For many founders and family business owners, selling the company is a once-in-a-lifetime decision—with significant personal and financial considerations that go far beyond finding the right buyer. But with preparation, clarity, and the right advisors at the table, you can emerge from your transaction with the flexibility and legacy you have worked so hard to build. Whether you are seriously contemplating the sale of a business, or just exploring your options, this half-day seminar led by seasoned M&A advisors is designed to demystify the process and position you for success.

We’ll begin with a practical update on the current M&A market, including buyer appetite and timing considerations. From there, we’ll explore how the right deal team can influence valuation, minimize tax exposure, manage complexity, and add value long before a letter of intent is signed. We’ll conclude with behind-the-scenes stories of deals gone wrong—and common pitfalls to avoid.

Twin Cities Business is the media partner for the event. To register, go here: Behind the Deal.

LOCATION

Machine Shop
300 2nd St. SE
Minneapolis 55414

AGENDA

1:30 p.m. | Registration and Networking

2:00 p.m. | Program

4:00 p.m. | Reception

5:00 p.m. | Event Concludes

COST

Individual Ticket: $25

SPEAKERS

• Katie Eisler, Partner, Chair of Corporate & Securities Group, Maslon LLP
• Susan Markey, Partner, Member of Firm Board of Directors, Maslon LLP
• Joel Fischer, Managing Director, Franklin Partners, Inc.
• Mike Hirschberg, Managing Director, Franklin Partners, Inc.
• Tiffany Hovland, Managing Director, Growth Operators
• Rick Nordvold, Co-Founder & CEO, Growth Operators

The summit is a complimentary half-day event for women business owners who want to grow their business or are looking to sell their company within the next few years.

Register here: Women’s Business Summit.

LOCATION

Maslon LLP
225 South Sixth Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402

AGENDA

1:30 p.m. | Registration & Networking

1:45-1:50 p.m. | Opening Remarks and Introductions

Nicole Middendorf, Wealth Advisor, Raymond James Financial Services; CEO, Prosperwell Financial

1:50-2:40 p.m. | Panel Discussion: Business Exit Strategies to Consider

Panel discussion moderated by Dyanne Ross-Hanson, with panelists Nicole Middendorf, Susan Markey, Katie Monger, and Jo Trahms.

• How early should you begin planning to sell your business?
• Exit/transition options, and the advantages/disadvantages of each
• What your company is worth, and ways to increase value prior to a sale
• Role of a CPA, attorney, wealth advisor, and investment banker during a transaction
• Best practices for women business owners
• Readiness planning
• Q&A

2:40–3:05 p.m.: Break: Refreshments, Networking, and Connecting with Vendors

3:05–3:55 p.m.: Roundtable Discussion: Your Top Questions Answered by Successful Women Business Owners

Panel discussion moderated by Dyanne Ross-Hanson, with panelists Hillary Spreizer, Jill Haspert, Ashley Hawks, and Kathryn Tunheim.

• Buying, selling, and growing your business
• What do you know now that you wish you knew then?
• Q&A

3:55–4 p.m.: Closing Remarks

4-5 p.m.: Networking Reception

Jeremy is an associate in the firm’s Corporate & Securities Group who advises privately held companies, private equity funds and sponsors, and strategic investors through both buy- and sell-side mergers and acquisitions. He also provides a wide variety of general corporate and outside general counsel services for entrepreneurs and privately held businesses.

Prior to joining Maslon, Jeremy gained experience at another Top 10 Minneapolis firm. He earned his law degree from the University of Minnesota Law School, where he served as president of the Business Law Association and was a lead editor of the Journal of Law and Inequality.

"As a business owner myself, I’ve experienced firsthand the complexities and opportunities that come with launching, growing, and sustaining a company in Minnesota,” Matt said. “I'm eager to deepen my understanding of the broader economic landscape and to learn how other businesses across the state are adapting and thriving."

