Mark C. Dietzen

• Represented Farm Credit System lenders in a credit facility with loan commitments in excess of $600 million to be used to develop a solar electric generating project.
• Represented Farm Credit System lenders in a credit facility with loan commitments in excess of $100 million to be used to refinance a credit facility for an operating wind farm.
• Represented Farm Credit System lenders in a credit facility with loan commitments in excess of $195 million to be used to refinance a credit facility for an operating natural gas plant.
• Represented Farm Credit System lenders in a credit facility with loan commitments in excess of $900 million to a solid waste management company.
• Represented Farm Credit System lenders in a credit facility with loan commitments in excess of $350 million to be used to refinance a credit facility for a regulated natural gas distributor.
• Represented Farm Credit System lenders in a credit facility with loan commitments in excess of $250 million to be used to refinance a credit facility for a natural gas/oil generation company.
• Represented Farm Credit System lenders in a credit facility with loan commitments in excess of $700 million to be used to construct a natural gas combined cycle project.

Borrower Transactions

• Represented a private equity and management advisory firm in senior and mezzanine financing of its $18.5 million equity investment in a manufacturer of automated test equipment.
• Represented a leading M&A advisory firm in increasing and amending its credit facility in connection with a $22 million add-on acquisition.
• Represented a national food processor in a $40,000,000 asset-based loan from a national bank.
• Represented private equity fund in obtaining $53,000,000 in senior and mezzanine debt financing in conjunction with the acquisition of a products distribution portfolio company.
• Represented a private equity firm in obtaining $42,500,000 senior and $10,700,000 mezzanine debt to finance the acquisition of a plastics product manufacturing company platform.
• Represented a steel service company in a $35,000,000 credit facility including a term loan, asset-based revolver and mezzanine debt secured by personal property and real estate.
• Represented private equity fund in credit facility with loan commitments in excess of $14,000,000 to be used to acquire a manufacturer of custom storage products.
• Represented a portfolio company of a private equity fund engaged in the business of industrial metal fabrication in the refinancing of multiple credit facilities with commitments in excess of $65,000,000.
• Represented a private equity fund in a credit facility with loan commitments in excess of $36,000,000 to be used to acquire a health club business.
• Represented a private equity fund in a credit facility with loan commitments in excess of $28,000,000 to be used to acquire a manufacturer of children’s toys.

Acquisition Transactions

• Represented a private equity borrower in $105 million senior and $25 million mezzanine loan refinancing in connection with an acquisition.
• Represented a private equity borrower in $38 million senior secured loan in connection with the acquisition of a licensed intellectual property business.
• Represented a registered bank holding company in the sale of the holding company and its subsidiary bank located in Montana to regional competitor.
• Represented a registered bank holding company in the sale of a holding company located in the Bakken oil field region of North Dakota to regional competitor.
• Represented a national bank in the acquisition of a Minnesota chartered bank in its trade territory.
• Represented a Wisconsin bank in an acquisition of multiple branch offices from troubled bank as part of dissolution process.
• Represented a Minnesota bank in the sale of a branch office to a federally chartered credit union.
• Managed the acquisition of the assets and liabilities of failed banks from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
• Advised on a capital raise by Montana bank through the issuance of subordinated debentures.