I work with a number of private and public companies, assisting clients with formation, debt and equity financing, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance. I have represented buyers, sellers and institutional investors in many different types of public and private M&A transactions. I have represented strategic and private equity clients in scores of M&A transactions with aggregate deal values totaling billions of dollars. For almost a decade, I have represented private equity investors in the purchase, sale, refinancing and restructuring of their portfolio companies. I have accumulated extensive experience dealing with the many complex structuring, financing, securities and tax issues that arise in these portfolio company transactions. In addition to my transactional work for clients, I am general corporate counsel for many companies. In that capacity, I work with clients to address their full range of legal needs.

Prior to attending law school, I served as a manager for an industrial supply company in Chicago. I am the current president of the Minnesota Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth, which is the premier global association for professionals involved in corporate growth, corporate development, and mergers and acquisitions for mid to large companies.