Patrick J. Pazderka

Overview

• Focuses corporate and securities practice on corporate governance issues and Securities and Exchange Commission reporting obligations, including disclosure of matters related to executive compensation and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance
• Knowledgeable transactional attorney with significant experience coordinating contract review and preparation for both small and large privately-held companies
• Regularly handles acquisitions and divestitures for both public and private companies, private placements, PIPE financings and venture capital financings
  
  

Representative Experience

• Public company/corporate governance counsel to Aetrium Incorporated, Ecolab Inc., ev3 Inc., Marten Transport, Ltd., and Select Comfort Corporation
• Public equity offerings by ev3 Inc. (follow-on / secondary - $166MM), Southwest Casino Corporation (PIPE - $16MM), and Merrill Corporation (IPO - $253MM)
• Sales and purchases of public and private companies – Purchase of FoxHollow Technologies, Inc. by ev3 Inc. ($741MM); and Sale of Western Aircraft, Inc. to Berkley Aviation Investors, Inc. (amount undisclosed)
• Regularly advises public and privately-held companies on various types of contractual matters