Practice Areas & Industries: Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

Practice/Industry Group Overview

Bringing the Transaction to a Successful Conclusion

The Mergers & Acquisitions Group at Fredrikson & Byron represents clients ranging from individuals and small, privately held businesses to Fortune 500 companies in a wide variety of transactions, including:

• stock and asset purchases
• mergers and other reorganizations
• joint ventures
• licenses
• divestitures
• spinoffs
• tender offers, and leveraged and management buyouts

"Over 50 lawyers in our Bank & Finance, Securities, and Tax Planning & Business Organization Groups regularly represent public and private buyers and sellers in mergers, acquisitions, and related transactions"

Services Available

Attorneys in this group are experienced in all aspects of M&A work including:

• planning and developing transaction strategy
• locating acquisition opportunities
• evaluating a transaction
• conducting due diligence
• identifying and negotiating financing
• obtaining approvals from governmental regulatory agencies
• negotiating, documenting and closing the transaction

We represent buyers and sellers as well as lenders and other providers of financing. We have experience in a wide range of industries and in both domestic and international transactions.

Our M&A attorneys can draw from the wide range of experience available at Fredrikson & Byron, including corporate, commercial, antitrust, international, banking, securities, tax, employee benefits, labor and employment, intellectual property, real estate, bankruptcy, environmental law, corporate risk assessment/compliance, and alternative dispute resolution.

Mergers & Acquisitions Significant Transactions

• Advance Circuits, Inc. was acquired by Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company.
• Control Data Systems, Inc. sold eight of its international subsidiary operations.
• Copperfield, LLC acquired the assets of Essex Electric, Inc.
• CTC Distribution Services acquired the Parcel Management division of J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc.
• Cowles Media, owner of the Minneapolis Star Tribune, was acquired by McClatchy Newspapers, Inc.
• Dexon Manufacturing Company sold its assets to La Calhene, Inc.
• Gaming Corporation of America was acquired by Grand Casinos, Inc.
• Medtronic, Inc. acquired AneuRx, Inc.
• Medtronic, Inc. acquired Sofamor Danek Group, Inc.
• Medtronic, Inc. acquired Arterial Vascular Engineering, Inc.
• Represented a special committee of the Board of Directors of RDO Equipment Co. in evaluating, negotiating, and making a recommendation on a tender offer originated in 2003 by the company's principal shareholder (through RDO Tender Co.)
• Spanlink Communications, Inc. management, with financing from Cisco Systems, Inc., acquired Spanlink’s publicly held shares in a going private transaction.
• The Pillsbury Company sold Pet Specialty Printing businesses.
• The Pillsbury Company acquired the Heinz Bakery Products division of H.J. Heinz Company
• PW Eagle, Inc acquired shares of Uponor ETI Company from Uponor North America, Inc.
• All assets of Vantare International Inc. were acquired by Featherlite Mfg., Inc.
• WCCO radio and television was acquired by CBS