Matt is an accomplished attorney and seasoned entrepreneur who returned to private practice after a decade of successfully running his own business. As the principal co-founder and board chair of Bauhaus Brew Labs, Matt has personally walked in the shoes of business owners and has overcome many of the same challenges. He has a proven track record of founding, developing, and expanding a small business, and his experience honed his capabilities in business finance, commercial transactions, strategic planning, and regulatory issues.

Matt assists clients with corporate formation and governance issues; securities offerings for closely held businesses; commercial contracts, including purchase agreements, sales and distribution contracts, and lending instruments; and general outside counsel services, particularly on compliance issues and regulatory considerations for food, beverage, and emerging cannabis businesses in Minnesota.

Doug is a partner, a former chair of Maslon’s Corporate & Securities Group, and a former managing partner of the firm. In his 35 years of practice, he has represented business leaders as they make important decisions about their companies. He got his start working with an entrepreneur who needed to raise capital for a restaurant concept that would include live birds. That became the Rainforest Café, and Doug went on to guide the company through its IPO and eventual sale.

Today, Doug’s clients operate in spaces diverse as 3D printing, healthcare technology, investment management, and restaurant/retail. As outside general counsel, he recently helped several clients restructure and recapitalize to avoid bankruptcy.

Doug has also served for decades in leadership positions with Meritas, a global alliance of mid-size, independent law firms founded by his mentor in 1990. A former board member and current member of the U.S. leadership committee, Doug helps other law firms and his fellow partners enhance their engagement with Meritas to better serve their clients.

To learn more about the award, see Twin Cities Business: Notable Partners in Law.

The book delivers a comprehensive analysis of the legal framework governing business and commerce in Minnesota, from choosing the right business entity and understanding tax implications to resolving shareholder disputes and navigating secured transactions.

For more information or to order, go to LexisNexis Minnesota Business and Commercial Law.

Susan is ranked in Chambers USA among the top corporate/M&A attorneys in Minnesota. She represents clients in general corporate, taxation, and nonprofit matters, drawing from a diverse background in government, accounting, and law to serve as a holistic business advisor. Susan regularly counsels clients on mergers and acquisitions, business formation, joint ventures, and general corporate matters, and she frequently assists with tax controversies, audits, appeals, planning, and structuring, as well as researching tax law and drafting legal appeals and memoranda. Susan also serves on the Maslon board of directors.

Katie, chair of the Corporate & Securities Group, assists clients across a broad range of corporate and transactional legal needs. She has managed and negotiated complex mergers & acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, buy-sell agreements, and business succession agreements. Her expertise also includes negotiating, drafting, and revising commercial contracts, with particular focus on technology-related agreements. In addition, she ensures clients remain up to date and compliant on data retention, website terms of use, and website privacy policies.

Terri, a business attorney and mediator, focuses her practice on M&A, restructurings and shareholder business divorces, and mediation of commercial disputes. She currently serves as a senior counsel with Maslon.

Yujin advises clients on contract drafting and negotiation, compliance issues, and general corporate law. Her background in international trade informs her approach to common and uncommon business challenges and how to successfully manage them.

Jessica assists clients in general corporate law, nonprofit formation, contracts, and mergers and acquisitions. Prior to attending law school, Jessica earned her master’s degree from Georgetown University in art and museum studies, and gained valuable experience as a museum collections and exhibitions manager and as a grant writer.

Matthew is an accomplished attorney and seasoned entrepreneur who returned to private practice after a decade of successfully running his own business. As the principal co-founder and board chair of Bauhaus Brew Labs, Matt has personally walked in the shoes of business owners, honing his capabilities in business finance, commercial transactions, strategic planning, and regulatory issues.

Laura is a Corporate & Securities Group associate who collaborates with corporate clients to achieve their business goals while protecting their legal interests. Laura focuses on mergers and acquisitions, contract drafting and negotiation, and legal compliance. She has a passion for helping small business owners and finds that these relationships are the driving force behind her work.

