Fredrikson Announces 11 New Shareholders

Fredrikson has elected 11 new shareholders: Laura A. Habein, Douglass B. Hiatt, Eldri L. Johnson, Soobin Kim, Nena M. Lenz, Wendy A. Lisman, Anthony S. Mendoza, Jennifer Bouta Mojica, Robin M. Radke, Roxanne N. Thorelli and Sarah E. Tucher.

Laura A. Habein is a member of the Business & Tax Planning, Compensation Planning & Employee Benefits and Tax groups. She works closely with and advises business owners on strategies designed to meet their long-term objectives. Habein concentrates her practice on employee benefits working with employers regarding the design, ongoing administration, correction and termination of 401(k), profit-sharing, pension, employee stock ownership plans, and health and welfare benefit plans. Habein also advises clients on executive compensation matters, including non-qualified deferred compensation arrangements. Habein has extensive experience counseling on benefits and compensation issues relating to business transactions. Prior to joining Fredrikson, Habein served as an extern for Judge Jon E. DeGuilio in the Northern District of Indiana District Court.

Douglass B. Hiatt is a member of the Banking & Financial Services, Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Governance groups. He is an experienced regulatory, risk and compliance attorney who represents and advises businesses, financial institutions, nonbanks and fintechs. Hiatt has spent more than 30 years providing advice related to bank, nonbanks and fintechs on compliance, enforcement actions, M&A, deposits and lending products and operations, corporate governance, payment systems, escheatment, branching, corporate matters, licensing, consumer protection, CRA, capital and other matters. His counsel covers key laws ranging from privacy, data security, preemption, fair lending, capital, risk management, and regulatory areas. His extensive knowledge of financial service laws and regulations, as well as operations enables him to provide sound legal and business advice.

Hiatt advises U.S. and global banks and businesses on U.S. law and regulations related to international banking. He assists foreign banks and holding companies in establishing U.S. branches or acquiring entities, and U.S. banks, holding companies and Edge Act corporations in setting up foreign branches and investments and conducting global business. Hiatt advises on limits to interactions with related entities, regulatory expectations, and required notices or applications. His counsel covers key regulations such as the Bank Holding Company Act, International Banking Act, Regulation K, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Bank Secrecy Act, OFAC, and U.S. anti-money-laundering laws, among others.

Eldri L. Johnson is a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Private Equity and Commercial Law groups. Her practice focuses on M&A transactions, representing a variety of clients ranging from small, family-owned businesses to large, multifaceted businesses, operating in various industries such as private equity, manufacturing, food, retail, energy services, equipment leasing and medical devices. She has led both domestic and international merger and acquisition transactions, including drafting and negotiating asset and securities purchase and sale agreements, merger agreements and ancillary transaction documents, working with her clients to understand the goals and objectives of each transaction to reach final, satisfactory results.

In addition to M&A, Johnson has considerable experience with commercial transactions, including the drafting and negotiating of supply, purchase, service, manufacturing and similar types of contracts. She also provides general outside counsel representation to many of her clients, including advice with respect to formation, governance, shareholders, members and board activities.

Soobin Kim is a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions, Cross-Border M&A and Private Equity groups. He has extensive experience assisting clients on multi-jurisdictional transactions, with an emphasis on the Asia Pacific region. Kim’s practice focuses on representing strategic investors, private equity firms and venture capital firms on domestic and cross-border M&A transactions and investments, as well as advising foreign clients seeking to set up and maintain business operations in the United States. Prior to joining Fredrikson, Kim was a senior foreign attorney at one of the largest law firms in Korea, where he worked closely with many of the major Korean conglomerates, in addition to advising some of the largest Asia-based private equity firms.

Nena M. Lenz is a member of the Government Contracts & Grants, Construction and Energy & Natural Resources groups. She has a national practice advising clients with federal, state, local and tribal government contracts and grants. She helps clients pursue and negotiate contracts, understand and comply with regulatory requirements, manage contract changes and terminations, and investigate and resolve allegations of noncompliance. Lenz advises clients across industries, with particular experience in the construction industry and small business programs.

Lenz advises clients on contracts and grants governed by federal regulations, including federal procurement contracts, cooperative agreements and OTAs, federally-assisted construction, and federal grants. She regularly advises clients that are administering projects with a mix of public funding streams, such as a combination of federal and state funding. Lenz has represented clients doing business with each federal executive department and dozens of independent agencies, spanning hundreds of federal programs. She has also helped clients doing business with dozens of states and hundreds of local government and quasi-governmental entities.

Wendy A. Lisman is a member of the Banking & Financial Services, Debt Finance and Private Equity groups. She represents private equity firms, private and public companies and financial institutions in debt financing transactions. Lisman primarily represents private equity sponsors, private and public companies and lenders in structuring and negotiating secured and unsecured debt finance transactions, with particular emphasis on leveraged buyouts, acquisition financings, Holdco PIK facilities, back leverage facilities, recapitalizations, refinancings, receivables financings and structured financings. She has represented clients across a wide range of industries, including the technology, healthcare, financial services, manufacturing and retail sectors.

