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Neil I. Sell 
Partner

Phone: 612.672.8337
Fax: 612.642.8337
email: neil.sell@maslon.com

Neil Sell is a member of Maslon's Business & Securities Group. He represents public and privately held companies, concentrating his practice in the areas of general corporate representation and business counseling, complex acquisitions and mergers. He led the business team in a hostile buyout of more than a quarter billion dollars. A significant part of his corporate practice is dedicated to the daily representation of large to small companies, including corporate governance, public reports and disclosures, stock matters, securities compliance and insider trading. He also represents clients in estate planning and related trust matters where he uses his financial and investment expertise. Neil has more than 30 years of experience, has represented many of his clients for more than 25 years, and holds positions as an officer and director of several companies, as well as trustee monitoring and providing financial guidance for many larger trusts.

Areas of Practice
  • Business & Securities
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Closely Held Businesses
  • Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation
  • Executive Compensation
  • Employment Law and Agreements
  • Public Company Securities Compliance
  • Independent Director Services
  • Tax
  • Federal and State Income Taxes
  • Business Counseling
  • Agreements
  • Trusts & Estate Planning
  • Trust and Probate Administration
  • Probate Administration
  • Trust Administration
  • Business Succession Planning
  • Asset Protection Planning
  • Indian Gaming Finance and Development
  • Counseling
Education
  • William Mitchell College of Law, St Paul, Minnesota, 1968, J.D.
    Honors: Cum Laude
  • University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1963, B.S.Ec.
    Honors: With Distinction
Neil Sell Experience
  • Led the business team in a hostile buy-out of more than a quarter billion dollars.
  • Represented a publicly-held gaming company in a $1.2 billion divestiture.
  • Represented a national, publicly-held company in many large acquisitions and mergers.
  • Represented corporations and individuals in the acquisition of assets of privately-held companies.
  • Represented an international, publicly-held company in several large mergers

Extended Bio

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