Bob chairs Lindquist & Vennum’s Corporate Department and the firm’s Private Equity Forum. He regularly represents clients in mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance transactions and general business matters. Bob provides counsel to a variety of private equity groups, including a number of federally licensed Small Business Investment Companies, in their formation, investments and liquidation transactions. His M&A and corporate finance work includes handling control transactions, minority investments, mezzanine financing transactions and corporate restructurings. Bob also provides general legal advice to businesses, including many of his private equity clients’ portfolio companies, on a variety of issues, including contract, finance, securities, licensing, employment, tax, corporate governance, debtor-creditor, choice of entity and other matters