Steve is an associate in Faegre & Benson’s corporate group and a member of the firm’s leveraged buyout practice group. He has experience representing clients in a variety of corporate matters, including those listed above. Steve is a member of a team of Faegre & Benson attorneys that regularly provides pro bono legal assistance to Hunger Related Events and its Taste of the NFL event. The following is a representative sample of transactions in which Steve played a significant role: Leveraged buyout of Allen-Edmonds Shoe Corporation by Goldner Hawn Johnson & Morrison, Incorporated Leveraged buyout of Westlake Hardware, Inc. by Goldner Hawn Johnson & Morrison, Incorporated Leveraged buyout of Becker-Underwood, Inc. by Norwest Equity Partners Leveraged buyout of the Jacobson Companies by Norwest Equity Partners Leveraged buyout of Imperial, Inc. by Norwest Equity Partners Acquisition of the American Hockey League’s Houston Aeros by Minnesota Sports & Entertainment (Minnesota Wild) Sale of Fanball Interactive, LLC to FUN Technologies PLC Sale of Norwesco, Inc. to Allied Capital Corporation Sale of InSTEP LLC to Pacific Cycle, LLC Representation of Life Time Fitness, Inc. in its initial public offering Representation of Needham & Company, Inc. in the public offering of common stock of August Technology Corporation. |