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Charles C. Berquist is a member of the firm’s Business Law practice area. His clients include individuals, for profit businesses of all sizes and types, and non-profit organizations. He has represented clients in a wide variety of transactions and projects including business formation, transition planning, financing, mergers and acquisitions, technology agreements, executive employment and compensation agreements, and qualified and non-qualified benefit plan design and administration. Charlie has significant expertise in executive compensation, employee benefits and ERISA.
Among recent significant projects, Charlie represented an insurance company in a $25 million sale to a private equity group in 2007. Prior to beginning the sale process, Charlie advised the client in its successful defense of a hostile tender offer. In 2010, he represented the same client and its new owners in the purchase of a Pennsylvania insurance company in a $34 million transaction.
Charlie frequently provides pro bono services for Legal Aid divorce cases. He also recently completed a three year term on the Board of Directors of St. Paul Urban Tennis, a non-profit corporation.
Charlie has written and published a number of articles in his field, including:
Notre Dame University, J.D., magna cum laude
Macalester College, B.A.
State of Minnesota
U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota
U.S. Claims Court
American Bar Association
Minnesota State Bar Association (Business Law Section)
Hennepin County Bar Association