
Experience
Representative Matters
- Represented the Minnesota Timberwolves in sale of ownership interests owned by Taylor Corporation. The transaction closed with an enterprise valuation of $1.5 billion.
- Represented Mellott Company, a family owned aggregates business, in its sale to MFG Partners.
- Represented Traitify, a personality and traits assessment company, in a stock-for-stock merger transaction with an artificial intelligence software company.
- Represented Norwest Equity Partners (a leading national middle-market private equity fund) in acquisitions of Minnesota Rubber and Plastics, Bailiwick Services, Bix Produce Company, Marco, Shock Doctor, Lindstrom Metric and DCM Services. Completed subsequent add-on transaction work and exits for a number of NEP portfolio companies.
Professional Highlights
Judicial Clerkship
Professional Activities
American Bar Association, Member
Hennepin County Bar Association, Member
Minnesota Bar Association, Member
Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), Member
Recognition & Accomplishments
The Best Lawyers in America, Corporate Law, 2023
Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, “40 Under 40,” 2016
North Star Lawyer, Minnesota State Bar Association, 2015
Speaking Engagements
Podcast Guest: “The Transaction Abstract” podcast with Joe Hellman of Redpath and Company on “The Role of an Attorney in M&A Deals,” 2021.
Moderator: “Market Update: Current Deal Activity, Valuations and Outlook,” ACG Private Equity Summit, 2021
Co-Presenter: “The Pandemic’s Impact on Deal Terms”; ACG Private Equity Summit, 2020
Board Memberships & Community Service
LegalCORPS, Volunteer
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Credentials
Education
William Mitchell College of Law (now Mitchell Hamline School of Law) (J.D., cum laude, 2002)
Saint John’s University (B.A. 1999)
Admissions
Minnesota
U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota