Minnesota Lawyer

There’s a big difference in mergers and acquisitions when the sale is in the family.

Ryan Miest is the co-chair of the mergers and acquisition department at Fredrikson& Byron, which has been ranked in the Top 20 among U.S. law firms in PitchBook’s Annual Global League Tables for the past two years. 

Ryan Brauer’s dynamic M&A practice is driven by its relationship with businesses like investment banks and accounting firms, and not just in Minneapolis.

For mergers and acquisitions lawyers, business in 2022 was a little spottier, said Robert Tunheim.

It’s not 2021 anymore,” said Dorsey M&A lawyer Robert Rosenbaum.

The deal-making process can be disruptive to both buyers and sellers, and in particular, when it comes protecting trade secrets.

To Rachel Benedict, the best part of a mergers and acquisitions practice is that the transactions can have a huge impact and there is an opportunity for creativity in tailoring the specific deal.

Mergers of nonprofit organizations are not uncommon, but one in 2015 caught the attention of every lawyer and judge in Minnesota.

Reasonable minds differ on whether the U.S. economy is in or heading for a recession.

In some deals between buyers and sellers there is a kind of third party, which is the federal government.