Kaitlin (Katie) Eisler
Partner
Overview
Kaitlin Eisler is a partner in Maslon's Corporate & Securities Group with significant experience assisting clients across a broad range of corporate and transactional legal needs.
She has managed and negotiated complex mergers & acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, buy-sell agreements, and business succession agreements. Her expertise also includes negotiating, drafting, and revising a variety of commercial contracts, with particular focus on technology-related agreements, including software, licensing, and SaaS agreements. She ensures clients remain up to date and compliant on data retention, website terms of use, and website privacy policies, and she protects her clients' interests in the areas of trademark application and management.
Clients also rely on Katie's expertise in corporate governance issues; she frequently acts as outside general counsel, providing guidance on entity formation, operating agreements, shareholder control agreements, ownership disputes, employment disputes, and the drafting of company policies regarding communications, signing authority, spending authority, and related matters.
In addition, Katie's background includes broad experience in real estate matters, including acquisitions and divestment, commercial leasing, real estate finance, and landlord/tenant disputes.
Prior to private practice, she gained valued experience as an information security consultant and auditor with PwC, which gave her a keen understanding of business process and infrastructure and adds particular insight to her work with clients.
Katie graduated summa cum laude from William Mitchell College of law in 2014 after earning a B.A. in history from Boston College.
Experience
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Negotiated and drafted contracts for clients pertaining to autonomous vehicles and their functionality, including large commercial cleaning equipment.
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Responsible for completing all required due diligence and drafting of ancillary documents for an M&A transaction involving an EV data company building websites and tools for OEMs, utilities, and other greentech stakeholders.
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Represented healthcare technology company in the sale to a large national corporation.
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Represented local coffee chain in the sale to a large national company that specialized in food franchises.
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Represented commercial auto repair company in numerous acquisitions of small commercial auto repair companies across the country.
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Represented multiple startup businesses in a wide variety of industries assisting in their entity formation and drafting and negotiation of commercial contracts.
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Represented healthcare technology company in the negotiation of commercial SaaS contracts with large hospital groups around the country.
Honors
Up & Coming Attorney, Minnesota Lawyer, 2024
Recognized on Minnesota Rising Stars list as part of the Super Lawyers® selection process, 2020-2024 (Minnesota Rising Stars is a designation given to only 2.5% of Minnesota attorneys each year, based on a selection process that includes the recommendation of peers in the legal profession.)
Top Women Attorneys in Minnesota®, 2021-2024 (The annual edition of the Top Women Attorneys in Minnesota list features attorneys selected for the previous year's Minnesota Super Lawyers® and Rising Stars lists.)
Selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, 2024-2025 (These awards recognize attorneys, who are earlier in their careers, for outstanding professional excellence in private practice in the United States.)