Brandi Lawler advises health care, nonprofit and closely held business clients on complex transactions as well as day-to-day corporate and regulatory matters. Her practice includes mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate governance and commercial contracting.

Brandi takes a practical, business-minded approach, helping clients navigate strategic growth, operational needs and long-term planning. She is known for delivering responsive, tailored guidance that supports both immediate priorities and big-picture goals.

Brandi serves clients across industries, with a particular emphasis on health care, nonprofit and closely held business clients. Her experience includes:

  • Health Care: Advising health care systems, medical technology companies, dental and optometry practices, and related organizations on transactions, joint ventures, strategic partnerships, contracting, management service organization relationships and regulatory matters.
  • Mergers & Acquisitions: Guiding buyers and sellers through complex transactions, including asset acquisitions, divestitures and multi-faceted equity transfers.
  • Corporate & Business Law: Advising on entity formation, corporate governance and commercial agreements.
  • Private Equity & Venture Finance: Supporting funds and emerging companies with capital raises, fund formation and investment management.

Before joining Lathrop GPM, Brandi practiced at a boutique Minnesota-based firm where she focused on corporate law and energy and in the international corporate group of a multinational firm. While earning her J.D., Brandi was a federal judicial extern for the Honorable Donovan W. Frank of the Federal District Court – District of Minnesota. In addition to her legal experience, Brandi worked for a multinational consumer electronics retailer as a statistical demand forecast analyst and has an in-depth knowledge of the minerals exploration industry gained through her on-going pursuit of a Ph.D. in Economic Geology, Geochemistry and Magmatic Processes.

Areas of Focus

Services

Sectors

Experience

Health Care & Medical Technology

  • Aided a health care system with the creation of a rural cancer center joint venture.
  • Guided a multi-member medical technology company through conversion from LLC to a Delaware corporation.
  • Negotiated manufacturing agreements for a medical device company.
  • Advised on strategic partnership agreements for a medical technology company.

Mergers & Acquisitions

  • Guided a large, multi-hospital health care system through divestitures of skilled nursing and assisted living facilities.
  • Represented a medical technology company with sale of FDA regulated assets.
  • Advised on the sale of a rural pharmacy.
  • Counseled a large performing arts organization on the acquisition of a management company and theatre real estate.
  • Advised a logistics company on add-on asset acquisition and assumption of site leases.
  • Represented an egg producer in the acquisition of multiple egg production sites.
  • Advised the owners of a closely held brewery on the sale of brewery stock and associated real estate.

Private Funds

  • Advised the general partner of an international impact fund with fund governance, side letter negotiations and investment management agreement amendments.
  • Represented an investment fund through minority investment transactions.
  • Advised private equity funds on administration of portfolio company equity plans.
  • Assisted a family office with the investment in an education company.
  • Guided a technology company through multiple angel investments and preparation for VC funding.

Corporate Advising

  • Represent clients across multiple industries on corporate governance issues, negotiation of commercial agreements and succession planning.

Credentials

Education

  • University of Wyoming (Ph.D., Economic Geology, Geochemistry and Magmatic Processes, in progress)
  • University of St. Thomas School of Law (J.D., 2014)
    • Journal of Law & Public Policy, Associate Editor
  • University of Montana (M.B.A., 2011)
  • University of Minnesota (B.S., Finance, 2008)

Admissions

Bar Admissions

  • Minnesota

Languages

  • French (Conversational)
  • Italian (Beginner)
  • Spanish (Conversational)

Professional Activities

  • American Health Law Association (AHLA), Member
  • Private Directors Association – Minnesota Chapter, Member

Community Involvement

  • Carlson Women Global Connect at the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management, Board Member and Co-Chair of Membership
  • Forest Lake Area Chamber of Commerce, Member
  • University of St. Thomas School of Law Mentor Program, Mentor