DOING DEALS AT FAEGRE & BENSON
Faegre & Benson is recognized nationally for its sophistication in handling complex, bet-the-company deals, including many M&A transactions ranging in value from several hundred million dollars to several billion dollars. Examples of the firm's transactional experience in corporate, real estate, finance, international, bankruptcy, and other areas include the following:
- Serving as lead counsel in the 2005 sale of Retek that was profiled on the front page of The Wall Street Journal.
- Ranking among the top 10 law firms in the U.S. in M&A volume in 2004.
- Serving as lead counsel in the multi-billion dollar sales of Marshall Fields and Mervyn's in 2004.
- Serving as primary Minnesota counsel in the merger of The St. Paul Companies and Travelers.
- Leading M&A deals valued at many billions of dollars for companies like Guidant, American Express, Target, Land O'Lakes, Archer-Daniels-Midland, International Multifoods, Piper Jaffray, ReliaStar, Chiquita Brands International, Fingerhut, Funco, and many others.
- Serving as primary counsel in the largest brokerage liquidation ever handled by the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC), representing the interests of 175,000 customers nationwide.
- Playing a key role in nearly every major real estate development in downtown Minneapolis.
- Representing land owners in one of the largest condemnation projects in Colorado history.
- Representing companies like 3M, Mattel, Owens Corning, Pella, Target, Carlson Companies, Zippo, General Mills, and other leading businesses on deals in China.
- Managing more than 250 domestic and international trademark portfolios with more than 3,000 registrations.
- Representing teams in each of the four major professional sports (baseball, football, hockey, and basketball). We currently represent the Colorado Rockies, Minnesota Wild, and Minnesota Vikings, and we represented the Minnesota Timberwolves from before their opening tip-off through the sale of the team to its current owner.
- Negotiating and drafting the $100 million contract for Denver's Pepsi Center Arena.
- Negotiating a landmark antitrust settlement allowing a health care merger that created the largest nonprofit organization in Minnesota.
- Securitizing more than 50 different types of assets.
- Representing creditors in some of the nation's largest and complex bankruptcy proceedings.
- Serving as national real estate counsel for companies like Target, 3M and General Mills.
- Serving as primary outside counsel for one of the nation's largest banks.
- Handling more than $700 million in financing deals for development projects on Indian land.
- Providing patent counsel on sophisticated technologies for companies like 3M, Kodak Polychrome Graphics, Wagner Spray Tech, ADC Telecommunications, Pillsbury, FSI International, Target Corporation, Mayo Clinic, Hutchinson Technology, Upsher-Smith Pharmaceuticals, and many others.
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