Kristi Zentner is a transactional attorney who represents clients in general business, real estate and commercial lending transactions, as well as employment, e-commerce and intellectual property law matters.

In the business and corporate law area, Ms. Zentner assists clients in their choice of entity considerations and entity formations. She also handles mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations and the preparation of various types of business agreements.

As a real estate lawyer, she assists clients in commercial purchase and sale transactions, and preparation of common interest community and homeowners association governing documents. She is also involved in commercial lease negotiation and preparation.

Additionally, Ms. Zentner is experienced in handling succession planning for clients and in counseling employers in employment law matters.

In the area of intellectual property law, she has also prepared and negotiated software agreements and license agreements, as well as prosecuted trademarks and copyrights. Ms. Zentner joined Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP in July 2007. Previously she was for five years an attorney with Mansfield Tanick & Cohen, P.A. She began her legal career in 2000 at the law firm of Fafinski Wallrich & Crema PLLC. During law school she clerked at Meshbesher & Spence Ltd.

Annually since 2002, Minnesota Law & Politics magazine has named Ms. Zentner to its Rising Stars list. Recipients of this award have practiced law for less than 10 years or are 40 years old or younger.

She is a member of the Minnesota State Bar Association, where she is active in its Business Law Section. Ms. Zentner’s professional memberships also include the Hennepin County Bar Association.

Ms. Zentner’s publications include a number of articles published in in-house newsletters. Her presentations include:

• “Construction Lending or Financing,” Lorman Education Services seminar “Commercial and Real Estate Loan Documents: More Than Just Papers in Minnesota,” Bloomington, Minnesota, September 2008.
• “New Lawyer Experience: Business Transaction Basics,” Minnesota CLE, live webcast, July 2008.
• “Buyers and Sellers Beware – Things to Consider in the Purchase or Sale of a Business,” Minnesota CLE, Minneapolis, Minnesota, March 2008.
• “Construction Lending or Financing,” Lorman Education Services seminar, “Commercial and Real Estate Loan Documents: More Than Just Papers in Minnesota,” Bloomington, Minnesota, September 2007.
• “Commercial and Real Estate Loan Documents: More Than Just Papers in Minnesota,” Lorman Education Services, Bloomington, Minnesota, September 2006.
• “CAN-SPAM Update,” Banking Law Institute, Minnesota State Bar Association CLE, Minneapolis, March 2006.
• “Partnerships, LLCs and LLPs: Organization and Operation in Minnesota,” Lorman Education Services, Bloomington, Minnesota, January 2006 and June 2005.