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For nearly 20 years Kim Lowe has lawyered from the trenches. Kim lawyers from experience and her comprehensive knowledge and understanding of how both for-profit and nonprofit enterprises operate. She guides entrepreneurs, executive management teams, boards of directors, multigenerational families, shareholders and investors through all aspects of the business life cycle from formation to operation to exit.
Kim extends her expertise to all sectors of business. She works with social ventures, private and public companies, limited liability companies and partnerships, nonprofit organizations and cooperatives. She masterfully navigates her clients through general business matters, corporate governance, debt and equity financing, purchase and sales, SEC and IRS compliance, business strategy joint ventures and complex reorganizations.
In the nonprofit sector, Kim has worked with all types of organizations ranging from public charities to trade associations and has counseled them through every intricacy of the nonprofit business life cycle.
In addition to legal expertise, Kim brings her extensive leadership experience to the table for all her clients regardless of sector, purpose or goals.
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Hennepin County Bar Association
President-Elect (2014-2015)
Treasurer (2013-2014)
Finance and Planning Committee Chair (2013-2014)
Secretary (2012-2013)
Board of Directors (2011-Present)
Finance and Planning Committee Member (2009-Present)
Finance and Planning Committee Bylaws Subcommittee Chair (2011-2012)
Hennepin County Bar Foundation, Board of Directors(2012-Present)
Minnesota State Bar Association – Business Law Section
Nonprofit Organizations Committee Member
Chapter 302A Drafting Committee Member
Chair Beneficial Corporation Drafting Committee 2012-Present
American Bar Association, Business Law Section
Liaison, standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service
Co-Chair, Task Force on Governance of Social Benefit Entities
Vice Chair, Nonprofit Corporate Governance Committee
Member, Nonprofit Organizations Committee
Director, Pro Bono Committee
Vice Chair, Business Law Section, Pro Bono Committee
National Council of Farmers Cooperative - Legal Tax and Accounting, Vice Chair - Securities Committee
Minnesota State Bar Association's Legal Education Task Force Member, 2014-Present
Minnesota State Bar Association Assembly Member, 2013-2014
Adjunct Professor - Hamline University School of Business - Master in Nonprofit Management Program, Law of Nonprofit Organizations
Adjunct Professor - Hamline University School of Law - Small Business and Non-Profit Clinic; Law of Nonprofit
Organizations
Adjunct Professor - College of St. Catherine - Business Law
Publications & Presentations
2018 MN CLE Nonprofit Conference, State Law Update, 3/13/2018
Lessons Learned: Bitcoin/ICOs, 02/21/2018
ConnectUP! MN: How to Structure Your Social Enterprise for Crowdfunding 02/22/2018
The Purchase and Sale of Small Businesses: Employment/Employee-Related Issues in the Sale of Small Businesses, Minnesota CLE, 2/26/2018
The New Lawyer Experience, MM CLE, 1/18/2018
Nonprofits and Social Enterprises, University of Minnesota, 11/29/2017
Off the Record Career Conversation Series, Mitchel Hamline 10/17/2017
MN CLE - Significant Changes for Minnesota LLCs: Panel Discussion of Transition Hypotheticals, 10/30/2017
Twin Cities Startup Week at Impact Hub: Social Enterprise Structuring and The Future of Nonprofit Fundraising: Developing a Hybrid Business Model, 10/9/2017
Faculty Planner and Committee Member, "The Minnesota Closely Held Business Conference: Highlights of the New Minnesota Public Benefit Corporation Act" - Snapshot Presentation; "The New LLC Statute: What Now?" (Moderator), Minnesota CLE, October 21, 2014
"The State of Social Enterprise as it Relates to Legal Considerations," Minnesota Business Magazine, October 9, 2014
Chair. Faculty & Moderator. "Understanding & Using Minnesota's New Public Benefit Corporation Act," Minnesota CLE, August 28, 2014
Presenter. "The Minnesota Public Benefit Corporation Act," Minnesota State Bar Association CLE, July 22. 2014
Quoted in "No Single Path." by Sarah Lutman. Twin Cities Business, June 20, 2014
Presenter, "The Public Benefit Corporation is Here; Now What Do We Do?" Ramsey County Bar Association CLE, Ramsey County Bar Association Annual Meeting, June 17, 2014
Faculty Member & Presenter, "Ancillary Activities," Minnesota CLE, Churches and Other Religious Organizations, June 16, 2014
Presenter, "The Public Benefit Corporation is Coming1," Hennepin County Bar Association CLE, Hennepin County Bar
Association Annual Meeting, May 15, 2014
Debate Participant, "Future of Doing Good and How We Should Fund Good Works," bushCONNECT, Regional Leadership
Conference powered by the Bush Foundation, Guthrie Theater, May 12, 2014
