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business transactions:
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- Assisted a manufacturing client with restructuring company ownership through the redemption of shares held by an ESOP, which included negotiations necessary to obtain secured financing from a lending syndicate
- Negotiated the acquisition of two separate shopping malls by a large group of tenants in common organized by a real estate development organization
- Represented a closely held, family-owned business in connection with selling substantially all of its business assets to a large food production and distribution company
- Assisted with the sale of a medical service provider’s assets to a national organization, with the seller obtaining an ownership interest in the purchasing entity
- Represented a material-handling truck and equipment dealer with the purchase of the assets of a sales and service operation that had facilities in Kansas, Michigan, and Colorado
- Assisted a large agricultural crop producer with the sale of business assets, including 5,000 acres of land, in a transaction that included several sellers and buyers for various portions of the business
- Represented a bank holding company in connection with the organization of a de novo state bank and the related offering of securities necessary for capitalization
- Advised a commercial bank on the negotiation of a forbearance agreement and ultimate liquidation of real estate, inventory, and other collateral securing a multimillion dollar credit facility
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Negotiated a complex, multi-year patent and trademark licensing agreement in connection with the sale of a client’s business unit
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Drafted and negotiated a major equipment purchase agreement that would provide our client with important new technology that was supported by a performance warranty
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Advised a number of clients regarding the effective date of new deferred compensation plan rules adopted by the Internal Revenue Service and provided assistance to those clients on amending plans once the new rules became effective
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Assisted a real estate development company with the refinancing of a large credit facility secured by retail property in a transaction that included Delaware special- purpose entity formation and qualification, ownership restructuring, title and survey issue resolution, and issuance of formal legal opinions.
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Assisted a large, publicly traded manufacturing company with completing a series of corporate restructuring transactions to meet administrative and tax saving objectives, resulting in expected tax benefits of approximately $10 million due to the ability to utilize previously reserved state-operating losses.
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Completed the sale of an Eau Claire-based engineering company to a publicly traded company headquartered in Canada.
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Represented a major restaurant chain franchisee in the acquisition, financing, and sale and lease back of six additional franchised restaurants through a multimillion dollar transaction.
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Assisted a real estate development client in the purchase of 25 properties throughout the country which are leased to a national drugstore chain, with each property being acquired using the proceeds of tax-deferred exchanges.
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