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William M. Mower 
Partner

Phone: 612.672.8358
Fax: 612.642.8358
email: bill.mower@maslon.com

Bill Mower is a partner in Maslon's Corporate Securities Group. Bill has extensive experience representing issuers and underwriters in connection with public and private securities offerings, including venture financing, initial public offerings, secondary offerings and reverse mergers. He also has experience representing a wide variety of clients in connection with the sale or acquisition of businesses and mergers, including management buy-outs. He counsels numerous public companies in connection with their securities law compliance, and general corporate matters. Bill provides counsel regarding the acquisitions, dispositions, financing and leasing of real estate. He has been named a "Super Lawyer" numerous times by Minnesota Law & Politics.

Areas of Practice
  • Business & Securities
  • Emerging Business and Venture Finance
  • Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation
  • Employment Law and Agreements
  • Executive Compensation
  • Independent Director Services
  • Management and Leveraged Buyouts
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Private Placements and Public Offerings
  • Public Company Securities Compliance
  • Exchange Act Reporting
  • Sarbanes-Oxley
  • Section 16 and Insider Trading
  • Real Estate Financing
  • Contracts for Deed
  • Real Estate
  • Acquisitions, Sales and Exchanges
  • Commercial Leasing
Education
  • University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1982, J.D.
    Honors: Magna Cum Laude
  • Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, 1979, B.S., B.A.
    Honors: Magna Cum Laude
Cases & Transactions
  • Cougar Biotechnology, Inc. - Securities and Exchange Commission compliance, reverse merger, PIPE Offerings;
  • El Capitan Precious Metals, Inc. - Securities and Exchange Commission compliance, PIPE Offerings
  • Equitex, Inc. - Securities and Exchange Commission compliance, PIPE Offerings, mergers and acquisitions;
  • Famous Dave's of America, Inc. - Securities and Exchange Commission compliance, initial and secondary public offerings;
  • G&K Services, Inc. - Securities and Exchange Commission compliance, secondary public offerings and various acquisitions;
  • Global Traffic Network, Inc. - Initial Public Offering
  • Hana BioSciences, Inc. - Securities and Exchange Commission compliance, reverse merger and private placement, PIPE Offerings;
  • Inhibiton Therapeutics, Inc. - Securities and Exchange Commission compliance; reverse merger;
  • Magstar Technologies, Inc. - Securities and Exchange commission compliance;
  • Manhattan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Securities and Exchange Commission compliance, reverse merger, PIPE Offerings;
  • NRG Energy, Inc. - Securities and Exchange Commission compliance;
  • Pokertek, Inc. - Initial Public Offering;
  • ProUroCare Medical, Inc. - Securities and Exchange Commission compliance, reverse merger;
  • PureDepth, Inc. - Securities and Exchange Commission compliance, reverse merger; PIPE Offerings;
  • Raven Industries, Inc. - Securities and Exchange Commission compliance, acquisition of Starlink, Inc., and various dispositions;
  • Ready Credit Corporation - Securities and Exchange Commission compliance, reverse merger;
  • Spectre Gaming, Inc. - secondary public offerings;
  • Stellent, Inc. - secondary public offerings;
  • Velcera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Private Placements
  • VioQuest Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Securities and Exchange Commission compliance, reverse merger, PIPE Offering;
  • Wits Basin Precious Minerals, Inc. - Securities and Exchange Commission compliance; reverse merger, numerous acquisitions, private offerings and PIPE Offerings;
  • ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc. - Securities and Exchange Commission compliance, reverse merger, PIPE Offerings.

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