Faculty Planner and Presenter, "2014 Business Law Institute: Public Benefit Corporations," outline and presentation, Minnesota CLE and MSBA Business Law Section, May 5, 2014
Presenter, "2014 Non-Profit Law Conference: Public Benefit Corporations," outline and presentation, Minnesota CLE and MSBA Business Law Section, March 12, 2014
Minnesota Should Enact Public Benefit Corporations, Star Tribune, co-written with Jeffrey Ochs, Founder of Cornerstone Stories, a Minnesota social business, and a board member of Social Enterprise Alliance-Twin Cities, February 7, 2014
Nonprofit Revitalization Act Impacts New York Nonprofits and Organizations Registered to Solicit Contributions in the State, ABA Nonprofit Organizations Committee Newsletter, Fourth Quarter 2013, co-written with Matthew Norris, J.D. Candidate, 2014, University of Minnesota Law School
Presenter, "Selecting and Forming Corporate Entities," New Lawyer Experience, Minnesota CLE, Minneapolis, 2009-2014
Presenter, "The Public Benefit Corporation Comes to Minnesota", outline and presentation, William Mitchell College of Law Alumni Series, Webcast Only, December 5, 2013
Faculty Planner and Presenter, "The 3rd Annual Minnesota Closely Held Business Conference: Future Legislation: The Coming New Minnesota Public Benefit Corporation (Snapshot Session)" outline and presentation, Minnesota CLE, October 29, 2013
Presenter, "Business Law 101: Demystifying the Entity Selection," Minnesota CLE, Minneapolis, July 2013
Faculty Advisor and Presenter, the Minnesota Closely Held Business Conference, "Capitalizing the Small Business," Minnesota CLE, Minneapolis, January 2011-2013
Faculty Planner and Presenter, Minnesota CLE and the MSBA Business Law Section, Business Law Institute, 2009-2013
Presenter, "How to Keep Tax Exempt Organizations in Compliance: Intermediate Sanctions and Current Case Law and Legislative Updates Impacting Tax-Exempt Organizations," National Business Institute, Teleconference Seminar, December
2012
Presenter, "Structuring Cooperative," National Business Institute, Teleconference Seminar, December 2012
Presenter, "Entity Selection for a Small-to-Medium Sized Business: Taxation and S Corporations in Detail," National
Business Institute, Rebroadcast November 2012
Co-Presenter, "VC and Angel Financing in a Challenging Economy; Tax Credits and more," the Collaborative's 26th Annual
Minnesota Venture & Finance Conference, Minneapolis October 2012
Presenter, "Structured Settlement Transfers: Liquidation of Structured Settlements," 2012 Minnesota District Judges Association/ Minnesota District Judges Foundation Annual Fall Conference, Minneapolis, September 2012
Presenter, "Advising the Family Business Owner About Succession and Estate Planning Issues: Setting Reasonable Expectations for Family Business Succession," Minnesota CLE, Minneapolis, August 2012
Chair, Moderator and Presenter, "Concussion in Amateur Sports: Legal Risks and Options for Nonprofit Athletic and Recreational Organizations," American Bar Association/Business Law Section, Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, August
2012
Moderator and Presenter, "Managing & Growing People: Health, Comp., Stock & More," the Collaborative - Innovative Series Panel Discussion, Minneapolis, August 2012
Presenter, "LLC or Inc.? Entity Selection for a Small-to-Medium Sized Business: S Corporations in Detail" and "LLC Taxation Considerations," National Business Institute, Minneapolis, May 2012
Presenter, "So Your Client is a Small Business Owner: What You Need to Know," The Small Business Conference, Minnesota State Bar Association and MN CLE, November 2011
"Governance Best Practices for Nonprofit Organizations: Creating a Structure that Allows for Responsible Leadership," Kimberly A. Lowe, Author, Bureau of National Affairs: Corporate Accountability Report, August 2011
Presenter, "Tax Exempt Organizations from Start to Finish -- Incorporation Process and Unrelated Business Income Taxation," National Business Institute, Minneapolis, May 2011
Presenter, "The Business Cradle to Grave: The ABC's of Limited Liability Company Organization" outline and presentation, Minnesota CLE, Minneapolis, November 2010
"Minnesota Business Law Deskbook - Corporations and LLCs, 1st Edition," Editor, July 2010
“Minnesota Business Law Deskbook - Corporations and LLCs 1st Edition,” Editor, July 2010
Presenter, “How to read a Financial Statement,” 2009 Family and Closely Held Business Conference, Minnesota CLE, Minneapolis August 2009
Panelist, “Tackling
Racism With Sharp Wit Illusion Theater’s Same Difference,” Twin Cities Diversity in practice Minneapolis, November 2008
For almost 20 years Kim Lowe has lawyered from the trenches. Kim lawyers from experience, using her knowledge of the law and understanding of how both for-profit and nonprofit business enterprises operate.
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