My goal is to help businesses position themselves for future growth.My Practice Areas:Banking & FinanceCommunity BankingEmployee BenefitsGeneral CorporateMergers & AcquisitionsCorporate & TransactionsEmerging Companies & Entrepreneurial ServicesExperience:I joined Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A., in 1996 and have since focused my practice in the fields of business law, commercial banking, and employee benefits. I have a wide breadth of experience representing all types and sizes of business entities, both public and private. Specific areas of my experience include:- Representation of buyers and sellers in mergers, asset and stock acquisitions and tender offers- Capital development, organization of entities, and client counseling- Software development agreements and intellectual property joint ventures- Distribution agreements, licenses and other strategic alliances- Representation of state and national banks and bank holding companies in seeking approval of bank regulators for phantom mergers and consolidations, new bank charters, changes in control and conduct of non-banking activities- Researching applicability of state and national banking law to new business ventures- Drafting qualified and non-qualified retirement plans, phantom stock plans, stock option plans, cafeteria plans and related prospectuses- Advising clients in all areas of plan design, operation and compliance- Monitoring and counseling clients regarding developments in applicable lawBar Admissions:MinnesotaCaliforniaSpecialties: Mergers and acqusitionsJoint venturesDistribution agreementsRegulatory compliance
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