BABC Minnesota
 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Partner in the Banking and Corporate practice groups, Co-Chair of the Financial Services Regulatory practice and Co-Pro Bono Partner for the firm. Steve practices in the areas of international and domestic financial and commercial matters, including commercial loans, mergers and acquisitions, financial services regulation and U.S. Government matters. Clients have included financial services firms such as U.S. Bank, Wells Fargo, GMAC-Residential Funding Corporation, Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, Royal Bank of Scotland and LaSalle Bank as well as non-financial companies such as Carlson Companies, ADC Telecommunications, Lenox, UnitedHealth Group, 3M and Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative.

Representative Transactions
Acquisition of California toy company by Hong Kong client
Acquisition financing for public consumer products company
U.S. and foreign debt facilities for new public company
Refinancings of U.S. and Canadian debt facilities for Minnesota and Canada affiliated companies

Admissions
Minnesota
New York

Honors
Pro Bono Publico Award for Distinguished Service, Hennepin County Bar Association, 2004
Named a "Superlawyer" in Banking and Financial Law by Journal of Law & Politics, 2003
Named a "Superlawyer" in International Business Law by Journal of Law & Politics, 1998
Named one of "Minnesota's Leading Attorneys" in International Business Law and Banking Law by Minnesota Business Guidebook, 1994, 1999
Superior Honor Awards, U.S. Agency for International Development, for work on Private Enterprise and in the Middle East, 1980 and 1984

Education
Columbia University School of Law, J.D., with honors, 1977, Editor-in-Chief, Columbia Journal of Transnational Law
Yale University, B.A., International Relations, 1973, magna cum laude
 

STEVEN E. CARLSON
Partner
Dorsey & Whitney