Lisman also has significant experience negotiating, drafting and advising clients on securitizations, derivatives, derivatives clearing agreements, repurchase agreements, complex lending arrangements and Dodd-Frank compliance matters.

Anthony S. Mendoza is a member of the Corporate Group and co-chairs the Sports & Entertainment Group. He has nearly 30 years’ experience representing clients in the internet, communications, arts and entertainment industries. He helps for-profit and non-profit clients with transactional, regulatory, policy and intellectual property matters. He serves as outside general counsel to many of his clients within and outside the communications, arts and entertainment industries. He regulated the telecommunications industry for four years just after the passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. From rural broadband deployment to data privacy to net neutrality to 911 and 811, there are few issues Tony has not handled for his internet and communications clients.

Mendoza is a former professional musician (who still performs regularly) and he incorporates that personal experience into his arts and entertainment law practice—working with bands, songwriters, film producers and arts organizations to navigate through complex legal and business issues, helping clients achieve their professional goals.

Jennifer Bouta Mojica is a member of the Immigration Group. She advises multinational, regional and local clients on diverse employment-based immigration matters, closely partnering with employers and employees to navigate the everchanging immigration landscape. Mojica has extensive experience counseling clients on the range of temporary and permanent employment-based immigration options, collaborating with clients to develop comprehensive and creative immigration strategies, policies and systems, and advising clients on immigration compliance questions.

Mojica’s practice has afforded her the opportunity to partner with clients in a broad range of industries, including higher education, health sciences and healthcare, information technology, financial services and fintech, medical device development and manufacturing, consumer retail and ecommerce, fitness and sports, engineering and television, among others. She has worked in the field of employment-based immigration for more than 20 years. She has been a licensed attorney, practicing almost exclusively in employment-based immigration law, since 2006. She previously served as an adjunct professor of immigration law at the University of St. Thomas School of Law, serves as an Attorney Mentor for the American Immigration Lawyers Association and regularly presents at local, regional and national immigration conferences/seminars.

Robin M. Radke is a member of the Debt Finance, Banking & Financial Services and Private Equity groups. With more than 20 years of corporate finance and commercial transactions experience, Robin provides practical advice to clients across a broad range of industries regarding debt finance and other complex commercial transactions.

Radke helps clients with a wide spectrum of transactions, including secured and unsecured lending, acquisition finance, venture debt, portfolio-based lending, joint venture lending, agency lending, real estate finance and equipment financing. She represents borrowers, lenders, private equity sponsors and issuers. In addition to Radke’s financing practice, she is well versed in M&A, capital raising, public company reporting and general corporate matters. Radke’s years of in-house counsel and business experience allow her to understand her clients’ needs and provide pragmatic, client-centered service. Before joining Fredrikson, Radke served as in-house and general counsel of a registered investment adviser. She was also a partner in the corporate finance department with another Minneapolis law firm.

Roxanne N. Thorelli is a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity and Corporate groups. She advises clients with M&A, debt and equity financing, corporate restructuring and general corporate matters. Thorelli represents private and public companies and private equity funds in many types of domestic and international business transactions, including drafting and negotiating asset and securities purchase agreements, merger agreements and ancillary transaction documents. She works closely with clients to understand their businesses and to ensure the overall fit and strategy of a transaction.

Thorelli has extensive M&A experience counseling strategic investors and private equity portfolio companies within an array of industries. Furthermore, Thorelli is dedicated to pro bono work. She guides entrepreneurs and start-ups through a variety of business issues in addition to her work advocating for clients regarding unemployment benefit matters.

Sarah E. Tucher is a member of the Commercial Law, Cooperatives and Business & Tax Planning groups. She helps clients understand and manage legal risks as they buy and sell products and services nationally and internationally. Tucher frequently assists clients with corporate governance and compliance matters, as well as drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements to achieve their business goals, including equipment purchase and lease agreements, transportation agreements, domestic and international manufacturing and supply agreements, services agreements, warehouse agreements, distribution and sales representative agreements, and terms and conditions.

Tucher is a Certified Public Accountant (Inactive) and worked at global consulting firm headquartered in Menlo Park and San Ramon, California, prior to attending law school, primarily engaging in financial process redesign, internal audit and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. Prior to joining Fredrikson, Tucher clerked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C. She also interned for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Fredrikson & Byron is a leading Midwest law firm working collaboratively to help businesses achieve their goals regionally, nationally and globally. With a reputation as the firm “where law and business meet,” our attorneys bring business acumen and entrepreneurial thinking to work with clients and operate as business advisors and strategic partners as well as legal counselors. The firm’s 400+ attorneys are based in Minneapolis, with offices in Ames, Bismarck, Des Moines, Fargo, Madison, Mankato, St. Paul, Saltillo, Mexico, and Shanghai, China. Learn more at fredlaw.com or LinkedIn.