Bruce Machmeier

Practice Areas

Bruce is an experienced transactional lawyer who represents clients in public and private securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance matters. He regularly advises emerging businesses in equity and debt financings and represents issuers, underwriters and selling shareholders in public offerings.

Bruce also helps private and publicly held companies structure, negotiate and implement mergers and acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures and licensing transactions and regularly advises boards on corporate governance matters. Although Bruce represents clients in a variety of industries, he has a particular focus on companies in the medical device and technology sectors.

Career

Prior to joining Fox Rothschild, Bruce was a partner at Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP.

Professional Memberships

Minnesota State Bar Association | Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals | National Association of Corporate Directors

Personal

Stanford Law School (J.D., 1980) | University of Minnesota (B.S., 1977)

Work Highlights

- Handled public securities offerings by ev3 Inc. ($166 million) and The Toro Company ($125 million).

- Handled private securities financings for early stage companies, including Phraxis, Inc.; Invenshure, LLC; Imbio, LLC; DGIMED Ortho, Inc.; Oneome LLC; Aria CV, Inc.; Flywheel Exchange LLC; Exosite LLC; and MedNet Solutions, Inc.

- Handled public company acquisitions of ev3 by Covidien plc ($2.6 billion); Virtual Radiologic Corporation by Providence Equity Partners ($294 million); FoxHollow Technologies, Inc. by ev3 ($741 million); and Fargo Electronics by HID Global Corporation ($340 million).

- Handled private company acquisitions, including superDimension Ltd. by Covidien plc ($300 million); Steady State Imaging by GE Healthcare; HLT, Inc. by Bracco AMT, Inc. ($80 million); Levo AG by Dane Technologies; and Arizant Inc. by Citigroup Venture Capital.

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Bar Admissions: Minnesota