
Paul D. Chestovich
Partner
Co-Chair of Maslon's Business & Securities Group
f612.642.8305
paul.chestovich@maslon.com
3300 Wells Fargo Center
90 South Seventh Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Paul Chestovich is a partner and serves as co-chair of Maslon's Business & Securities Group. He represents large national businesses and small closely held businesses in a variety of commercial transactional work, including general counseling, corporate and governance, contracts, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic alliances, securities offerings and regulation, and financing transactions. In addition, Paul has particular experience with the formation and operation of investment funds such as hedge funds and venture-capital funds. Paul also has extensive experience in reverse merger and shell merger transactions, self-filing methods of "going public," alternative public offerings, and complex and unique investment transactions.
- Business & Securities
- Business Counseling
- Closely Held Businesses
- Growth Businesses
- Independent Director Services
- Investment and Hedge Funds
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Private Equity
- Private Placements
- Public Offerings
- Public Company Securities Compliance
- Sustainable Business & Social Enterprise
- University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Minnesota,
2000
J.D.
Honors: magna cum laude
Honors: Order of the Coif
Honors: Civil Rights Moot Court, 1998 - 2000
Honors: Best Legal Brief, National Civil Rights Moot Court Competition - University of Texas-Austin, Austin, Texas,
1997
M.A.
Honors: magna cum laude
Major: Classics - St. John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota,
1994
B.A.
Honors: cum laude
Major: History
Major: Medieval Studies
Major: Classical Languages
- Minnesota, 2000
- American Bar Association - Member
- Minnesota State Bar Association - Member
- Hennepin County Bar Association - Member
- Ramsey County Bar Association - Member
- Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Greater Saint Paul - past Volunteer
- Social Venture Partners of Minnesota - past Partner
- Playworks LLC - Director
- “Choices for Change: For-Profit/For-Benefit, Nonprofit, and Hybrids”, Symposium on Social Entrepreneurship, University of St. Thomas, 2011
- "What Do You "Do If You Suspect Fraud Has Occurred in Your Organization?”, (facilitator and panelist), Common Occupational Frauds and Schemes, Minnesota Society of CPAs, 2011
- “(Dodd) Frank Talk about New Governance and Compensation Requirements”, Small Public Company Forum, 2010
- “SEC Disclosure Update: Public Company Disclosures in a Dangerous World”, Bowne SEC Conference, 2010
- “Proxy Season Preview: Don’t Get Caught Unprepared”, Small Public Company Forum, 2010
- “404 Error—File Not Found: Practical Advice on Sarbanes-Oxley 404 Compliance”, Moderator, Small Public Company Forum – the Inaugural Event, 2009
- “Going Private and Going Dark”, Bowne SEC Conference, 2009
- Resale Registrations: Pipeline to the Public Markets, SEC Issues Update Conference, Minneapolis, 2002
- Observations on the Insured's Right to Select Counsel, Construction Law Institute, Minnesota Institute of Legal Education, 2000
- Recognized on Minnesota Rising Stars® list, 2008 - 2010 (Minnesota Rising Stars® is a designation given to only 2.5 percent of Minnesota attorneys each year.)