If you are a business owner considering selling your company—in the near future or just exploring your options—this program is designed to give you the knowledge you need for a successful sale. Learn from seasoned M&A professionals about assembling the right deal team, pricing your business, and maximizing its value. Gain firsthand perspectives from business owners who have recently sold their companies, including what they wish they had known before the process. Whether you are actively preparing for a sale or want to understand what it takes to exit on your terms, this program will equip you with the knowledge and tools to navigate the journey with confidence.

Thursday, May 8, 2025 | 1:30-5 p.m.

Location:

Braemar Golf Course
Edina, MN

Registration is complimentary. To sign up, go to M&A Seminar on Preparing Your Company for Sale. 

Session 1 | Building Your M&A Deal Team – Setting Up for a Successful Sale

Selling your business is one of the most significant transactions you’ll undertake, and assembling the right deal team is critical to ensuring a smooth and successful process. In this 60-minute discussion, panelists will explore how to assemble the right team of advisors, including what each team member contributes and how the team works together to optimize success and maximize post-closing sale proceeds.

Our panel of experts—including an investment banker, M&A attorney, wealth manager, and quality of earnings provider—will walk through:

• Getting Your House in Order: Steps to prepare your business for sale, including financial readiness, operational streamlining, and risk mitigation.
• Team Roles & Responsibilities: Understanding the function of each deal team member—who you need and when to bring them in.
• Collaboration & Execution: How your advisors work together to ensure a smooth transaction and avoid common pitfalls.

Moderator: Katie Eisler, Chair, Corporate & Securities Group, Maslon LLP

Panelists:

• Susan Markey, Partner, Maslon LLP
• Mike Hirschberg, Director, Northborne Partners
• Becky Krieger, Managing Partner, Accredited Investors
• Kyle Orwick, Partner - Transaction Advisory, Eide Bailly

Session 2 | Lessons from the Trenches – Business Owners on Selling Their Companies

Moderator: Katie Eisler, Chair, Corporate & Securities Group, Maslon LLP

Hear directly from business owners who have recently gone through the process of selling their companies. In this candid 30-minute discussion, they will share their real-world experiences, reflecting on what went well, what they wish they had known beforehand, and the unexpected challenges they faced along the way.

Session 3 | Pricing Your Business 101: Valuation Drivers and Perspectives

This 30-minute session will provide insight into business valuation from multiple perspectives. Attendees will learn key factors that influence and strategies that maximize value, how valuations are determined, and how inputs impact the price a buyer is willing or able to pay. The discussion will cover the drivers of company value, the impact of financial performance on the ultimate sale price, and common factors that add or detract from valuation as you prepare to sell your company.

Presenters:

• Justin Conlin, Managing Director, Proterra Investment Partners
• Cameron Wood, Director, Northborne Partners

AGENDA

1:30–2 p.m. | Registration and Networking

2–3 p.m. | Session 1: Building Your M&A Deal Team

3-3:15 p.m. | Break

3:15-3:45 p.m. | Session 2: Lessons from the Trenches

3:45-4:15 p.m. | Session 3: Pricing Your Business 101

4:15-5 p.m. | Reception and Networking

Please contact info@maslon.com with any questions about this event.

The Power List is a feature that examines the power brokers who lead and influence the Minnesota legal community, with a focus on those "whose mere presence on a case signifies the stakes, who have influenced the direction of the law, whose leadership in the community is pervasive, and whose respect within the bar is undeniable."

To read the feature, go to: Minnesota Lawyer, "The Power List: Susan Markey" (subscription required).

Susan represents clients in general corporate, taxation, and nonprofit matters. She draws from a diverse background in government, accounting, and law to serve as a holistic business advisor, and strongly believes that tax and corporate advice should be both easy to understand and practical.

