Robert Tunheim > Ballard Spahr LLP > Minneapolis, United States > Lawyer Profile
Ballard Spahr LLP Offices
2000 IDS CENTER 80
SOUTH 8TH STREET
MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55402-2119
MINNESOTA
United States
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Robert Tunheim
Work Department
Business and Transactions
Position
Co-Practice Leader of Ballard Spahr’s Private Equity Group
Career
Robert Tunheim is Co-Practice Leader of Ballard Spahr’s Private Equity Group. He represents clients in mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance transactions and general business matters. He provides counsel to a variety of private equity groups in their formation, investments and liquidation transactions. His M&A and corporate finance work includes handling control transactions, minority investments, mezzanine financing transactions and corporate restructurings. Bob also provides general legal advice to businesses, including many of his private equity clients’ portfolio companies, on a variety of issues, including contract, finance, securities, licensing, choice of entity and other matters.
Admissions: Minnesota
Memberships
American Bar Foundation, Fellow
American Bar Association, Member
Minnesota State Bar Association, Member
Hennepin County Bar Association, Member
Education
University of Minnesota Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1988)
Order of the Coif
Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota (M.B.A., Finance, 1985, with honors)
Concordia College (Moorhead) (B.A., Economics, History/Political Science, summa cum laude, 1982)
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): municipal
- Finance > Fintech
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
- Real estate > Real estate
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense