Experienced Corporate Attorney Cate Heaven Young Joins Dorsey

Past law firm partner and General Counsel to focus on Private Equity, M&A and other transactional work along with general corporate counseling

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--International law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP announced today that Cate Heaven Young has joined the Firm as a Partner in the Corporate Group in Minneapolis on August 16. Cate represents clients in private equity investments, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, and serves as an outside general counsel.

“We are delighted that Cate has joined us,” noted Bill Stoeri, Managing Partner of Dorsey & Whitney. “She has a breadth of experience relevant to our clients, including significant knowledge working with private equity portfolio companies, both externally and in-house. Her experience and expertise will complement that of our strong Private Equity and M&A teams; and our outside general counsel practice across the platform.”

Cate joins Dorsey from Jostens, Inc., where she served as the General Counsel. Jostens, Inc. is a Platinum Equity portfolio company that is a leading provider of yearbooks, graduation regalia, and class and championship jewelry in the K-12 educational, college and professional sports segments.

Prior to joining Jostens, Cate was a partner at a large law firm in Minneapolis. Her practice focused on mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, assisting entrepreneurs with business formation and strategic planning, and corporate governance and compliance matters. Cate has also previously served as the General Counsel of two publicly traded companies in the medical device and franchise industries, where she had a multi-disciplinary focus including legal strategy, risk management and public company reporting and compliance.

“I am thrilled to join Dorsey & Whitney. In all client representation, I strive to deliver excellent service as a proactive, pragmatic and collaborative advisor to achieve optimal outcomes for clients. Dorsey’s relentless commitment to professional excellence and client focus provides me with the opportunity to deliver exceptional value to help Dorsey’s clients achieve their business objectives,” Cate shared.

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