Over the past 18 months, Susan has served as lead counsel on several significant M&A transactions, including:

• The sale of one of the nation's largest data analytics firm to a leading digital consulting firm.
• The sale of Dean's Home Services, a leading provider of plumbing, drain and sewer, and water heater services to over 10,000 customers, to Redwood Services, a home services investment firm. The transaction was complex, structured to allow Dean's to retain significant minority ownership and continue to operate and manage the business, while Redwood handles the operational, strategic, and financial functions.
• The sale of a top sports camera company to a private equity firm. The deal was valued at approximately $350 million and required multiple stages of restructuring to ensure certain tax benefits. Because the seller remained a 50% owner post-sale, the transaction required significant negotiation of protective provisions.

Susan is ranked as a top Minnesota lawyer for corporate/M&A law in Chambers USA.

Your deal team should include a mergers & acquisitions (M&A) attorney, CPA, financial advisor, and investment banker. Plan to ask them the following questions:

1. Entire Team:  How many M&A transactions have you participated in over the last year? Have you helped other clients like me sell? What size companies do you represent?
You want a team that participates in numerous transactions and that has represented sellers in similarly sized deals. Corporate lawyers who are not experienced in M&A will not know what terms are fair or be able to propose the same variety of solutions.

2. Entire Team:  How will you work with the rest of my sale team?
Your team should plan to work cooperatively to avoid duplication of efforts.

3. Entire Team:  What structure will be best for selling my business, and why?
An experienced team can compare the positive and negative attributes of various structures.

4. Entire Team:  What post-sale support will you provide?
Issues often arise after the deal is done, and you may need additional support related to disputes, transition services, and other post-closing items.

5. CPA:  What will I pay in taxes when I sell?
Understanding your after-tax receipts will help you plan for your future. A good team can help you restructure your company in a favorable manner.

6. CPA and Banker:  Do my financial statements appear ready for purchasers to review?
Having clean financial statements can help maximize sales price.

7. Banker:  Is the market good for selling my business right now? What multiples are you seeing for businesses like mine?
This will help you understand the value of your business and whether it can/should be improved before starting the sales process.

8. Banker:  What will your process be for marketing my business?
You want to be assured that your banker will collaborate with you to best position the business for sale.

9. Financial Advisor:  How do the business sale proceeds fit into my retirement plan?
Looking ahead will help you plan for a secure financial future.

10. Financial Advisor:  Does my estate plan accommodate my goals after the sale of my business?
You may be able to minimize some taxes if your estate plan is updated before a sales process begins.

The summit is a complimentary half-day event for women business owners. Susan will serve as a panelist for "Business Exit Strategies to Consider."

RSVP here: Women's Business Summit.

AGENDA

1:30 p.m. | Check in

1:45-1:50 p.m. | Opening Remarks & Introductions

1:50-2:40 p.m. | Panel 1: Business Exit Strategies to Consider

Panel discussion moderated by Dyanne Ross-Hanson, with panelists Nicole Middendorf, Susan Markey, and Katie Monger.

• How early should you begin planning?
• Exit/transition options: Advantages and disadvantages of each
• What’s my company worth and ways to increase value prior to a sale
• Role of a CPA, attorney, wealth advisor, and investment banker during a transaction
• What you need to do before the year is over for your business
• Your top questions answered

2:40-3:05 p.m. | Networking

3:05-3:55 p.m. | Panel 2: Your Questions Answered from Women Business Owners: Successful Business Owner Roundtable

Panel discussion moderated by Julie Keyes, with panelists Melanie Porter, Mary Nutting, Lori Bauer, and Hillary Spreizer.

• Buying, selling, and growing your business
• Ask your questions of women business owners
• What do you know now that you wish you knew then?

3:55-4:00 p.m. | Closing Remarks

4:00-5:00 p.m. | Networking with Refreshments

Matt earned his law degree, cum laude, at the University of St. Thomas School of Law and his bachelor's from Belmont University in Nashville.

