Jonathan B. Abram

Partner

Minneapolis

P: (612) 343-7962

F: (612) 340-2868

Partner in the Corporate practice group and co-Chair of the Capital Markets practice group. Represents public and private companies, investment banks and venture capital firms in the areas of SEC-registered offerings and private placements, venture capital financing, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and SEC reporting and compliance.

Representative Transactions

Equity Offerings

RBC Capital Markets as lead underwriter of $66 million public offering by AngioDynamics Incorporated
RBC Capital Markets and SG Cowen as co-managing underwriters of $47 million initial public offering by Buffalo Wild Wings
Lawson Software in its $225 million initial public offering
Pemstar in its $115 million initial public offering
eFunds in its $71 million initial public offering
Piper Jaffray as managing underwriter of $42 million initial public offering by BUCA
Dain Rauscher Wessels as managing underwriter of $221 million public offering by IntraNet Solution

Debt Offerings

UnitedHealth Group in $3 billion public offering of Senior Notes
Deluxe Corporation in $600 million Rule 144A offering of Senior Notes
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association in $760 million 144A offering of Pass-Through Certificates
UnitedHealth Group in $1.5 billion public offering of Senior Notes
General Mills in $2.2 billion 144A offering of Zero Coupon Convertible Senior Debentures

Mergers and Acquisitions

Lawson Software in $610 million acquisition of Intentia International AB

Presentations

"Securities Offering Reform," Glasser Legal Week/Bowne, May 2006
"WKSI Offerings," 2005 Business Law Institute
“IPOs in a Troubled Market,” SEC Update Spring 2002, Glasser Legal Works, May 2002
“Sarbanes-Oxley Act: Corporate Reform Update,” Strengthening Corporate Governance, Hennepin County Bar Association Continuing Legal Education, September 2002

Attorney Articles

November 19, 2009	Mind the (non-)GAAP
September 12, 2008	Time to Review Shelf Registration Statements
December 18, 2007	Fixed Income Investors Promote Enhanced Covenants for Investment Grade Bonds
June 30, 2005	SEC Adopts Significant Securities Offering Reforms