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Winthrop & Weinstine Guides Schmuckal Oil Company to a Successful Sale of its Convenience Retailing and Petroleum Marketing Assets

MINNEAPOLIS August 27, 2019  –  Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A., played a vital role to Schmuckal Oil Company in the recent sale of its convenience retailing and wholesale fuel assets to True North Energy LLC. As legal counsel for Schmuckal Oil, the team led by Winthrop & Weinstine attorney Tammera R. Diehm guided the company on the sale of its 25 company-operated convenience retailing and petroleum marketing assets. The transaction also included Schmuckal’s small wholesale fuel and transportation business.

True North Energy LLC, a Brecksville, Ohio-based joint venture between the Lyden family and Shell Oil Co., now offers fuel and convenience items at 135 company operated stores, in addition to supplying fuel to approximately 200 Shell branded dealers. The company has an ever-growing foot print with stores primarily located in the Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Toledo, Youngstown, Detroit and now the Traverse City market. Matrix Capital Markets Group, Inc., of Richmond, Virginia, provided merger and acquisition advisory services to Schmuckal Oil.

“We are honored to have had the opportunity to work with Schmuckal Oil during this important transition.  Transactions such as this one are complex and challenging, and we value our role as counselors and advisors to the Company and the family in the process” said Winthrop & Weinstine attorney Tammera Diehm.

Schmuckal was founded in 1955 when Art Schmuckal and George Slane developed a partnership to supply fuel to service stations in and around Traverse City, Mich. In the 1980s, Art’s son, Paul Schmuckal, took control of the company and transitioned it from a wholesale supplier to a leading convenience retailer in northern Michigan. Schmuckal Oil became a multi-branded fuels company through the acquisition of several Marathon stores in 2000 and has been consistently recognized as one of the best Shell operators in the country.

Winthrop & Weinstine’s downstream energy group is led by Tammera Diehm and Jim Dierking.  Other key members of the team on this transaction included Kristy Lieblein, Jen Thuente and Krista Bengtson Cook.

Twenty-Seven Winthrop & Weinstine Attorneys Named to 2020 “Best Lawyers In America” List

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – August 15, 2019.  Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A., is pleased to announce that twenty-seven of its attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2020. In addition, two attorneys have been recognized as “Lawyer of the Year” in their practices: Thomas H. Boyd and Eric F. Swanson. The recognized attorneys are:

Name Area Recognized
David M. Aafedt Administrative/Regulatory Law
Insurance Law
Jeffrey R. Ansel Arbitration
Commercial Litigation
Litigation – Banking and Finance
Litigation – Real Estate
Mediation
Jonathan W.J. Armour Real Estate Law
Timothy M. Barnett Corporate Law
Franchise Law
Daniel C. Beck Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Thomas H. Boyd Appellate Practice *
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Commercial Litigation
Litigation – Trusts and Estates
Philip T. Colton Securities / Capital Markets Law
David A. Davenport Commercial Litigation
Tammera R. Diehm Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
Land Use and Zoning Law
Municipal Law
Real Estate Law
James W. Dierking Real Estate Law
Edward J. Drenttel Banking and Finance Law
Jon J. Hoganson Banking and Finance Law
Real Estate Law
Mark T. Johnson Corporate Law
Norman L. Jones III Real Estate Law
John A. Knapp Administrative/Regulatory Law
Government Relations Practice
Insurance Law
Anton J Moch Banking and Finance Law
John D. Nolde Real Estate Law
David P. Pearson Commercial Litigation
Jon L. Peterson Real Estate Law
Tax Law
Laura A. Pfeiffer Employment Law – Management
Mark A. Pihart Employment Law – Management
Litigation – Labor & Employment
Brooks F. Poley Commercial Litigation
Michael A. Rosow Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Eric F. Swanson Administrative/Regulatory Law *
Energy Law
Energy Regulatory Law
Todd B. Urness Real Estate Law
Tax Law
Michele D. Vaillancourt Corporate Law
Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Thomas A. Walker Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

 

* denotes “Lawyer of the Year” in this practice area.

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”

Benchmark Litigation Names Three Winthrop & Weinstine Attorneys to “40 & Under Hot List 2019”

MINNEAPOLIS, MN — August 6, 2019. Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A., is pleased to announce that three attorneys have been named to the “40 & Under Hot List 2019” by Benchmark Litigation, the only publication to focus exclusively on litigation in the United States. Gerald Fornwald, Brent Lorentz, and Joseph Windler, all aged 40 or younger, have been deemed the most promising emerging talent in their respective litigation communities by peers and clients.

Benchmark Litigation identifies the leading U.S. trial attorneys and firms at the local and national levels. Focused exclusively on the U.S. litigation market, the publication’s rankings and editorials are the result of extensive interviews with private practice lawyers and in-house counsel. Supplementary firm information is also submitted in the form of a questionnaire.