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Gina Eiben

Gina K. Eiben
Gina K. Eiben
Partner

Gina Eiben

  • Firmwide Co-Chair, Mergers & Acquisitions Practice

A skilled practitioner with a keen business sense, Gina guides clients through critical corporate transactions.

Recognized for her thoughtful approach to crafting practical solutions and attention to client service, Gina Eiben partners with public and private companies in their mergers and acquisitions (M&A)-based liquidity events, investments, acquisition programs, dispositions, and complex business combination transactions. Gina also has extensive experience representing companies in public and private offerings and providing advice on securities compliance, disclosure matters, and corporate governance practices, which she brings to bear in advising on and executing M&A deals and corporate transactions for public companies. 

Gina’s work spans a broad range of industries, including consumer/retail, energy, transportation, forest products, and manufacturing, and she has substantial experience with transactions in software and technology.

An active member of the community, Gina is a former board member of Campfire Columbia, a nonprofit supporting youth development, and a past board chair of the Portland Parks Foundation.

Education & Credentials

Education

  • Case Western Reserve University School of Law, J.D., Order of the Coif, Articles Editor, Case Western Reserve Law Review
  • Case Western Reserve University, M.B.A.
  • Miami University, A.B., English Literature
  • Miami University, B.S., Management Information Systems

Bar and Court Admissions

  • Oregon

Related Employment

  • Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP, Cleveland, OH, Associate, 2004-2007

Professional Recognition

  • Ranked by Chambers USA as "America's Leading  Lawyers" for Corporate/Mergers and Acquisitions, 2022-2024

  • Listed in Best Lawyers in America: Corporate Law, 2020-2025; Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2023-2025

Impact

Professional Leadership

  • Camp Fire Columbia, Board Member, 2018-present
  • Portland Parks Foundation, Board Member, 2010-2017, Board Chair, 2015-2017
  • Oregon Women Lawyers, Board Member, 2010-2013
  • The Lawyers' Campaign for Equal Justice, Associates Committee Member, 2009-2011; Associates Committee Co-Chair, 2010

Professional Experience

Mergers & Acquisitions

CAI International Inc.

Represented CAI International Inc. in its sale to Mitsubishi HC Capital Inc.

MariaDB Corporation Ab

Represented MariaDB Corporation Ab in its business combination with Angel Pond Holdings Corporation.

Shasta Forests Timberlands

Represented Shasta Forests Timberlands in the sale of its timberlands.

Sale of S.D.S. Lumber and Timber Holding

Represented S.D.S. Lumber Co. and S.D.S. Co., L.L.C. in their sale to Twin Creeks Timber, LLC, The Conservation Fund, and WKO, Inc.

Acquisitions by Microsoft Corporation

Represented Microsoft Corporation in its acquisitions of Xamarin Inc., Cycle Computing LLC, ADRM Software, Inc. and The Marsden Group.

Represented Microsoft in its acquisition of Xandr Inc. from AT&T.

Sale of New Seasons Market

Represented New Seasons Market LLC in its merger with Good Food Holdings.

Sale of PNC Investment Management Business

Represented Bank, N.A. in its sale of certain components of its investment management business.

Sale of Planar Systems

Represented Planar Systems in its public company sale to Leyard, a Chinese public company.

Sale of CityBase, Inc.

Represented CityBase, Inc. in its sale to GTY Technology Holdings, Inc.

Strategic Transaction by Teekay Corporation

Represented Teekay Corporation in strategic transaction with Brookfield Business Partners.

Sale of NaturalPoint, Inc.

Represented NaturalPoint, Inc. in its sale to Planar Systems, Inc.

Acquisitions by Jive Software, Inc.

Represented Jive Software in its acquisition of Meetings.io (operated by Bitplay, Inc.) and StreamOnce, Inc.

Disposition by Voyager Learning Company

Represented Voyager Learning in its business combination with Cambium Learning, Inc.

Disposition by Digimarc Corporation and Related Spinoff

Represented Digimarc in the sale of its ID Systems business to L-1 Identity Solutions, Inc. and concurrent spinoff of its digital watermarking business to its public shareholders.

Digimarc Corporation 

Represented Digimarc Corporation with respect to a $53,500,000 investment from TCM Strategic Partners L.P. in a private placement.

Sale of Tripwire Inc.

Represented Tripwire in its sale to Thoma Bravo LLC.

Platt Electric Supply, Inc.

Represented Platt Electric Supply in its sale to Rexel Holdings USA Corp.

Acquisition by Seaspan Corporation

Represented Seaspan Corporation in its acquisition of Seaspan Management Services Limited.

Disposition by Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation

Represented Vitesse Semiconductor in the sale of its storage products business.

Acquisitions by Endeavour Capital, Inc.

Represented Endeavour Capital in its acquisitions of radio stations through Alpha Broadcasting.

Acquisition by Danaher Corporation

Represented Danaher Corporation as local counsel in its $2.8 billion acquisition of public company Tektronix Inc.

Corporate Finance

Tripwire Inc. S-1 Filing

Represent Tripwire Inc. in filing its initial public offering.

Teekay Tankers Ltd. IPO

Represented Teekay Tankers in its initial public offering.

Digimarc Corporation

Represented NASDAQ-listed Digimarc Corporation in establishing its $30 million dollar at-the-market offering program.

PacifiCorp

Represented PacifiCorp in public first mortgage bond offering.

Teekay LNG Partners, L.P.

Represented Teekay LNG Partners, L.P. in public equity offering.

Teekay Offshore Partners, L.P.

Represented Teekay Offshore Partners, L.P. in multiple offerings of bonds listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange.

Portland General Electric Company

Represented Portland General Electric in equity public offering.

Strands Inc. Preferred Stock Offering

Represented Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, A.S.’s subsidiary in its purchase of preferred stock of Strands Inc.

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