Business Transactions; Maritime and Fisheries; Corporate Law

J.D., University of Washington, with honors, 2002
M.A., University of Glasgow, with First Class Honors, 1993

• Maritime and fisheries matters, including vessel and quota acquisitions, sales, and financing, and regulatory guidance.
• Commercial loan transactions, including vessel and fishing rights financing.
• Business formation and financing.
• Mergers, stock sales, and asset sales.
• Complex business agreements, including joint venture, supply, service, lease, and licensing agreements.

• Counsel for buyer in the acquisition of a fleet of Amendment 80 catcher-processors.
• Counsel for seller in sale of crab quota share portfolio.
• Counsel for seller in sale of AFA catcher vessel.
• Counsel for national bank in financing for purchase of multi-vessel fishing company.
• Special maritime and fisheries counsel to major seafood company in the purchase and sale of multiple catcher-processor vessels.
• Counsel to numerous vessel owners and fishing companies with respect to compliance with vessel documentation laws and fisheries regulations, including interfacing with NMFS/NOAA Fisheries, MARAD, and the Coast Guard.
• Borrower’s counsel in connection with working capital facility secured by vessels and fishing rights.

Duncan is a member of the Order of Coif. He has been recognized repeatedly as a "Rising Star" by Washington Law & Politics magazine.