CONCENTRATION
Frank is a senior shareholder in the Davis Brown Law Firm Business Division. He has a general practice in, but not limited to, business organizations and transactions, mergers & acquisitions and tax.
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITIONS
· AV Preeminent™ rated by Martindale-Hubbell. An AV certification mark is a significant rating accomplishment - a testament to the fact that a lawyer's peers rank him or her at the highest level of professional excellence. A lawyer must be admitted to the bar for 10 years or more to receive an AV rating.
· Chambers USA, Corporate/M&A, Iowa Ranked Band 1, 2011
· Iowa Super Lawyers 2007, Business/Corporate
· Great Plains Super Lawyers 2009 & 2011, Business/Corporate
· The Best Lawyers in America 2012 in the areas of Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law and Tax Law. Frank has been designated as a Best Lawyer since 1983.
· Named Best Lawyers' 2009 & 2010 "Des Moines Corporate Law Lawyer of the Year"
· Named Best Lawyers' 2012 "Des Moines Mergers & Acquisitions Law Lawyer of the Year"
SUMMARY
Frank's broad corporate experience includes negotiating acquisitions, joint venture relationships and investments made by venture capital firms. He drafts, reviews and analyzes contracts for businesses in various industries and of various sizes. His practice also includes planning tax consequences for taxable and tax-free acquisitions and other numerous and varied business transactions.
REPRESENTATIVE ENGAGEMENTS
· Represented the second largest crop underwriter in North America, in the sale of more than $1 billion in stock to a subsidiary of a global publicly traded insurance company.
· Represented a leading developer and manager of continuing care, assisted living retirement communities in the acquisition of substantially all assets of a privately-held company with expertise in continuing care retirement communities.
· Represented a national seed producer in the sale of its equity interests.
· Represented a leading RV manufacturer of Class A and Class C motor homes in its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of a manufacturer of towable recreational vehicles.
· Represented a Midwestern supplier of construction materials in the sale of its stock to a privately held company.
· Represented a manufacturer and marketer of soybean seeds and products in the sale of some of its assets to a subsidiary of a large chemical company.
· Represented a privately-held hybrid seed company in the sale of substantially all of its assets to a subsidiary of a large chemical company.
· Represented a developer of nutritional products in the sale of some of its assets and intellectual property to a pharmaceutical company.
· Represented a frozen food servicing company in the sale of its assets to a subsidiary of Marzetti Foods.
· Represented senior health care facility in the sale of its assets to Foundation Properties.
· Represented a seed company in the sale of its various divisions to separate purchasers.
MEMBERSHIPS
· Member of the American Bar Association in the Business Law and Taxation Sections
· Iowa State Bar Association, Immediate Past-President
· Iowa State Bar Association, Board of Governors
· Past chair the Iowa State Bar Association Business Law Section and the Corporate Counsel Section. He was highly involved in the Limited Liability Company Committee in 1993 wherein the Iowa Limited Liability Company Act was drafted.
· For Profit Corporation Committee which reviewed amendments to the Iowa Business Corporation Act (2001-2002)
PUBLICATIONS, SPEECHES & SEMINARS
Co-Author: Section 6166: Preserving the Family Business or Family Farm through Estate Tax Deferral, 25 Drake Law Review 521 (1976)
Co-Author: "Tax Implications Arising Out of Tax Free Recapitalizations", First Annual Heart of America Business Planning Institute 41 (1978)
University of Iowa College of Law and the Business Law Section of the Iowa State Bar Association, Tax Aspects of Acquisitions, November 4, 2011, Iowa City, Iowa
Association of Corporate Counsel, Iowa Chapter, The New Iowa LLC Act: Comparison with the Current LLC Act, June 18, 2009
Polk County Bar Association, Summer General Practice CLE, The New Iowa LLC Act: Comparison with the Current LLC Act, June 5, 2009
University of Iowa College of Law, 54th Annual Spring Tax Institute, Corporate and Partnership M&A Planning Opportunities and Pitfalls, May 2-3, 2008
University of Iowa Business Law CLE, Tax Aspects of Acquisitions, November 7, 2008
The Iowa State Bar Association, New Iowa Limited Liability Company Act Seminar,
November 11, 2008
The Iowa State Bar Association 2007 Nuts and Bolts Seminar, Choice of Entity, October 4, 2007
Iowa State University, Agri-Sciences Commercialization Fellowship, Contracts & Developing Training Session, October 25, 2007, with Beverly Evans
University of Iowa Business Law CLE, Indemnification Provisions in Acquisition Documents with Scott Van Vooren, September 28, 2007
University of Iowa College of Law, Business Law CLE, Structuring Corporate Acquisition, October 6, 2006
University of Iowa College of Law, Business Law CLE, Structuring Corporate Acquisition, Collateral Documents for Business Acquisitions, December 21, 2005
University of Iowa College of Law, 51st Annual Spring Tax Institute, Nuts & Bolts Seminar, Choice of Entity, May 6-7, 2005
OF NOTE
Between undergrad and law school, Frank was a C.P.A. with Arthur Young. He is an Adjunct Professor at Drake University College of Law, Business Planning. He also taught in the Masters of Tax Program at Drake University College of Law for six years.
PERSONAL
Frank and his wife, Marilyn, have three adult daughters. He was a member of the St. Louis University Golf team and still enjoys golf and tennis.
RESOURCES
FRANK CARROLL TAKES REINS AS PRESIDENT OF STATE BAR ASSOCIATION
06/17/2010
FRANK CARROLL NAMED "IOWA BEST LAWYERS CORPORATE LAWYER OF THE YEAR 2010"
11/16/2009
FRANK CARROLL NAMED "IOWA BEST LAWYERS CORPORATE LAWYER OF THE YEAR 2009"
04/23/2009
FRANK J. CARROLL PRESENTING AT NEW IOWA LLC SEMINAR
11/10/2008
THE DAVIS BROWN LAW FIRM CONGRATULATES FRANK J. CARROLL FOR 35 YEARS OF SERVICE
09/23/2008
FRANK CARROLL ELECTED VICE PRESIDENT OF IOWA STATE BAR
09/04/2008
FRANK CARROLL FEATURED IN AUGUST IOWA LAWYER MAGAZINE
09/04/2008
MEMBERSHIPS
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
IOWA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION
POLK COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION