Experience + Expertise + Fixed Fee = Added Value For Your Business
Past experience and current expertise are two critical ingredients in our formula for adding value in every engagement. Added value in every engagement is our commitment to every client.
Bill Van Valkenberg is the Founder and Chief Executive of Practical Legal Advantage. Bill has more than thirty years experience building, leading and advising companies through rapidly changing business environments, complex restructurings and capital markets transactions. He is accomplished in structuring and negotiating business transactions, has strong securities and corporate governance expertise, a solid background in mergers and acquisitions and partnering transactions, and hands-on experience with regulated industries.
Core competencies include:
Business Ethics
Capital Fundraising
Change Management
Commercial Contracts
Compliance
Computer Proficiency
Corporate Governance
Customer Focused
Entrepreneurial
Independent Thinking
Internal Policy Development
Joint Ventures
Mergers &Acquisitions
Multinational Business
Negotiation
Non-Bureaucratic
Outside Counsel Management
Performance Driven
Problem Solving
Proven Leadership
Risk Management
Securities Offerings
Strategic Partnerships
Strategic Planning
Team Development & Mentoring
Transactions
A lot of legal advice is not necessarily industry specific. However, Bill has depth of expertise in the following industries: Agri-business, Aviation, Banking, e-Commerce, Financial services, Food processing, Forest products, Healthcare, Hospitality, Real Estate, Retail, Software, Technology, Telecommunications.
Before forming PLA, Bill was the Chief Legal Officer of DayJet Corporation, an on-demand regional air carrier in Boca Raton, Florida, for nearly three years, a Partner of Holland & Knight in Seattle, Washington, for nearly four years and the Chief Executive of Van Valkenberg Furber Law Group P.L.L.C, a boutique corporate finance and securities law firm that he co-founded in 1995 after practicing 17 years with Bogle & Gates in Seattle. Prior to that, he worked for three years as an Attorney in the Division of Corporation Finance and the Office of the Bank Study at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in Washington, DC.
Bill is admitted to practice law in Washington State. He was selected by his peers for listing in Best Lawyers in America (2006); recognized as one of Seattle’s “Ten Best Business Transaction Attorneys” by Seattle Magazine (2003); designated one of Washington State’s “Super Lawyers” by Washington Law & Politics Magazine 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006; rated AV by Martindale-Hubbell.
Bill is a former Chairman of the Business Law Section of the Washington State Bar Association and a former member of the Washington Governor's Food Processing Industry Development Council. He has been involved with various civic, charitable and professional organizations.
Additional information is available in my online profile on LinkedIn.