Introduction - Emerging Business Bio

Patrick is chair of the Latin America Practice Group.  He is also a member of Fredrikson & Byron’s Corporate, Mergers & Acquisition and International Business Law Groups. Pat is also the Chair of the firm’s Emerging Business Group. He works with corporate clients ranging from start-ups to mature businesses with medical device and biotech, assisting them with general corporate matters business strategies, funding and negotiating financing and raising capital, structuring agreements and protecting their intellectual property.

Education

• University of Minnesota School of Law, J.D., 1988
• St. John’s University, B.A., summa cum laude,
  Major: Government, Minor: Spanish, 1983

Bar Admissions

• Minnesota, 1988

Practice Areas

• Latin America Practice, Chair
• Corporate
• International
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Internet, Technology & E-Commerce
• Franchise
• Emerging Business
• Life Sciences
• Commercial Law

Languages

• Fluent in Spanish
• Read and Understand Portuguese

Selected Publications & Presentations

• Presenter, Latin America Breakfast Series: Opportunities and Challenges to Doing Business in Brazil, August 15, 2012
• “Doing Business in Brazil,” FredNEWS: International, December 2011
• Moderator, Business Challenges and Opportunities in Brazil & Chile, April 30, 2010
• “Manufacturing In Mexico,” FredNEWS: International, April 2010
• Speaker, Resilient Brazil: Economic and Political Insight on Business Opportunities, November 3, 2009
• Presenter, “The New Lawyer Experience,” Minnesota CLE Webcast Seminars, January 16, 2008
• “Doing Business in Costa Rica,” Fredrikson & Byron Global Perspectives Seminar, January 19, 2007
• “Cross Border Ethics: Privilege, Conflicts, The FCPA and More,” CLE Presentation for the 2006 International Business Law Institute MSBA International Business Law Section, April 27, 2006
• “Closing Real Estate Transactions in Mexico from Minneapolis,” co-authored with Luis G. Reséndiz, November 2005
• “Mexico:  Basic Labor Law Concepts, Non-Competes, Non-Disclosures and Employee Inventions,” November 2005
• "Leap of Faith? Buying Real Estate in Mexico Through a Bank Trust (Fideicomiso)" co-authored with Luis G. Reséndiz, Fredrikson & Byron's International Focus Newsletter, May 2004
• "How to Secure Funding for a Biotech Business," April 2004
• "Sun, Sand and Caveat Emptor: Buying Real Estate in Mexico," Fredrikson & Byron's International Law Focus Newsletter, November 2003
• "The Legal Eye - Global Reach," Minnesota Technology, Summer 2003
• "Doing Business in China: Following The Trend - Forming a Wholly Foreign-Owned Enterprise," Fredrikson & Byron's International Law Focus Newsletter, April 2002
• "Mexico, Maquiladoras and NAFTA," Fredrikson & Byron's International Law Focus Newsletter, March 2001

Professional Activities

• Member of the Hennepin County Bar Association, Business Banking & Financing Section, Chair, 1997-98
• Chair of Minnesota State Bar Association International Institute Planning Committee and Vice Chair of the International Business Law Section Council, 2000-2001; Committee member, 2000-present
• Chair of the International Business Law Section of the Minnesota State Bar Association, 2001-2002; member of Governing Council, 2001-present
• Lecturer at University of St. Thomas Masters and Undergraduate programs on International Law
• Speaker at Minnesota Trade Office Export workshop
• Frequent speaker to trade groups on mergers and acquisitions, international law and corporate topics
• MEDA volunteer
• Chair of the Board of Directors, Chicanos and Latinos Unidos en Servicio (“CLUES”), 2007; member of the Board of Directors of CLUES since 2000
• Honorary Legal Counsel Mexican Consulate of St. Paul. 2005 to present

Honors & Distinctions

• Lifetime Recognition Award, CLUES, 2010
• Compadre of the Year, CLUES, 2005
• Volunteer of the Year Award, MEDA, 1990
• SBA Minority Business Advocate Award, 1990
• Minority Business Advocate Award, Department of Commerce, 1991