Melodie R. Rose

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Email: mrose@fredlaw.com
Office: 612.492.7162
Assistant: Michelle Bangert, 612.492.7613

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PRIMARY SERVICES

Commercial Law Corporate Governance Executive Compensation & Benefits Start Up & Rapid Growth Enterprises

Mergers & Acquisitions Public Companies Securities

Overview

Melodie serves as outside general corporate and securities counsel to public and private companies at all stages of development.

Melodie is chair of Fredrikson & Byron’s Public Companies Group and co-chair of its Corporate Governance Group. She has over 27 years of experience advising senior management and boards in many areas of corporate representation, including securities regulation, corporate governance, equity and debt capital market transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and business planning. Melodie advises Fortune 500, mid-cap, small-cap and start-up companies in a broad range of industries as well as underwriters, placement agents, and venture firms. She is also active in the management at Fredrikson & Byron, having served on many firm committees, including her current service as a member of its elected Compensation Committee and chair of its Corporate Division.

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Experience

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

Represented public companies as outside counsel in their general corporate securities and governance needs and coordination of all legal services.
Represented Boards of Directors and its committees on a variety of corporate and governance matters including risk assessment, sustainability, investigations, evaluations, regulatory compliance, and the legal implications of business strategies and decisions.
Represented companies and underwriters in all aspects of capital formation, including public and private securities offerings for issuers and underwriters in equity and debt offerings.
Represented buyers and sellers in investments and mergers, acquisitions and dispositions of businesses.
- Bell Microproducts, Inc.
- Bio-Techne Corporation
- Envoy Medical Corporation
- Magnetation, LLC
- MakeMusic, Inc.
- Medtronic, PLC
- MTS Systems, Inc.
- Tacora Resources, LLC
- Titan Machinery, Inc.

Articles & Presentations

PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS

Contributing Author, “A Field Guide to 101 Situations Commonly Encountered in the Boardroom,” American Bar Association’s Director’s Handbook
Contributing Author, “The Art and Science of Securities Laws,” An Inside the Minds series

Honors & Education

EDUCATION

University of Michigan Law School, J.D., 1990
University of North Dakota, B.B.A., Management/Accounting, 1987, magna cum laude

BAR ADMISSIONS

Minnesota, 1990
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, 1991

HONORS

Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business
Best Lawyers’ “Lawyer of the Year” in Minneapolis Securities/Capital Markets Law, 2014
The Best Lawyers in America, Securities/Capital Markets Law, 2009-present
Finance & Commerce - Top Women in Finance, 2006

Professional Activities

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

American Bar Association
Minnesota State Bar Association
Hennepin County Bar Association
National Association of Corporate Directors
Women Corporate Directors
Adjunct Professor, St. Thomas School of Law, Corporate Governance
State Board of Accountancy Member, 2005-2010