Friday, November 6, 2015
Hamline University, St. Paul Campus, Anderson Center, Room 111-112
Welcome and Introduction to the Business Law Institute
Professor Jill Barclift
Director, Business Law Institute
Panel 1: Mergers & Acquisitions in the for-profit world
This panel discusses the current climate for acquisitions, key issues due diligence, timing, and international safe harbor requirements.
- Bill Thornton, Shareholder and Chair of Larkin Hoffman’s Corporate Law Department
Acronyms used in Mergers and Acquisitions - Mary Merrill, Managing Director, Teneca Investment Banking
- Matt Johnson, Director of Business Development for Navico and Co-Founding Partner of Able Seedhouse
Moderator
Terri Krivosha Partner, Maslon and Adjunct Instructor at William Mitchell College of Law
1.25 Standard CLE Credit
Panel 2: Mergers and Acquisitions in the nonprofit world
This panel examines unique issues for non-profits including mission match and governance, state and federal requirements, and donor impact.
- Judy Alnes, Executive Director, MAP for Non-Profits
- Mark Ritchie, former Minnesota Secretary of State and current CEO/President, Minnesota World’s Fair Bid Committee
- Jenn Urban, Urban Birken, Attorneys for Nonprofits
- J. Patrick Plunkett, Shareholder, Larkin Hoffman
Moderator
Kimberly Lowe, Shareholder, Fredrikson & Byron P.A. and an Adjunct at Hamline University School of Law
1.25 Standard CLE Credit
Keynote Discussion: Creating a New Law School
This discussion focuses on the pending combination of Hamline University School of Law with William Mitchell College of Law. This combination is conditional, in part, upon accreditation approval by the American Bar Association.
- Jean Holloway, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, CryoLife, Inc., former Dean of Hamline University School of Law
- Cathy Wassberg, Vice President and General Counsel for Hamline University
- Louis Ainsworth, Professor at William Mitchell College of Law and past Director of the Center for Law and Business
Moderator
Jill Barclift, Professor and Director of the Business Law Institute
1.0 Standard CLE Credit
Minnesota CLE Event Code: 212054