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April Hamlin practices corporate and securities law and provides general representation of both publicly and privately held companies. She is a Co-Leader of the firm’s Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Team and Agribusiness Team and is also a member of the firm's Elected Board.
April provides securities counsel to public companies in every area of need, including '34 Act reporting and compliance, offering, M&A and strategic partnership activity, risk assessment and mitigation, equity and incentive compensation programs, stock exchange compliance, investor relations and shareholder communications, insider trading compliance, internal and disclosure controls, committee function and board best practices, and deregistration and delisting. For privately held companies, April provides general legal representation, typically in the areas of entity selection, formation, shareholder/member agreements, and debt and equity financings.
She represents clients in various industries such as life sciences and medical device, software and SaaS, consumer products, telecommunications, retail, renewable energy, hospitality, agribusiness and agtech, and manufacturing.
April is also a member of the firm's Inclusion Council.
Admissions: Minnesota
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Education
William Mitchell College of Law (now Mitchell Hamline School of Law) (J.D. 1999, magna cum laude)
University of Minnesota (B.A. 1996, summa cum laude)
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Key clients
- Clearfield, Inc.
- Ampio Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Lifecore Biomedical, Inc.
- Guild Holdings Company
- Cibus, Inc.
- HMN Financial, Inc.
- Bank of Hawaii Corporation