"I am looking forward to learning more about Minnesota businesses, the challenges they face, and the issues that will shape the future of our state," Katie said. "I'm especially excited about the visits we will make to businesses throughout the state and the opportunity to talk with industry leaders."

Katie assists clients across a broad range of corporate and transactional legal needs. She has managed and negotiated complex mergers & acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, buy-sell agreements, and business succession agreements. Her expertise also includes negotiating, drafting, and revising a variety of commercial contracts, with particular focus on technology-related agreements. She ensures clients remain up to date and compliant on data retention, website terms of use, and website privacy policies, and she protects her clients' intellectual property interests in the areas of copyrights and trademark application and management.

Clients also rely on Katie's expertise in corporate governance issues; she frequently acts as outside general counsel, providing guidance on entity formation, operating agreements, shareholder control agreements, ownership disputes, employment disputes, and the drafting of company policies regarding communications, signing authority, spending authority, and related matters.

Susan's leadership has brought increasing diversity to the team; 45% of the attorneys in the Corporate & Securities Group are from underrepresented groups; over one-third are women.

Since 2019 Susan has worked on the board of Vision Loss Resources (formerly the Minneapolis and St. Paul Societies for the Blind) and currently serves as secretary. In a recent Instagram post, the organization described Susan this way: "As a valued board member at Vision Loss Resources, she's not just a legal powerhouse but also a dedicated advocate for a brighter future."

To learn more, see Susan Markey: Top Women in Law.

Susan will serve as a panelist for "Business Exit Strategies to Consider" and "Legal & Financial Strategies to Consider."

For more information or to register, write to Info@Maslon.com.

Susan represents clients in mergers and acquisitions, general corporate, taxation, and nonprofit matters. She draws from a diverse background in government, accounting, and law to serve as a holistic business advisor, and strongly believes that legal advice should be both easy to understand and practical.

Also ranked in the new edition of Chambers USA:

• Jason Lien continues to be recognized for Construction in Minnesota, with Jevon Bindman newly recognized as an Up and Coming attorney in the same.
• Susan Markey is newly ranked for Corporate/M&A in Minnesota.
• Jon Septer is newly ranked for Real Estate in Minnesota.
• Bill Pentelovitch continues to be recognized as a Senior Statesperson for General Commercial Litigation in Minnesota.

The rankings are the result of extensive client interviews and research to assess technical legal ability, client service, business understanding, value, team depth, and other qualities most valued by clients.

To view Maslon's full Chambers USA rankings, go to: Chambers USA Guide 2024.

About Chambers and Partners
Since 1969, London-based Chambers and Partners has published world-famous guides to the legal profession. A team of more than 200 editorial and research individuals conducted thousands of one-on-one interviews with in-house counsel and third-party experts for the 2024 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business.

Mike, chair of Maslon's Estate Planning Group, will present a session May 6 titled "Planning the Exit: Succession in the Family-Held Business." Also on May 6, Katie, a Corporate & Securities Group partner, teams up with a co-presenter for "Using Earnouts and Rollover Equity to Get the M&A Deal Done."

For more information or to register, go to Minnesota CLE: 2024 Business Law Institute.

Mike focuses on high-end estate and tax planning, estate and trust administration, charitable planning, and business succession planning. He helps his clients focus on what it is they want to accomplish with their wealth. After assisting his clients in identifying their specific wealth planning goals, he works with them and their other professional advisors to develop and implement wealth transfer strategies that are consistent not only with their goals, but also with their cash flow needs and tolerance for risk.

Katie manages and negotiates complex mergers & acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, buy-sell agreements, and business succession agreements. Her expertise also includes negotiating, drafting, and revising a variety of commercial contracts, with particular focus on technology-related agreements.

For more information or to register, go to Minnesota CLE: How to Draft Better Contracts.

