Robert LeChevallier

Rob Le Chevallier is a distinguished attorney located in Lake Oswego, Oregon, with extensive expertise in business law, estate planning, trust administration, real estate law, and corporate financing. Serving as corporate counsel, Rob supports a variety of manufacturing and service companies, guiding them through complex legal landscapes.

Renowned by the Oregonian as “the legal profession’s equivalent of a midwife” to numerous businesses in the Portland area, Rob is dedicated to the unique estate planning needs of business owners. He crafts comprehensive estate plans aimed at succession planning for business owners and high net-worth individuals, ensuring their legacy is preserved.

In the realm of business planning, Rob's practice encompasses the organization of corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, and professional corporations. He provides general counsel services, including contracts, leases, buy-sell agreements, and employee matters, as well as handling shareholder and loan transactions, business acquisitions, dissolutions, and real estate agreements. His work with non-profit and tax-exempt entities further showcases his versatility.

Within the scope of estate planning, Rob focuses on estate and business planning, particularly for family businesses, business succession, and various trust arrangements such as living trusts and life insurance trusts. His expertise extends to tax planning, trust administration, and probate.

Rob's professional achievements include being honored as an Oregon Super Lawyer in 2018, 2019, and 2020, and receiving the AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell®. He was also recognized as a Five Star Wealth Manager in 2012 and 2014.

His leadership roles include serving as past-president of Buckley Law and the Lake Oswego Rotary Club, where he also chaired the District 5100 4-Way Test. Rob co-founded the Kruse Way Economic Forum and served as past-president of the Lake Oswego Chamber of Commerce. His community involvement extends to his past board membership at Our Lady of the Lake Church and a decade-long service in the Oregon State Bar House of Delegates from 2002 to 2012.

Outside his professional life, Rob enjoys quality time with his wife, Denise, their five children, and five grandchildren.