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Overview
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Experience
Introduction
Bruce has been practicing business law for more than 30 years, representing clients involved in energy and technology industries.
Bruce Dick represents independent power producers and utilities in the United States and internationally on conventional and renewable energy projects, including geothermal, recovered energy, solar, and wind projects.
In addition, his energy industry work includes drafting and negotiating:
- Energy project purchase and sale agreements
- Engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contracts
- Geothermal lease and well drilling agreements
- Operation and maintenance agreements
- Power purchase agreements
- Project development contracts
- Project finance agreements
- Turbine and other equipment purchase contracts
- Bruce has advised numerous clean tech, cloud computing, computer hardware, e-commerce, energy, medical device, software as a service (SaaS), software application, voice recognition, and other technology clients. His clean tech and technology industry experience includes the following:
- Development, distribution, e-commerce, hosting, license, OEM, and SaaS agreements
- IP acquisition and sales
- Strategic alliances and joint ventures
- M&A IP diligence and contracting issues
- Bruce also has extensive experience in the formation of corporations, LLCs, and joint ventures, as well as handling M&A transactions.
Education & credentials
- University of Washington School of Law, J.D., Order of the Coif, with high honors, Executive Notes and Comments Editor, Washington Law Review, 1982
- University of Washington, M.B.A., 1982
- University of Washington, B.A., Business Administration, Phi Beta Kappa, 1978
- Washington
Professional recognition
Named Best Lawyers' "Lawyer of the Year" for Technology Law, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2024
Listed in Best Lawyers in America: Corporate Law; Technology Law, 2010-2026
Listed in Washington Law & Politics, “Washington’s Super Lawyers,” 2007-2012
*Peer Review Rated AV in Martindale-Hubbell
(AV®, BV® and CV® are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies.)
- Represented the contractor/lender regarding the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract and the vendor project finance agreements for geothermal repowering projects in New Mexico and Utah.
- Represented the lender in connection with the financing of a wind energy project in Washington.
- Represented developer/contractor on Nevada solar project asset purchase agreement and EPC contract.
- Represented the developer/contractor regarding EPC contracts with public and private utility companies for recovered energy power projects in Minnesota, Nevada, North Dakota, South Dakota and Washington.
- Represented the contractor in connection with EPC contracts for geothermal projects in California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada and Utah.
- Represented a Midwest electric and gas utility on the sale of a portion of its electric and gas distribution assets to utility company purchasers.
- Represented energy company in connection with a joint venture and related construction and supply contracts for an energy storage facility in Texas.
- Represented electric generation facility owners in negotiating their turbine purchase and maintenance services agreements.
- Represented the developer/contractor regarding the EPC contract and subcontracts for a large capacity geothermal energy power project in the Philippines under a build-operate-transfer (BOT) structure.
- Represented the contractor/supplier regarding construction contracts and offshore supply contracts for geothermal energy power projects in the Azores, Portugal and New Zealand.
- Represented the developer/contractor regarding EPC contracts for four recovered energy power projects in Canada.
- Represented the owner/developer regarding the geothermal drilling contract and EPC contract (FIDIC form) for a geothermal energy power project in Kenya.
- Represented operator on operation & maintenance agreements for conventional and renewable energy projects in the US and other countries.
- Represented a voice recognition software company regarding its IP development, hosting and licensing agreements with automotive companies.
- Represented FORTUNE100 software company on its cross-licensing of software technology with a large telecommunications vendor.
- Represented FORTUNE100 software and cloud computing company regarding its IP issues, due diligence and IP licensing in multiple acquisitions and divestitures.
- Represented electric and gas utility regarding its system integrator agreement for its customer information system.
- Represented a “SaaS” company in the preparation and negotiation of its hosted software as a service agreement with its customers.
- Represented electric and gas utility regarding its two way field radio acquisition, deployment and long-term services agreements with the radio system vendor.
- Represented energy efficiency technology provider regarding its licensing and customer agreements.
- Represented founder-led software application companies in the sale of their companies.