Terri Krivosha is a former partner and now senior counsel and chair of professional development at Maslon. A business attorney and mediator, she enjoys nothing more than helping shareholders, family business owners, and companies buy or sell businesses or solve their legal problems—the more complicated, the better. As a deal lawyer, rather than a litigator, she is unique among mediators because she brings her many years of experience negotiating deals to the mediation table.

The seminar features two presentations:

• Demystifying the Deal: Business owners may be unfamiliar with the transaction process or simply looking to sharpen their understanding. This panel will provide a roadmap of what should happen before, during, and after the sale of a company.
• Five Ways to Maximize the Value of Your Business for Sale: Owners—and potentially their family members, co-investors, and other key stakeholders—know better than anyone what it has taken to grow their business and the impact that its sale would have on their future. Panelists describe how to help ensure a positive outcome.

To register for the event, go to M&A Seminar on Preparing Your Company for Sale.

Susan Markey, a partner and chair of Maslon's Corporate & Securities Group, represents clients in mergers and acquisitions, general corporate, taxation, and nonprofit matters. She draws from a diverse background in government, accounting, and law to serve as a holistic business advisor, and strongly believes that legal advice should be both easy to understand and practical.

Evan Berquist is a partner in Maslon's Corporate & Securities Group focusing on mergers and acquisitions, strategic financing transactions, and general corporate and commercial matters. He has a decade of experience in private practice, most recently at an AmLaw100 firm, managing both domestic and international transactions for a wide range of clients.

Katie Eisler, a Corporate & Securities Group partner, manages and negotiates complex mergers & acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, buy-sell agreements, and business succession agreements. Her expertise also includes negotiating, drafting, and revising a variety of commercial contracts, with particular focus on technology-related agreements.

Terri Krivosha is a former partner and now senior counsel and chair of professional development at Maslon. A business attorney and mediator, she enjoys nothing more than helping shareholders, family business owners, and companies buy or sell businesses or solve their legal problems—the more complicated, the better. Terri loves helping clients and parties to a mediation resolve conflict.

For more information or to register, go to: Seller Strategies for Mastering the M&A Process: Initial Planning, Negotiation Process, Post-Closing Matters.

Terri, a business attorney and mediator, helps shareholders, family business owners, and companies buy or sell businesses or solve their legal problems. Whether guiding shareholders through a company split, managing a large merger/acquisition for a buyer or a seller, representing family members or business partners in the sale of a long-held business, or helping a company restructure to better align business and goals, Terri brings a time-tested sense of which approaches work and which do not. In her mediation work, Terri brings her many years of experience negotiating deals to the table—along with her high energy, active listening skills, creativity, and pragmatic approach. View her mediation bio here.

Susan represents clients in general corporate, taxation, and nonprofit matters. She guides business owners on mergers and acquisitions, business formation, joint ventures, and general corporate matters, while leveraging her tax background to help guide them toward profitable solutions. She also assists clients with a wide array of tax issues, including tax controversies, audits, appeals, planning, and structuring, as well as researching tax law, drafting legal appeals, and memoranda. In addition, she is passionate about working with nonprofit organizations that serve the community, counseling them toward sustainable long-term success.

For more information or to register, go to: Strafford: Structuring Acquisitions of Family-Owned Businesses.

Terri, a business attorney and mediator, helps shareholders, family business owners, and companies buy or sell businesses or solve their legal problems. Whether guiding shareholders through a company split, managing a large merger/acquisition for a buyer or a seller, representing family members or business partners in the sale of a long-held business, or helping a company restructure to better align business and goals, Terri brings a time-tested sense of which approaches work and which do not. In her mediation work, Terri brings her many years of experience negotiating deals to the table—along with her high energy, active listening skills, creativity, and pragmatic approach. View her mediation bio here.

