Ballard Spahr LLP

Business and Transactions

Co-Practice Leader of Ballard Spahr's Private Equity Group

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

American Bar Foundation, Fellow

American Bar Association, Member

Minnesota State Bar Association, Member

Hennepin County Bar Association, Member

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)