For this edition of POWER 30, we’re focusing on mergers and acquisitions.

William Burns says he has a unique M&A practice.

Fox Rothschild’s mergers and acquisitions practice is a significant presence in the corporate world here in Minnesota.

Tammera Diehm began her career with Winthrop & Weinstine as a summer associate, and has risen to the role of president of the Minneapolis firm of 166 attorneys.

There are lawyers who implement mergers for other companies, and then there are law firms that are objects of mergers.

Nordson Corp. in November announced it had completed the acquisition of CyberOptics Corp., a global developer and manufacturer of high-precision 3D optical sensing technology solutions.

Sean [Kearney] is a New York dealmaker in the heart of Minnnesota,” according to his Chambers review.

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.