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  • Named leading (band 1) Alaska corporate/mergers and acquisitions and real estate lawyer by Chambers USA - America’s Leading Business Lawyers, 2004-present
  • Included in Best Lawyers in America for corporate, mergers & acquisitions and real estate work, 2006-present
  • Named Alaska Super Lawyer by Washington Law and Politics, 2008-present

  • University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (J.D., 1977)
  • Dartmouth College (A.B., 1973), summa cum laude

  • Alaska
  • The United States Alaska District Court
  • The United States Tax Court

Richard M. Rosston

Partner
Anchorage
P: (907) 257-7837
F: (907) 276-4152
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Partner in Dorsey's Corporate group since 1999.  Practice focuses on commercial, corporate, finance, merger and acquisition, Alaska Native, real property, state securities and telecommunications law.

Representative Transactions

  • Merger and acquisition work (both asset and stock transactions) involving purchase of Sheraton Anchorage Hotel, Alyeska Resort, convenience and gasoline store chain, liquor store chain, sand and gravel business, sale of natural resource assets for major oil and gas company, sale of hardware business, sale of propane fuel business, acquisition of fast food franchises and properties, acquisition and sale of numerous commercial properties
  • Commercial real estate acquisition, development, leasing and disposition for developers, landlords, tenants, buyers, and sellers
  • Numerous financings on behalf of borrowers and lenders ranging in size from $100,000 to $500,000,000, dealing with local, national, and international banks, for loans in telecommunications, natural resources, utilities, construction, real estate, oil filed drilling rig, automotive and fast food industries
  • Joint venture agreements, telecommunications agreements including non-disclosure agreements, memoranda of understanding, joint venture agreements, colocation agreements, sale of bandwidth agreements, space and power agreements, leases, restoration agreements, locate and protect agreements, channel capacity services agreements, cable landing agreements
  • Restructuring of investments in seafood processing joint venture
  • Transfer and renewal of package store and beverage dispensary liquor licenses
  • State securities registration for Mt. Roberts aerial tram project in Juneau
  • Organization and representation of corporations and limited liability companies
  • General outside counsel to Alaska franchisee of national fast food franchise
  • Numerous tax loss sales on behalf of various Native corporations
  • General corporate and transactional advice to Native corporations

Professional Activities

  • Alaska Bar Association; Chairman, Business Law Section, 1984-85
  • American Bar Association; Business Law Section, Real Estate Section