Associate Ben Zou Joins Fredrikson & Byron’s Shanghai Office - May 1, 2013
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Overview
Practical Solutions for a Wide Range of Business Issues
The Corporate Group at Fredrikson & Byron works with a wide spectrum of clients, from start-up enterprises to large family-owned businesses and Fortune 500 companies. Members of this group frequently function as outside general counsel to their clients, rendering advice and managing the delivery of legal services across a broad range of areas.
We serve as outside general counsel to many of our corporate clients, providing advice to management and the board across a broad range of legal issues.”
This group offers substantial experience in business financings, acquisitions and divestitures of all sizes and types, from individuals acquiring a business for the first time to complex transactions initiated by the M & A departments of Fortune 500 companies.
Attorneys in this group are familiar with the corporate law of Delaware as well as Minnesota and other key jurisdictions. We are experienced in such corporate matters as structuring control arrangements among the owners of closely held businesses, designing corporate finance packages that include a mix of equity and secured and unsecured debt instruments, and resolving control and management disputes.
Our commercial lawyers have experience in the areas of marketing and distribution, equipment purchasing and leasing, insurance regulation and insurance broker/agent matters, and technology licensing, including issues in international marketing, antitrust compliance, franchising, manufacturing agreements, joint venture, and the Uniform Commercial Code.
Attorneys in this group work closely with the Securities Law and Tax Planning & Business Organization Groups in matters of venture capital finance, tax planning, private placements and public offerings.
Commercial Transactions Services
- Acquisition and Divestiture of Businesses
- Capital Raising
- Business Start-ups
- Negotiation of Business Control Disputes
- Shareholder Control Agreements
- Distribution Agreements
- Agency and Representative Agreements
- International Marketing Matters
- Franchise Agreements
- Antitrust Aspects of Marketing
- Uniform Commercial Code Issues
- Insurance Regulation
- Self-insurance Risk Retention
- Insurance Agency Acquisitions and Operations
- Insurance Coverage and Disputes
- Secured and Unsecured Loan Transactions
- Technology License Agreements
- Corporate Management
- Corporate Finance
- Partnership and Limited Partnership Agreements
- Equipment Leases
- Letters of Credit
- Spin-offs
- Manufacturing, OEM and Other Supply Agreements
- Preparation and Interpretation of Commercial Contracts
Representative Clients
- Manufacturers and marketers of a wide variety of industrial, commercial, medical and consumer products
- Insurance Agencies
- Engineering and Consulting Firms
- Venture Capital Investors
- Computer Software Companies
- Biotechnology Companies