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Dennis L. Monroe - Minneapolis, MN

7760 France Avenue South Suite 700 Minneapolis, MN 55435

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Updated: 12/08/2023

Minneapolis Business Concept Growth & Protection Lawyer

Overview

Dennis Monroe is chairman and senior partner of the Minneapolis law firm of Monroe Moxness Berg PA, a firm he co-founded 24 years ago. A pioneer in the retail and franchise finance area, Dennis has developed a broad network of finance contacts and clients. He assists many businesses, from emerging companies to multi-national firms, by providing creative ideas, identifying unique financing sources, and developing the financial tools necessary for their growth and development. He also serves as special counsel to multi-national accounting firms in the areas of corporate finance and tax planning as they relate to multi-unit acquisition.

Dennis successfully built and currently manages the firm’s corporate and commercial finance practice, with additional areas of emphasis in taxation and closely held corporations. His experience includes structuring and negotiating numerous business transactions including mergers and acquisitions, restructures and workouts, divestitures, valuations, joint ventures, commercial lending, and specialty finance transactions, as well as drafting all necessary transactional documentation.

To achieve the high caliber commercial finance practice that Monroe Moxness Berg PA is today, Dennis assembled a team of attorneys who had work experience at financial institutions or multi-national public accounting firms. This experience enables them to evaluate and manage the most complex and sophisticated transactions. Using this unique combination of expertise, attorneys represent both lenders and developers. Dennis has overseen in excess of 3 billion dollars in commercial transactions, ranging from $5,000,000 to $300,000,000.

Over the last twenty years, Dennis has been recognized as a national expert in corporate and institutional finance and mergers and acquisitions, and he is often consulted regarding the latest acquisition financing techniques. He is a frequent speaker at business conferences, professional organizations, and special finance industry events including the YPO Restaurant Roundtable and SS&G Financial Services CFO Bootcamps. He is an annual presenter at the Restaurant Finance and Development Conference and was one of three people to receive a first-ever Hall of Fame award at the 10th annual conference. Recognized by Franchise Times magazine as a leader in the franchise industry, the magazine has honored him as one of franchising’s top 100 “Legal Eagles”, featured him in a cover story as “Franchising’s Go To Guy” and selected him as one of their “Top 20 to Watch”.

In addition to speaking, Dennis frequently contributes to franchise finance industry publications, including a monthly column for Franchise Times magazine, articles written for the Restaurant Finance Monitor, Journal of Real Estate Finance, and Hospitality News. Interviews with Dennis, including quotes, have appeared in USA Today’s Money section, Forbes magazine, Nation’s Restaurant News, Chain Leader, QSR magazine, Restaurant Business and The Wall Street Journal.

Dennis serves on a number of corporate boards, including Parasole Restaurant Holdings, Nystrom, Inc., IQ Marketing, Martin Financial, Shred-It and Cole’s Salons. In 1997 he was named Director of the Year of Marquette Bank, N.A., a system of 140 banks. He has been selected as one of the top 10 mergers and acquisitions lawyers for Minnesota and is consistently honored each year as a Minnesota “Super Lawyer” by Minnesota Law & Politics magazine.

Expanding his responsibilities, in January 2009 Dennis became the President and CEO of Parasole Restaurant Holdings, one of the largest restaurant companies in Minnesota. The knowledge Dennis gains from his management experience adds new depth to his expertise.

About Dennis L. Monroe

Practice Areas

  • Business Concept Growth & Protection
  • Business Law
  • Corporate Finance – Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Franchise, Distribution and Intellectual Property
  • Tax Planning

Qualifications

Bar Admissions

  • Minnesota, 1978
  • U.S. Tax Court, 1979
  • U.S. District Court District of Minnesota

Other Affiliations

  • Hennepin County Bar Association
  • Minnesota State Bar Association
  • American Bar Association Member: Business Section and Franchising Forum
  • International Franchising Association

Education

  • Saint Louis University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri, 1978
    Juris Doctor
  • St. Louis University, 1978
    M.B.A.
  • Carthage College, 1974
    B.A.
    Honors: cum laude

Achievements

Other Sources of Feedback About Dennis L. Monroe

Included on the 2024 Minnesota Super Lawyers list


Past Lists

  • 2023 Minnesota Super Lawyers list
  • 2022 Minnesota Super Lawyers list
  • 2021 Minnesota Super Lawyers list
  • 2020 Minnesota Super Lawyers list
  • 2019 Minnesota Super Lawyers list
  • 2018 Minnesota Super Lawyers list
  • 2017 Minnesota Super Lawyers list
  • 2016 Minnesota Super Lawyers list
  • 2015 Minnesota Super Lawyers list
  • 2014 Minnesota Super Lawyers list
  • 2013 Minnesota Super Lawyers list
  • 2012 Minnesota Super Lawyers list
  • 2011 Minnesota Super Lawyers list
  • 2010 Minnesota Super Lawyers list
  • 2009 Minnesota Super Lawyers list
  • 2008 Minnesota Super Lawyers list
  • 2007 Minnesota Super Lawyers list
  • 2006 Minnesota Super Lawyers list
  • 2005 Minnesota Super Lawyers list
  • 2004 Minnesota Super Lawyers list
  • 2003 Minnesota Super Lawyers list
  • 2002 Minnesota Super Lawyers list
  • 2001 Minnesota Super Lawyers list
  • 2000 Minnesota Super Lawyers list
  • 1999 Minnesota Super Lawyers list

View the profile for Dennis L. Monroe on Super Lawyers

Honors

  • MMB Attorneys Selected for Minnesota’s “Super Lawyers” and “Rising Stars” Listings for 2020
  • Recognized by Franchise Times as a leader in the franchise community
  • Received the Franchise Times Dealmakers Special Achievement award, 2014
  • Magazine has honored him as one of franchising’s top 125 “Legal Eagles” and one of the “Top 20 to Watch
  • Selected as one of the top 10 mergers and acquisitions lawyers for Minnesota
  • Selected to the International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers in Franchise and listed in The Best Lawyers in America for franchise law
  • Received the Carthage College Distinguished Alumni Award and currently serves on the Carthage College Board of Trustees, 2010

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Office Information

Address

7760 France Avenue South Suite 700 Minneapolis, MN 55435

Fax

  • (952) 885-5969

Accepts Credit Cards

Yes

Publication

Articles

  • What we have learned so far from COVID-19
  • How Do I Come Up With the Money to Reopen My Restaurant?
  • Finding opportunities in the midst of chaos
  • Capital Options for a post-Covid-19 World?
  • Is crowdfunding in your future?
  • COVID-19 and Restaurants: How to Leverage Your Lawyers
  • Is There Equity Participation in Your Future for Your Key Employees?

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