Zachary J. Robins

• Represented a bank holding company in a private placement used to acquire a bank.

• Represented a natural resource manufacturer in connection with a growth stage capital raise.

• Represented an online retailer in connection with a venture capital raise.

• Represented a food manufacturer in connection with a majority sale to a financial sponsor.

• Represented a craft brewery in connection with a private placement.

• Represented a nonprofit affordable housing builder in connection with a registered offering.

• Represented a food packaging manufacturer with a recapitalization and growth capital raise.

• Represented a non-traded public REIT with a private placement.

• Represented an online software distributor in the sale of its legacy business.

• Represented a state-chartered bank in connection with an acquisition of its nearest competitor.

• Represented a registered representative in connection with joining a broker/dealer as a member.

• Represented a medical device manufacturer in connection with an angel investment round.

• Represented a real estate developer in connection with a registered offering.

• Represented a non-traded public REIT in connection with an SEC-registered offering.

• Represented a medical device manufacturer in connection with a growth capital raise.

• Represented a craft brewery in connection with a growth capital raise.

• Represented a software company in connection with a venture capital investment.

• Represented an oil & gas service company in connection with a merger.

• Represented a food manufacturing company on its majority sale.

• Represented a debt-based residential housing fund in connection with its creation and successful funding.

• Represented a senior housing fund in connection with its creation.

• Represented a REIT in connection with a secondary stock offering.

• Represented a public life sciences company in connection with private stock purchase into subsidiary.

• Represented a rural brewery in connection with a capital raise.

• Represented a multifamily housing fund in connection with capital raise.

• Represented a real estate crowdfunding portal in connection with its formation and launch.

• Represented an Internet of Things company in connection with convertible note offering.

• Represented a beverage manufacturer in connection with convertible note offering.

• Represented a sports apparel manufacturer in connection with capital raise.

• Represented a commercial REIT in connection with stock offering.

• Represented a multi-use real estate development in connection with convertible note offering.

• Represented a SaaS-based sports app in connection with its formation.

• Represented materials, sports products, and technologies company in connection with restructuring.

Publications

• Feature, “Three Twin Cities lawyers selected to national list of influencers” – Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, June 2018
• Feature, “Breaking the Ice: Fundraising setbacks inspired crowdfunding effort” – Minnesota Lawyer, June 2018
• Co-Author, “How to Crowdfund and Not Fall Flat on Your Face: Best Practices for Investment Crowdfunding Offerings and the Data to Prove It” – Mitchell Hamline Law Review: Vol 43: Iss 5, Article 5, 2017

Presentations

• Panelist, “Investing in Opportunity Fund or Property – Investor Considerations” – Real Estate Opportunity Zones Summit, March 2020
• Moderator, “State of the Hemp Union” – Central US Hemp Growers Conference & Expo, February 2020
• Speaker, “Hemp Startup Success” – Blunt Strategies Retail Seminar, January 2020
• Presenter, “Securities 2020” – Minnesota State Bar Association, January 2020
• Panelist, “Tax Reform & Opportunity Zones – How this will impact your business in 2020” – Real Estate Apartment Summit, January 2020
• Interview with Ted Haller, “Is It Legal: Hemp and CBD products” – KMSP-TV, December 2019
• Panelist, “Corporate Structure, Financing and Regulatory Considerations in the Cannabis Industry” – CannCon Symposium, November 2019
• Panelist, “Alternative Financing Solutions for Real Estate Deals” – Real Estate Capital Marks Conference, March 2019
• Panelist, “Becoming a Qualified Opportunity Fund Sponsor/Legal Considerations” – Real Estate Opportunity Zones Summit, December 2018
• Co-Presenter, “Preparing Your Startup for Investment” – Twin Cities Startup Week, Messerli Kramer, October 2018
• Co-Presenter, “Securities 2020: From Crowdfunding to Crypto” – Minnesota CLE, September 2018
• Co-Presenter, “The Early Entrepreneur Catches the Funding: A Breakfast Seminar on Fundraising” – Messerli Kramer, August 2018

Admissions

• Minnesota

Associations

• MNvest.org, Co-Founder and Director
• Professionals Against Prohibition, Director and Co-Founder

• Rising Star, Minnesota Super Lawyers®, 2016-2020

• Top 100 National Influencer, The Business Journals’ Influencers: Law, 2018

• The TCB 100: People to Know in 2017, Twin Cities Business Magazine, 2017

• North Star Lawyer Pro Bono Service Award, Minnesota State Bar Association, 2016-2017
• Up & Coming Attorney, Minnesota Lawyer, 2015