Introduction
Barbara is a shareholder in Fredrikson & Byron’s Corporate Group. Her practice is focused primarily on business matters, including mergers and acquisitions, public and private securities offerings, compliance with Securities and Exchange Commission requirements, corporate formation and governance, and renewable energies.
Barbara earned law degrees in both Germany and in the United States which makes her uniquely qualified to assist U.S. companies entering the German market and German companies expanding to the American market. She also has successfully facilitated the resolution of a number of diverse US-German issues her clients faced, such as the enforcement of German judgments in the US, the defense against temporary restraining orders in the US or Germany, the finalization and taxation of inheritances made by US clients in Germany or to be made by German clients with assets in the US, the sale of real estate owned by US clients in Germany and family law issues, such as the acknowledgment of a US divorce decree in Germany or the assistance with the divorce of a US citizen in Germany.
Barbara graduated from the university in Bonn, Germany, in 1987 and worked as law clerk in various areas before she finished her German legal education in June 1990 with honors. In Germany, Barbara focused on European issues. Before she came to Minnesota in 1996, she was Chief of Division in the Department of European Affairs in the German State of Hesse.
Education
- Hamline University School of Law, J.D., 1998, summa cum laude
- German Law Degree: Second State Examination in Law, 1990, with honors; First State Examination in Law, 1987
Bar Admissions
- Minnesota, 1998
Practice Areas
- Securities
- Corporate
- International
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Media & Entertainment
- Energy
- Renewable Energy
- Commercial Law
Languages
- German
- French
Selected Publications & Presentations
- “Doing Business in
Professional Activities
- American Bar Association
- Minnesota State Bar Association
- Hennepin County District Bar Association, International Business Law Section and Business Law Section
- Minnesota Women Lawyers
- German-American Law Association
- Chief of Division, Department of European Affairs of Hesse, Wiesbaden/Germany, 1993-1996
- Assistant General Secretary, German Section of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions, Düsseldorf/Germany, 1990-1993
- Professional training (including clerkships), Court of Appeals, Düsseldorf/Germany, 1987-1990
Honors & Distinctions
- Law Review
- Dean’s Honor List
- M. Arnold Lyons Award for Highest Academic Achievement in the Graduating Class of 1998