Darla Cordero
(Heidi's Assistant)
darla.cordero@fmjlaw.com
Heidi A. Carpenter is a commercial attorney focusing her practice on providing counsel to investors, start-up companies, and closely-held businesses of all sizes with business, corporate, transactional, and employment law matters. Heidi has over 21 years of experience providing general counsel assistance to companies and their owners.
In the area of mergers and acquisitions, Heidi is a formidable negotiator, having negotiated mergers, acquisitions and other multi-million dollar deals, with her largest transaction to date valued in excess of $215 million. Heidi represents bidders, targets, financial advisors and bankers in structuring, negotiating and closing mergers, acquisitions, recapitalizations, leverage buyouts and other restructurings.
In the area of employment law, Heidi assists employers in the handling of all areas of employment and HR matters, with an eye toward preventing potential litigation. Heidi has experience providing HR professionals and business owners with personnel policies and strategies related to discrimination, harassment, non-compete, trademark and intellectual property protection, employee benefits, employment and contractor agreements, hiring and firing procedures, and employment law compliance. An experienced and fine-tuned drafter, she is particularly adept in drafting compensation plans and agreements, employment policies and non-qualified plans.
Heidi has repeatedly been recognized by her peers as one of Minnesota’s “Rising Stars” in the legal profession and has been named a “Super Lawyer” since 2014 – an honor given to only the top lawyers in Minnesota. In addition, she was named a Notable Woman in Law by Twin Cities Business in 2020.
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University of Wisconsin- Madison (BA in Political Science)
Hamline University School of Law (JD)
State of Minnesota
Pro bono employment counsel to Hope Chest for Breast Cancer (2014 – present)
“I am committed to understanding my clients and their goals. As their counsel, in addition to giving my clients sound legal advice, I assist them in implementing the best course of action for their business. If I can’t add value to a client’s business, I’ve failed that client as their trusted counsel.”
Heidi and her husband are busy raising three daughters who keep them laughing and attending tennis and golf matches, show choir concerts, and musicals. In her remaining free time, Heidi enjoys reading, fundraising for her children’s school, cheering for Wisconsin sports teams, and catching up with friends at home.