Experience

Representative Transaction Experience

• Represented Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation in tax equity and related debt financing transactions for several solar energy development projects.
• Represented Western Forest Products Inc. (TSX: WEF) in its acquisition of certain assets of Columbia Vista Corporation, a lumber manufacturer, and related entities located in Vancouver, Washington.
• Represented Evriholder Products, LLC, a portfolio company of True West Capital Partners and manufacturer of a variety of impulse purchase products, in connection with its sale to a subsidiary of Edgewater Capital Partners.
• Represented Intermountain Wind, LLC, in the sale to Alterra Power Corp. of its Boswell Springs wind project, a 320 MW portfolio of wind development projects located in Wyoming.
• Represented AltaGas in the acquisition of GWF Energy Holdings LLC, which held a portfolio of three natural gas-fired electrical generation facilities in northern California totaling 523 MW.
• Represented a supply company in the sale of assets, including procurement contracts with various federal, state, and county institutions.
• Represented health care company in several early stage strategic equity investments.
• Represented a medical device company in several equity and debt strategic investments.
• Represented a Minnesota based orthopedics company in preferred equity sales.
• Represented the owners of an event-management company in the sale of the company.

Representative Regulatory and Securities Experience

• Assisted with regulatory compliance in acquisition by Capital Dynamics of 8point3 Partners.
• Assisted with regulatory compliance in sale by Edison Energy Group, Inc., of its subsidiary, SoCore Energy LLC, to ENGIE North America Inc.
• Assisted with regulatory compliance in the acquisition by Vestas Wind Systems A/S of Utopus Insights, Inc.
• Represented several buy and sell side parties to M&A transactions in connection with filing of pre-merger notifications to the US Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice pursuant to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act, obtaining antitrust clearance for the transactions.
• Assisted cooperatives in securities compliance in connection with national securities offerings.
• Represented a national fitness company in applications for operational licenses in several states.
• Represented a charitable organization in applying to the Internal Revenue Service for 501(c)(3) tax exempt status.

Honors & Activities

Civic Activities

• Member, American Bar Association,
• Member, Minnesota State Bar Association
• Member, Hennepin County Bar Association

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