Maggie Tatton > Ballard Spahr LLP > Minneapolis, United States > Lawyer Profile

Ballard Spahr LLP
2000 IDS CENTER 80
SOUTH 8TH STREET
MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55402-2119
MINNESOTA
United States
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Work Department

Business and Transactions

Position

Partner and Practice Co-Leader of the firm’s Private Equity Group

Career

Maggie Tatton is Practice Co-Leader of the firm’s Private Equity Group. She focuses her practice on representing private and public companies and private equity funds in mergers, acquisitions, sales and other strategic business transactions, including joint ventures, minority investments, roll-ups and carve-out transactions. Maggie efficiently manages all aspects of a transaction with a practical, solutions-oriented approach. She has experience closing transactions in a wide array of industries, including personal services, manufacturing, food distribution, personal products, specialty retail, and engineering.

She also represents management teams making minority investments alongside institutional investors, and she provides assistance to startup entrepreneurs and rapidly growing companies in the areas of entity formation, general corporate services, and fundraising.

Admissions: Minnesota

Memberships

American Bar Association, Member

Minnesota State Bar Association, Member

Hennepin County Bar Association, Member

Volunteer Lawyers Network

ACG Minnesota

Education

William Mitchell College of Law (now Mitchell Hamline School of Law) (J.D., 2006, summa cum laude)

Augsburg College (B.A. Communication and Political Science, 2001, with distinction)

Lawyer Rankings

United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)

With notable strengths in the Arizona, Colorado, Maryland, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania markets, the team at Ballard Spahr LLP assists a wide range of public and private companies with all aspects of their buy-and sell-side transactions and merger negotiations. In Philadelphia, practice co-head Brian Doerner is well versed in cross-border transactions. Co-head Barbara Rummel is based in Minneapolis and has developed a strong market reputation for her ability to advise on deals in the pharma and healthcare sectors. Rummel’s Minneapolis colleague Maggie Tatton is noted for her private equity expertise and handles buyouts in industries such as food distribution and engineering. Phoenix-based Karen McConnell is noted for her in-depth understanding of corporate and securities law. Seasoned transactional attorney Gregory Seltzer has a focus on venture capital clients and growth companies and operates from the firm’s Philadelphia office. Michael Kuhn, a Minneapolis-based expert on strategic investments and capital raising transactions, is another name to note.