Rivers Business Law, Inc.

Eugenie Rivers provides on-call corporate counsel services to forward-thinking companies and financial institutions. Ms. Rivers brings significant corporate, securities and finance expertise to companies needing part-time general counsel, and to companies with in-house general counsel needing assistance during transactions and regulatory reporting periods. Ms. Rivers also offers separate counsel to public company board committees. Ms. Rivers has 20 years of combined legal and banking experience, initially serving as a vice president of commercial lending with several banks in Alaska, and most recently serving as a corporate finance partner at the Davis Wright Tremaine law firm in Seattle.

Legal Services

Ms. Rivers offers her clients advice and assistance on a wide range of business legal issues, including:

·      Board of Directors and committee composition, procedures, duties, liabilities and best practices.

·      Corporate governance policies and compliance, insider trading, and public disclosure issues.

·      Sarbanes-Oxley, SEC, Nasdaq and stock exchange requirements and reporting.

·      Equity, debt and hybrid offerings – public and private.

·      Commercial and bank financings; lending and work-out counsel.

·      Executive compensation/severance packages; employee stock incentive plans and repricings.

·      Technology licenses and other intangible property agreements.

·      Commercial contracts and transactions; customer and supplier agreements.

·      Real estate and equipment leasing, purchase and sale transactions.

·      Strategic alliances, mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, and spin-offs.

·      Restructurings, recapitalizations, management buyouts and other owner exit strategies.

On-Call General Counsel Program

Ms. Rivers offers part-time general counsel services to privately-held companies whose board of directors or management wants ready access to a chief legal officer, without committing to the cost of full-time in-house counsel. She works closely with her general counsel clients to develop proactive legal strategies and solutions to business issues. Ms. Rivers provides these services on a monthly retainer and/or per project fixed-fee basis in order to encourage regular, proactive communication, and to facilitate her clients’ legal budgeting and cash flow management.

Transactions and Regulatory Reporting Services

Ms. Rivers offers assistance to in-house general counsel of public companies and financial institutions during large transactions, annual shareholder meeting preparation, and SEC and other regulatory reporting periods. Her goal is to free up the client’s general counsel to handle management responsibilities and to interface with the board of directors, board committees, other executives, and significant shareholders. Ms. Rivers offers these services on a per project fixed-fee basis, which is much more cost effective and flexible than delegating to outside company counsel or hiring an additional in-house attorney.

Board Committee Advisory Services

Ms. Rivers offers separate counsel to public company audit and compensation committees on Sarbanes-Oxley, NASDAQ and exchange requirements, reporting, and compliance. In this capacity, she is available for periodic consultation with committee members, attendance at committee meetings and retreats, and periodic on-going director education presentations as required by Sarbanes-Oxley.

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