The new edition of Chambers USA also highlights the work of David Suchar and Jason Lien, ranked in Construction; as well as Of Counsel Attorneys Martin Rosenbaum, ranked in Corporate/M&A, and Bill Pentelovitch, recognized as a Senior Statesperson for General Commercial Litigation. Jason moved up in the rankings for 2023; he and David are among only 12 Minnesota attorneys in the two top bands for Construction.

The rankings are the result of extensive client interviews and research to assess technical legal ability, client service, business understanding, value, team depth, and other qualities most valued by clients.

To summarize, rankings from the 2023 edition of Chambers USA are as follows:

Litigation: White-Collar Crime and Government Investigations

Attorney Steve Schleicher Ranked in Minnesota

Construction

Firm, Attorneys David Suchar and Jason Lien Ranked in Minnesota

Litigation: General Commercial

Firm Ranked in Minnesota; Bill Pentelovitch Named a Senior Statesperson

Corporate/M&A

Firm, Attorney Martin Rosenbaum Ranked in Minnesota

To view Maslon's full Chambers USA rankings, go to: Chambers USA 2023.

About Chambers and Partners
Since 1969, London-based Chambers and Partners has published world-famous guides to the legal profession. A team of more than 200 editorial and research individuals conducted thousands of one-on-one interviews with in-house counsel and third-party experts for the 2023 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business.

For more information or to register, go to: Minnesota CLE 2023 Business Law Institute.

Terri, a business attorney and mediator, helps shareholders, family business owners, and companies buy or sell businesses or solve their legal problems. Whether guiding shareholders through a company split, managing a large merger/acquisition for a buyer or a seller, representing family members or business partners in the sale of a long-held business, or helping a company restructure to better align business and goals, Terri brings a time-tested sense of which approaches work and which do not. In her mediation work, Terri brings her many years of experience negotiating deals to the table—along with her high energy, active listening skills, creativity, and pragmatic approach. View her mediation bio here.

Terri and Susan team up for "Preventing Member Conflicts Under Chapter 322C: Drafting Challenges," in which they and Mitchell Hamline law professor Daniel Kleinberger discuss how transactional attorneys can help business owners plan for and prevent future disputes on the front end under Chapter 322C.

In addition, Terri presents "Negotiating Resolutions to Ownership Disputes Like a Pro to Avoid Litigation." In this session, she describes how to identify the questions your client is not asking (but should be) in a shareholder dispute, best practices for negotiating difficult issues, and how to identify themes in shareholder disputes that will help resolve the matter without litigation.

For more information or to register, go to Minnesota CLE: Ownership Disputes in Closely Held Businesses.

Terri, a business attorney and mediator, helps shareholders, family business owners, and companies buy or sell businesses or solve their legal problems. Whether guiding shareholders through a company split, managing a large merger/acquisition for a buyer or a seller, representing family members or business partners in the sale of a long-held business, or helping a company restructure to better align business and goals, Terri brings a time-tested sense of which approaches work and which do not. In her mediation work, Terri brings her many years of experience negotiating deals to the table—along with her high energy, active listening skills, creativity, and pragmatic approach. View her mediation bio here.

Susan represents clients in general corporate, taxation, and nonprofit matters. She draws from a diverse background in government, accounting, and law to serve as a holistic business advisor, and strongly believes that tax and corporate advice should be both easy to understand and practical. Susan assists clients with a wide array of tax issues, including tax controversies, audits, appeals, planning, and structuring, as well as researching tax law, drafting legal appeals, and memoranda. In addition to her tax practice, Susan counsels clients on mergers and acquisitions, business formation, joint ventures, and general corporate matters, while leveraging her tax background to help guide them toward profitable solutions.

For more information or to register, go to MSBA: Settling Disputes Through Early Mediation.

