• Mergers, acquisitions and other business combinations
• Business sales, spin-offs, and divestitures

Examples of recent merger and acquisition transactions include:

• September 2004 – NJL assists a large Midwest pharmaceutical company with the acquisition of a dynamic, similar company located in an East Coast market.
• November 2004 – NJL assists Minnesota’s premier level 1 trauma center to convert from a county hospital to a public benefit corporation.
• October 2006 – NJL assists national multi-million dollar health insurance company in the acquisition of a Florida-based international health insurance company.
• June 2007 – NJL assists a subsidiary of a multi-billion dollar health insurer with the acquisition of a prominent public policy research group from a global biopharmaceutical company.
• January 2008 – NJL assists a North Carolina-based spinal products company in a merger with a major orthopaedic company.
• June 2009 – NJL assists a Florida holding company in the acquisition of three Midwest home healthcare agencies from a national network of human services providers.
• February 2010 – NJL represents a large Minneapolis-based publishing company in the sale of assets to an international information services company.
• July 2010 – NJL represents a Midwest-based chemical company in the sale of a major division to an Indiana based national chemical company.

• Protection of intellectual property rights
• Licensing agreements
• Non-compete agreements
• Buy-sell agreements
• Inventory and data security
• Disaster recovery
• Distribution, sales and marketing agreements

• Licensing and other technology and patent transactions
• Trademark and copyright
• Trade secret protection
• Domain name disputes
• Privacy and data security
• Internet and e-commerce

• General corporate and company governance advice
• Shareholder and member control and related governance agreements
• Regulated health care businesses compliance polices and procedures including HIPAA compliance

• Entity selection, formation, re-organization and dissolution
• Strategic alliances and joint ventures
• Registration and on-going qualification of regulated financial services companies
• Registration and on-going qualification of regulated health care businesses

• Business capital financing
• Accredited investors and Regulation D offerings

Our experience includes representing a variety of clients.  Our clients range from large financial institutions and national companies to mid-size and small developers.  Our real estate experience includes:

• Land acquisitions and sales
• Building purchases and sales
• Commercial leasing (office/industrial/retail)
• Project development, including office warehouse, shopping center developments, residential and mixed use
• Property and land use restrictions
• Equity participations
• Governmental agency appearances and representation
• Entity selection for project ownership, operation and sale
• Tax considerations for the structure of transactions and entities
• Dealing with governmental agencies, including:
• Tax increment financing agreements
• Development agreements
• Declarations and restrictions of covenants and easements
• Variances, special use permits
• Project management agreements
• Project construction agreements and issues
• Environmental Compliance
• Real Estate Finance

Our clients include a variety of financial institutions and businesses.  Our financial services legal experience includes:

• Documentation of commercial real estate loans
• Acquisition and development loans
• Construction and bridge financing
• Term loans
• Permanent loans
• Refinancing and additional loan facilities
• Issuance of letters of credit
• Documentation of commercial loans
• Secured and unsecured revolving lines of credit
• Working capital loans
• Asset-based financing
• Letters of credit
• Standby letters of credit
• Commercial letters of credit
• Correspondent banking transactions
• Bank stock loans
• Participation agreements
• Structured financing, including asset securitization, commercial mortgage-backed securities and mezzanine debt financing
• Private banking loans
• Commercial loan portfolio purchases and sales
• Loan restructuring, workout reorganization, foreclosure and bankruptcy