Lindquist & Vennum - Professionals

Chad is a partner in the firm’s Corporate Finance and Mergers & Acquisitions practice group. He counsels clients on corporate and securities matters, with an emphasis on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and joint ventures. He regularly represents public and private companies and private equity funds. He has closed transactions in a number of industries, including the retail, medical-device, technology, insurance brokerage, real estate services, healthcare, food-products, data-processing, consumer-goods, recycled-products, manufacturing, plastics, printing and graphics, and media industries.

Chad has extensive experience helping clients implement acquisition programs. He has represented Hub International Limited in more than a dozen transactions over the last two years. Hub, taken private by Apax Partners and Morgan Stanley in June 2007, is the 9th largest insurance brokerage company in the world.

Prior to joining Lindquist & Vennum, Chad worked at Sidley Austin in Chicago.

Chad volunteers with a number of organizations in the Twin Cities community, including the Advocates for Human Rights and the Plymouth Youth Center.

Representative Experience

Represented Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. in connection with its acquisition of the client services group of Cousins Properties Incorporated (closed September 2012)
Represented Hub International Limited in connection with numerous acquisitions (2008-2012)
Represented publicly-traded Canadian company in its acquisition of a U.S.-based business owned by a major hedge fund (closed June 2010)
Represented large privately-held insurance company in connection with its acquisition of a publicly-held employee health improvement services company (closed February 2010)
Represented leading private equity fund in connection with its acquisition of a software company (closed December 2009)
Represented Polaroid in connection with its 363 sale to a consortium of Hilco Consumer Capital and Gordon Brothers Group (closed May 2009)
Represented publicly-traded telecommunications company in connection with its acquisition of a telecommunications provider (closed January 2008)
Represented leading private equity fund in connection with its acquisition of a division from a large public company (closed December 2007)
Represented leading private equity fund in connection with its acquisition of an injection molded plastics business (closed May 2007)
Represented leading private equity fund in connection with its acquisition of an insurance company (closed April 2007)
Represented leading private equity fund in connection with its acquisition of a color concentrates business (closed December 2006)
Represented Fortune 500 retailer in connection with its sale of stores operating under five different nameplates (closed March 2006)

Publications and Presentations

Successfully Executing the M&A Transaction (Speaker – The Collaborative Growth Series April 2011)
“Shopping in Different Places – Certain Trends with Go Shop Provisions,” Lindquist & Vennum, Dealmaker Counsel (March 2011)
Navigating the Valley of Death – Accessing Capital from Diverse Sources (Panel Moderator – LifeScience Alley Conference & Expo December 2010)
“SEC Adopts New Proxy Access Rules Related to Director Nominations by Shareholders; Rules to Become Effective November 15, 2010,” Lindquist & Vennum, Dealmaker Counsel (October 2010)
“Understanding the Landscape: The Minnesota Control Share Acquisition Act,” Lindquist & Vennum, Dealmaker Counsel (July 2010)
“Kurz v. Holbrook: Guidance from Delaware on Bylaw Amendments Shrinking Size of Board, Stockholders of Record and Vote Buying,” Lindquist & Vennum, Dealmaker Counsel (April 2010)
Farm-aceuticals - Natural Compound Extraction (Panel Moderator – LifeScience Alley Conference & Expo December 2009)
“Venture Capital Trends,” Lindquist & Vennum, Dealmaker Counsel (December 2009)
“2009 Amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law; SEC Proposed Rules Facilitating Director Nominations by Shareholders,” Lindquist & Vennum, Alert (July 2009)
“A Snapshot of the Polaroid Sale and Certain Considerations in 363 Sales,” Lindquist & Vennum, Dealmaker Counsel (July 2009)
The 363 Sale Process: The Intersection of Bankruptcy and M&A (Speaker – Business Law Institute May 2009)
Investments and Transactions (Speaker – National Business Institute April 2008)

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Chad A. Stewart