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Faegre & Benson LLP
Minneapolis
2200 Wells Fargo Center
90 South Seventh Street
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402-3901
Phone: 612-766-7000
Toll-Free: 800-328-4393
Fax: 612-766-1600
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Corporate, Finance and Securities
Faegre & Benson is the largest law firm in Minnesota and one of the largest firms in the Rocky Mountain region. The firm offers one of the most sophisticated corporate legal teams in the country. More than 100 corporate finance attorneys handle complex finance, securities and merger and acquisition transactions for emerging and established regional, national and international companies. The firm offers among the largest and most experienced corporate finance teams in both the Minnesota and Colorado regions and highly regarded corporate experience in London, Frankfurt, Shanghai, and Iowa.
The publication Corporate Legal Times (Oct. 2004) ranked our firm among the top 10 in their listing of Top 25 Legal Counsel for M&A for 1st Quarter 2004, with deals valued at $17 billion, the highest ranked non-New York City firm on the list.
Our Corporate Practice Areas Include:
Public Companies
Mergers and Acquisitions
Private Companies
Emerging Companies
The AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange
Venture Capital and Private Equity
Institutional Debt Placements and Mezzanine Finance
Broker-Dealers, Investment Banking and Capital Markets
Public Finance
Investment Management
International
Recent Highlights:
Faegre & Benson served as lead counsel in a string of high-profile, high-dollar M&A transactions in 2004 and 2005:
* Merger of Entegris, Inc. and Mykrolis Corporation ($1 billion)
* IPO of Crocs, Inc. ($239 million)
* Sale of Retek Inc. in a bidding war that resulted in a $670 million sale to Oracle Corporation, following an original agreement to sell to Germany-based SAP for $495 million
* Sale of Marshall FieldÂ’s division of Target Corporation to The May Department Stores Company ($3.2 billion)
* Sale of MervynÂ’s division of Target Corporation to Sun Capital Partners and others ($1.7 billion)
* Sale of International Multifoods Corporation to the J. M. Smucker Company ($840 million)
* Sale of St. Paul Companies to Travelers (Minnesota Counsel) ($17.9 billion)
* IPO of Life Time Fitness ($210 million)
* IPO of Gander Mountain Company ($105 million)
Our Reputation
Our team is nationally recognized for providing efficient, high quality client service. We are as well known for our problem-solving counsel as for our deal-making, and our long-term clients look to us as trusted partners who are intimately involved in helping their businesses succeed. We have been a pioneer in the use of technology to provide more effective and efficient management of litigation and transactions. We have invested substantial firm resources (human and financial) in putting the best technology for communications and case management into the hands of our lawyers. Through our award-winning website, Faegre.com, our bi-monthly magazine, Trends, and our regularly scheduled seminars, we keep our clients abreast of current developments that affect their businesses.
At Faegre & Benson, we believe value derives from two core characteristics of our firm: our commitment to client relationships and our efficient, responsive service. Our reputation for service, quality and value stems from the people who know the firm best – our clients.
* Ranked among the top 10 law firms in overall technology by AmLaw Tech magazine in 2004
* Listed as preferred counsel by more members of the Fortune 250 than any Minnesota or Colorado firm (Corporate Counsel, 2003 and 2004)
Our Clients
We represent a wide variety of clients ranging from individual entrepreneurs and emerging companies to multinational Fortune 500 companies. Our clientsÂ’ businesses range from traditional manufacturing to rapidly developing advanced technologies. These businesses involve computer, e-commerce and internet products, food product distribution, agribusiness, telecommunications, outdoor industry, packaging, pharmaceuticals, medical technology and biotechnology, publishing, and clothing. We serve a diverse group of financial institutions including venture capital firms, investment banks, broker-dealers, mutual funds, commercial banks, investment advisers, and sponsors of pooled investment vehicles. Our corporate clients also include a variety of other businesses and institutions that are engaged in restaurants, retail merchandising and department stores, professional sports, entertainment, media, and education.
In recent years our corporate group has handled many of the largest deals in the Midwest and Rocky Mountain regions, including M&A transactions valued at many billions of dollars for companies like Guidant, American Express, Target, Land O'Lakes, Archer-Daniels-Midland, International Multifoods, Piper Jaffray, ReliaStar, Chiquita Brands International, Fingerhut, Funco, and many others. We've also handled dozens of public offerings and private placements worth many billions of dollars, including IPOs for companies like Buca, Life Time Fitness, and Gander Mountain.
Representative Clients:
* Target Corporation
* Cargill
* Wells Fargo
* General Mills
* Archer-Daniels-Midland Company
* Norwest Equity Partners
* E I du Pont de Nemours & Co.
* Frontier Airlines
* Guidant Corporation
* Land OÂ’Lakes
* American Express
* Piper Jaffray
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