Corporate

Overview

Our 235 corporate, securities, tax, public and corporate finance, and M&A attorneys serve as trusted legal advisers on your most important and strategic transactions and business decisions. We support the finance and governance needs of public and private companies, government entities, venture capital funds, financial institutions, and institutional and individual investors around the country and the world. Our teams work alongside you to vet opportunities and challenges. We execute mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and other key strategic business transactions consistent with your goals, supporting compliance with domestic and international law. Our experienced capital markets and finance attorneys can assist you with the legal knowledge necessary to secure funding to support growth strategies, from billion-dollar debt and equity financings to recapitalizations and restructurings. We counsel public companies on fiduciary and governance issues and support the business needs of public entities and nonprofits so you can focus on your mission. And we help market-leading franchisors evolve by advising on strategic growth opportunities and international expansion.

Corporate

Overview

Corporate Sectors

Insights & Events

Latest

2026 M&A Conference — Indianapolis - Indianapolis, IN

Faegre Drinker Advises The RBB Fund in Groundbreaking Dual Share Class Structure

Faegre Drinker Practices and Attorneys Ranked Among Leaders in Chambers Global Guide 2026

PLI’s Understanding Financial Products 2026: Derivatives Products Fundamentals

Scott Kosnoff Discusses State Preemption of AI Regulation With Insurance News Net

Firm Strategies and Business Models

Franchising With Representation: System Change Without Buy-In is a Recipe for Resistance

Mitigating Risk Requires Ongoing Risk Governance

SEC Marketing Rule Risk Alert and FAQs—Oh My!

New HSR Act Size-of-Transaction Increasing to $133.9 Million

Insights

Scott Kosnoff Discusses State Preemption of AI Regulation With Insurance News Net

Franchising With Representation: System Change Without Buy-In is a Recipe for Resistance

Mitigating Risk Requires Ongoing Risk Governance

SEC Marketing Rule Risk Alert and FAQs—Oh My!

New HSR Act Size-of-Transaction Increasing to $133.9 Million

Proceed With Caution

David Barrett Discusses M&A Trends and New Activity in 2026 With Indiana Lawyer

UK Supreme Court Redraws the Lines: What Mitchell v Al Jaber Means for Directors

Scott Kosnoff Reacts to New Executive Order Preempting State AI Regulation in American Banker

AI in M&A: Responsible Use, Risks, and What Clients Should Expect from Their Law Firms

Events

Upcoming Events

2026 M&A Conference — Indianapolis - Indianapolis, IN

Past Events

PLI’s Understanding Financial Products 2026: Derivatives Products Fundamentals

Firm Strategies and Business Models

Understanding the 2016 ISDA Credit Support Annex For VM

Negotiating the Schedule to the 2002 ISDA Master Agreement

The 2002 ISDA Master Agreement

News

Faegre Drinker Advises The RBB Fund in Groundbreaking Dual Share Class Structure

Faegre Drinker Practices and Attorneys Ranked Among Leaders in Chambers Global Guide 2026

Faegre Drinker Advises SunOpta, Inc. In Sale Transaction

Faegre Drinker Advises Real Housewife & Fashion Icon Rachel Zoe on Major Gordon Brothers Partnership

Faegre Drinker Attorneys Recognized in 2025 Lexology Index Reports

Faegre Drinker Welcomes 2025 New Associate Class

Faegre Drinker Announces 2026 Partner Class and Counsel Promotions

Faegre Drinker Advises Underwriters in Park Dental Partners Initial Public Offering

Faegre Drinker Receives Three ‘Deal of the Year’ Awards From M&A Advisor

Molly Madden Receives 2025 Young Alumni Award From DePauw University

Experience

Our Experience

Craig-Hallum Capital Group Underwrites Public Offering for GenFlat Holdings

B. Riley Securities, Inc. and Lake Street Capital Markets, LLC Serve as Co-Agents for $200M At-The-Market Offering

Flywheel Exchange Inc. Guided Through Series F Financing

Lake Street Capital Markets Acts as Sole Underwriter in Upsized $15M Public Offering for Plus Therapeutics, Inc.

Northland Securities Acts as Lead Underwriter in $20M Initial Public Offering for Park Dental Partners, Inc.

W. L. Gore Secures Global Distribution for the GORE® VIABIL® Biliary Endoprosthesis

Meet The Team

Meet The Team

John R. Marcil

Michael B. Abbott

Abyen Aden

Noemi Aguirre

Andrew Anderson

Sheremy R. Anderson

Joseph B. Andolina

Sarah F. Armstrong

April Risk Arnett

Kinsey L. Arnett

Luc Attlan

Rupert HW Barnes

David W. Barrett

Michael N. Baxter

Trevor J. Belden

Richard H. Bennett

Federico Benvenutto

Jim Birge

Victoria A. Blackwell

Janelle Blankenship

Bryan Bloom

Jeffrey R. Blumberg

Jon A. Bomberger

Erik H. Breitenbach