Structuring a Stock Acquisition: Due Diligence, Key Deal Terms, Shareholder Consent, and Other Hurdles

Mr. Jacobs is an experienced business lawyer and business litigator who focuses on complex corporate and business matters. He has developed a reputation in the world of business divorce — ownership disputes in privately held companies, including breakups of privately held companies. Mr. Jacobs represents and provides strategic, business-minded counsel to a range of privately held companies, private equity funds, private investors and family-owned companies, as well as to business leaders including founders, entrepreneurs and majority and minority shareholders. His representations span manufacturing, technology, telecommunications, real estate, financial services, professional services and health care industries. Mr. Jacobs has particular experience working with privately held companies and their shareholder and member relations. He has extensive knowledge of the interplay of rights and obligations of equity holders, management and lenders, which allows him to provide strategic insight to clients in business divorce matters. These matters include claims of shareholder oppression, squeeze-outs and freeze-outs of various types.

Mr. Radtke's practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, commercial transactions and general corporate counseling. He also co-leads the firm’s corporate group. Mr. Radtke represents buyers, sellers and institutional investors in strategic and private equity M&A transactions, strategic investments and joint ventures. He also represents owners of privately held companies in selling their businesses. Mr. Radtke also represents many of the leading private equity firms in the Twin Cities metropolitan area, including spearheading the overall transaction process, negotiating the acquisition-related aspects, and structuring and negotiating equity arrangements. In addition, Mr. Radtke represents privately held companies, portfolio companies of private equity firms and other emerging private companies in connection with corporate governance matters, key contracts and other corporate matters. He also acts as outside counsel to privately held companies, helping them analyze and solve day-to-day legal issues.