Kate L. Bechen
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Buying, selling, and investment—three words that encapsulate Kate Bechen’s capital markets practice. She is a savvy legal advisor and common-sense business partner to clients ranging from early stage startups obtaining initial funding, to high-growth companies engaged in mergers and acquisitions, to public corporations securing large-scale financing. They rely on Kate to address every bump in the road and ensure even the most complicated deals get done on time.
The capital markets transactions Kate handles span various industries, although she has developed a niche representing physician groups, health systems, and health technology companies in mergers and acquisitions and regulatory compliance matters. Many deals she closes are often the most significant events in companies’ lifecycles. Because of close relationships she forges with clients during M&A, joint venture, IPO, venture capital financing, public and private placements, and SPAC transactions, she often continues to serve them as outside general counsel once the deals are done.
“As a good business partner to my clients, I provide thoughtful guidance every day, which occasionally means having hard conversations. I can’t be an effective and truly valuable partner to my clients if I only tell them ‘yes.’ But I guarantee that if I have to say ‘no,’ I always have an alternative in mind.”
- University of Iowa College of Law, J.D., with distinction
- University of Iowa, M.H.A.
- University of Iowa, B.A., with distinction
Bar Admissions
- Wisconsin
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® for Corporate Law, 2024
Named a Wisconsin Leading Lawyer for Corporate/M&A by Chambers USA, 2023 and 2024
Named a "Leader in the Law" by the Wisconsin Law Journal, 2022
Advocates of Ozaukee, Board of Directors
American Heart Association Milwaukee Chapter, Board of Directors
Girls on the Run of Southeast Wisconsin

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