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Jonathan B. Abram

Partner

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

Admissions

• Minnesota

Honors

• Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 2007-2011
• AV Peer Review Rated by Martindale Hubbell Legal Directory
• Named a "Super Lawyer" by Minnesota Law and Politics, 2008

Education

• Boston College Law School
  J.D., 1986, cum laude
  Case Editor, Uniform Commercial Code Reporter Digest, 1984-1986
  
• University of Chicago
  M.A., Economics, 1984
  
• Carleton College
  B.A., 1980
  

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 

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