Andrea N. Canfield

Andrea N. Canfield is a partner in Stoel Rives LLP’s Anchorage office and advises private companies, including Alaska Native Corporations, on mergers, acquisitions, and other strategic corporate transactions. Her work includes debt financing, equity financing, restructurings, investments, and the acquisition and disposition of assets and businesses. She also counsels business owners on corporate governance and works with companies in industries including natural resources, manufacturing, consumer products, healthcare, and energy.

Andrea earned a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2014, where she served as a Digest Editor for the Virginia Journal of International Law. She also earned an M.B.A. from Delaware State University in 2011, cum laude, and a B.A. in Political Science from Delaware State University in 2010, summa cum laude. Her combined legal and business education supports practical advice on transactions, financing structures, governance, and strategic decision-making.

Her representative work includes acquisitions for Alaska Native Corporations, the divestiture of an Alaska-based behavioral health provider, equity financing for an Alaska software company, and counseling startups, emerging growth companies, and investors on formation, founder issues, and financing. Andrea has also advised Alaska Native Corporations on acquisitions involving retail, industrial, electrical, and technology businesses. Her practice regularly connects transaction documents with governance, financing, regulatory, and long-term business considerations.

Andrea N. Canfield is active in professional, civic, and firm leadership and has received recognition for corporate and M&A work. She serves on the University of Alaska Foundation Board of Directors and participates in organizations supporting the Alaska legal and business communities. Her work helps companies evaluate strategic transactions, structure financing, and address governance needs while considering the operational and commercial realities that are particularly important to Alaska-based and Alaska Native-owned businesses.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Stoel Rives LLP
• Member, Alaska Bar Association
• Former Chair, Anchorage Association of Women Lawyers (2014-Present)
• Member, UAA Legal Studies Program Advisory Committee
• Member, Business Law Section, Alaska Bar Association
• Member, Anchorage Bar Association
• Member, Legal Mentor Network (2023)
• Board President, March, Abused Women’s Aide in Crisis (2020-Present)
• Member, December, University of Alaska Foundation (2023-Present)

Licensed State

• Alaska

Education

• University of Virginia School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Delaware State University
  Master of Business Administration (MBA)
• Delaware State University
  Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Political Science

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