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PitchBook, a leading source for data on M&A, private equity and venture capital deal activity, has ranked Fredrikson & Byron among the most active law firms in 2019 for private equity deals in the U.S.

Attorney Scott A. Roberts has joined Fredrikson & Byron as a shareholder in the Agribusiness & Cooperatives and Mergers & Acquisitions Groups.

Fredrikson & Byron attorneys Patrick D. Smith and Brandon R. Underwood recently won an appeal before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in a lawsuit alleging sex discrimination, sexual harassment and retaliation under Federal and Iowa law.

Shareholders Lora Friedemann, Cynthia A. Moyer, John C. Pickerill and Ann Dunn Wessberg have been named to the 2020 edition of the WTR 1000: The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals for Minnesota.

Fredrikson & Byron has chosen shareholder Youn-Jin Kim to be a member of the 2020 class of Fellows, participating in a landmark program created by the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD).

Attorney Erin M. Byom has joined Fredrikson & Byron in the Bank & Finance and Corporate Governance Groups.

The Fundamental Income team accepted an invitation to ring the bell at the New York Stock Exchange to commemorate NETL surpassing $40 million in assets under management as of January 22, 2020.

Attorney Amanda L. Welters has rejoined Fredrikson & Byron in the Mergers & Acquisitions, Venture Capital & Angel Financing and Start Up & Rapid Growth Enterprises (SURGE) Groups.

Each year, MSPBJ editors select 40 leaders under the age of 40 who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement while also finding time to give back to their communities.

Fredrikson & Byron earned 100 of 100 possible points on the 2020 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), the nation’s leading benchmarking tool and report on corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ workplace equality, administered by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation.