Overview
Mergers & Acquisitions
Brandon represents both buyers and sellers in the acquisition and sale of companies or businesses. As a trusted advisor of many public companies, Brandon skillfully navigates the particular needs of transactions involving the sale of a public company or a public company’s acquisition or divestiture. He is adept at bringing his skills to bear across industries and sectors, but has particular experience in the financial services sector, the retail industry, and the food and agribusiness industry.
Capital Markets
In the capital markets space, Brandon advises companies as they access the debt and equity capital markets, whether through registered offerings or private securities transactions. He has counseled large public companies in connection with registered debt transactions, secondary offerings of stock, exchange offers and other capital markets matters. He has also represented underwriters and investment banks in connection with these transactions.
Brandon has successfully executed transactions raising billions of dollars of debt and equity financing, including PIPE transactions, at-the-market equity offering programs, and the issuance of high yield debt under Rule 144A and Regulation S private placements.
Past Experience
Before returning to his native Minnesota to join the firm, Brandon practiced for several years as an associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in New York.Related Legal Services
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Credentials
Bar Admissions
Minnesota
New York
Education
Columbia Law School
J.D. James Kent Scholar, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, Young B. Smith Endowed Prize, Columbia Law Review (managing editor) (2009)
Macalester College
B.A. cum laude (2006)
Insights & Events
Latest
News
Other Perspectives
- Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreements
Minnesota CLE Webcast, April 2018 - Vital Business Contracts
Minnesota CLE, December 2016 - Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreements
2016 Business Law Institute, May 2016 - Recent Developments in M&A Litigation
Minnesota CLE, September 2015
Leadership & Community
Professional Associations
- Minnesota State Bar Association
- Hennepin County Bar Association
Civic Activities
- Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce — Leadership Twin Cities
- OneVillage Partners — Governance Committee
Honors
- Chambers USA — Minnesota, Corporate/M&A, 2023-24
- Minnesota Super Lawyers — Rising Stars, Mergers and Acquisitions, 2018-23
No aspect of these recognitions has been approved by the highest court of any state.