Terri, a business attorney and mediator, helps shareholders, family business owners, and companies buy or sell businesses or solve complex legal problems. Whether guiding shareholders through a company split, managing a large merger/acquisition for a buyer or a seller, representing family members or business partners in the sale of a long-held business, or helping a company restructure to better align business and goals, Terri brings a time-tested sense of which approaches work and which do not. In her mediation work, Terri brings her many years of experience negotiating deals to the table—along with her high energy, active listening skills, creativity, and pragmatic approach. View her mediation bio here.

Melissa is an employment and business litigation attorney who enjoys working with clients to protect and grow their business in a competitive marketplace. She focuses her practice on the full spectrum of employment counseling and litigation matters in addition to business disputes involving non-competition and non-solicitation agreements, trade secrets, business contracts and torts, and unfair competition and trade practices. She serves on the board of the Minnesota Infinity Project, an organization focused on gender disparity on the bench throughout the Eighth Circuit, and was appointed in 2019 to the state Commission on Judicial Selection.

For more information or to register, go to Minnesota CLE: Advanced M&A

Terri, a business attorney and mediator, helps shareholders, family business owners, and companies buy or sell businesses or solve their legal problems—the more complicated, the better. Whether guiding shareholders through a company split, managing a large merger/acquisition for a buyer or a seller, representing family members or business partners in the sale of a long-held business, or helping a company restructure to better align business and goals, Terri brings a time-tested sense of which approaches work and which do not. In her mediation work, Terri brings her many years of experience negotiating deals to the table—along with her high energy, active listening skills, creativity, and pragmatic approach. View her mediation bio here.

Susan represents clients in general corporate, taxation, and nonprofit matters. She draws from a diverse background in government, accounting, and law to serve as a holistic business advisor, and strongly believes that tax and corporate advice should be both easy to understand and practical. Susan assists clients with a wide array of tax issues, including tax controversies, audits, appeals, planning, and structuring, as well as researching tax law, drafting legal appeals, and memoranda. In addition to her tax practice, Susan counsels clients on mergers and acquisitions, business formation, joint ventures, and general corporate matters, while leveraging her tax background to help guide them toward profitable solutions.

For more information or to register, go to Minnesota CLE: Key Lessons for Complex Business Transactions

Susan represents clients in general corporate, taxation, and nonprofit matters. She draws from a diverse background in government, accounting, and law to serve as a holistic business advisor, and strongly believes that tax and corporate advice should be both easy to understand and practical. Susan assists clients with a wide array of tax issues, including tax controversies, audits, appeals, planning, and structuring, as well as researching tax law, drafting legal appeals, and memoranda. In addition to her tax practice, Susan counsels clients on mergers and acquisitions, business formation, joint ventures, and general corporate matters, while leveraging her tax background to help guide them toward profitable solutions.

Brad regularly represents manufacturers, contractors, technology, entertainment, and retail businesses in venture formations, raising capital, corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions, public reporting and general corporate matters. He has a diverse client base and enjoys working with businesses at different points of their life cycles. Brad works with entrepreneurs and dynamic startups to develop scalable business models and corporate structures for growth and raising capital. He also works with established businesses to raise capital in the private and capital markets, continue to grow organically and through strategic acquisitions, and to realize exit events.

To hear the podcast, go to: The Mentor Exchange with Terri Krivosha.

Terri, a business attorney and mediator, enjoys nothing more than helping shareholders, family business owners, and companies buy or sell businesses or solve their legal problems—the more complicated, the better. Terri loves helping clients or parties to a mediation resolve conflict. After years of experience with a wide array of commercial transactions and businesses, Terri is now focusing her practice on M&A, restructurings and shareholder business divorces, and mediation of commercial disputes.

Terri is a qualified neutral, and as such is included on the Minnesota State Court Administrator's roster of mediation providers under Rule 114 of the Minnesota General Rules of Practice, Minnesota Supreme Court. As a deal lawyer, rather than a litigator, she is unique among mediators because she brings her many years of experience negotiating deals to the mediation table—along with her trademark high energy, active listening skills, creativity, and pragmatic approach. (View separate mediation bio.)