp mill, an RV manufacturer, a cab company, and two printing companies.

Leon's extensive experience also included advising clients in complex, court-supervised bankruptcy cases as well as out-of-court restructurings and workouts.

From 1975-76 he served as a law clerk to the Oregon Supreme Court. Leon has been listed in Best Lawyers in America since 1987.