Claire Rosston

Claire Rosston is a business lawyer and partner at Holland & Hart with offices listed in Boise and Anchorage. Claire counsels growing businesses on strategic growth, acquisitions, new facilities, governance, compliance, vendor management, commercial contracting, and related legal needs. She also has significant mergers and acquisitions experience and helps build coordinated legal teams when a company’s growth requires support across real estate, tax, employment, benefits, financing, and intellectual property matters.

Claire earned a J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law, where she served as Editor-in-Chief of the Texas Law Review, and a B.A. from Dartmouth College. Her academic background supports a corporate practice that requires careful drafting, legal analysis, and attention to complex business structures. The editorial leadership experience also reflects the precision needed for transactions, governance documents, and negotiated commercial agreements.

Claire has represented buyers, sellers, public companies, and consolidators in significant mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations, and strategic transactions. Her experience includes work in mining, aggregates, construction and development, and the pet care industry, where she co-leads the firm’s industry group. She advises businesses not only on closing transactions, but also on the legal systems needed to support continued operations and growth.

Claire Rosston has been recognized by Chambers USA for Corporate/Commercial work, by Mountain States Super Lawyers for mergers and acquisitions, and by Idaho Business Review as a Leader in Law. Claire’s practice combines transaction execution with ongoing business counseling. Her work helps companies structure growth, manage legal risk, coordinate specialized advice, and build practical legal frameworks for operations, acquisitions, and development projects.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Holland & Hart LLP
• Member, Idaho State Bar
• Member, Alaska Bar Association
• Vice Chair, Chair, Immediate Past Chair, Governing Council of the Business and Corporate Law Section, Idaho State Bar (2014)
• Member, American Bar Association
• Member, American Veterinary Medical Law Association
• Board Member, Idaho Botanical Gardens

Licensed State

• Idaho
• Alaska

Education

• University of Texas School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Dartmouth College
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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