jschuweiler@foxrothschild.comBiography
Biography
JT builds value for a wide array of corporate clients, providing guidance and representation on issues from entity formation to daily operations to exit transactions.
Whether he’s representing an early-stage company or an intricate, international corporation, JT advises on complex secured and unsecured corporate finance transactions, including asset-backed lending and securitizations. He also frequently advises cannabis companies on debt financing and mergers and acquisitions. He has led and assisted with multiple deals worth more than $500 million.
JT builds value for a wide array of corporate clients, providing guidance and representation on issues from entity formation to daily operations to exit transactions.
Whether he’s representing an early-stage company or an intricate, international corporation, JT advises on complex secured and unsecured corporate finance transactions, including asset-backed lending and securitizations. He also frequently advises cannabis companies on debt financing and mergers and acquisitions. He has led and assisted with multiple deals worth more than $500 million.
Services
Representative Matters
Corporate Finance Transactions
- ECMC Group, Inc. in several securitizations of its student loan portfolio, representing an aggregate of more than $8 billion of assets, and entry into several warehouse facilities with various lending institutions.
- The Toro Company in its amendment and restatement of its $1.1 billion credit facility and issuance of $200 million of unsecured notes in a private placement.
- A syndicated, secured acquisition financing in excess of $800 million and subsequent refinancing.
- Children’s Minnesota in its $100 million taxable bond financing and near $200 million tax-exempt bond financing.
- Sleep Number Corporation in its syndicated, secured credit facility.
- Several independent sponsor acquisition financing transactions between $15 to $30 million.
Mergers & Acquisitions
- The Toro Company in its $700 million acquisition of the Ditch Witch business and in its $167 million acquisition of the Ventrac business.
- A health information company in its sale to private equity for $1.1 billion.
- A food ingredient and fertilizer manufacturer in its sale to private equity for more than $100 million.
- A national manufacturer in the near $200 million divestiture of one of its divisions.
- Tricam Industries, LLC, a consumer and professional home improvement equipment manufacturer, in its sale to Nexus Capital Management LP.
- Ecolab Inc. in the simultaneous acquisition of four pest elimination businesses for an aggregate value of approximately $115 million.
- Apptness, a digital survey technology company, in its acquisition by Zeta Global for $41 million and the possibility of up to $20 million in additional incentive-based payouts.
Equity Financings
- Imricor Medical Systems, Inc. in its initial public offering on the Australian Securities Exchange.
- Monteris Medical Corporation in recapitalization and several financing rounds.
Cannabis
- PharmaCann in raising more than $120 million with the sale of senior secured notes to finance future growth plans.
- Trulieve Cannabis Corporation in several multimillion-dollar acquisitions of cultivation and dispensary permit holders.
- A Chicago-based social equity licensee in the sale of its dispensary.
- Several lenders in the work-out or post-foreclosure restructuring of financed license holders.
- Following Minnesota’s decision in 2022 to legalize hemp-derived THC edibles, JT created an interactive survey to help companies understand where they can and cannot sell, distribute or manufacture such products in the state.
Corporate Finance Transactions
- ECMC Group, Inc. in several securitizations of its student loan portfolio, representing an aggregate of more than $8 billion of assets, and entry into several warehouse facilities with various lending institutions.
- The Toro Company in its amendment and restatement of its $1.1 billion credit facility and issuance of $200 million of unsecured notes in a private placement.
- A syndicated, secured acquisition financing in excess of $800 million and subsequent refinancing.
- Children’s Minnesota in its $100 million taxable bond financing and near $200 million tax-exempt bond financing.
- Sleep Number Corporation in its syndicated, secured credit facility.
- Several independent sponsor acquisition financing transactions between $15 to $30 million.
Mergers & Acquisitions
- The Toro Company in its $700 million acquisition of the Ditch Witch business and in its $167 million acquisition of the Ventrac business.
- A health information company in its sale to private equity for $1.1 billion.
- A food ingredient and fertilizer manufacturer in its sale to private equity for more than $100 million.
- A national manufacturer in the near $200 million divestiture of one of its divisions.
- Tricam Industries, LLC, a consumer and professional home improvement equipment manufacturer, in its sale to Nexus Capital Management LP.
- Ecolab Inc. in the simultaneous acquisition of four pest elimination businesses for an aggregate value of approximately $115 million.
- Apptness, a digital survey technology company, in its acquisition by Zeta Global for $41 million and the possibility of up to $20 million in additional incentive-based payouts.
Equity Financings
- Imricor Medical Systems, Inc. in its initial public offering on the Australian Securities Exchange.
- Monteris Medical Corporation in recapitalization and several financing rounds.
Cannabis
- PharmaCann in raising more than $120 million with the sale of senior secured notes to finance future growth plans.
- Trulieve Cannabis Corporation in several multimillion-dollar acquisitions of cultivation and dispensary permit holders.
- A Chicago-based social equity licensee in the sale of its dispensary.
- Several lenders in the work-out or post-foreclosure restructuring of financed license holders.
- Following Minnesota’s decision in 2022 to legalize hemp-derived THC edibles, JT created an interactive survey to help companies understand where they can and cannot sell, distribute or manufacture such products in the state.
Lunar Startups Pro Bono Program
JT founded Fox Rothschild’s program with Lunar Startups, a nonprofit organization supporting growth, connection and innovation for entrepreneurs who identify as womxn, Black, Indigenous, people of color and LGBTQ+ in the Twin Cities region. Throughout the four-year program, Fox Rothschild attorneys provided monthly pro bono hours to members of the Lunar Startups cohort to achieve the best outcome for cohort members.
Beyond Fox Rothschild
JT serves on the board of Great River Greening, an environmental conservation nonprofit that works throughout Minnesota to inspire, engage and lead local communities in conserving and caring for the land and water that enrich our lives.
Before Fox Rothschild
Prior to joining Fox, JT was a law clerk at Thrivent Financial, a Fortune 500 financial services nonprofit organization, where he worked closely with counsel to ensure tax exemption and performed extensive legal research, writing and drafting in the areas of tax exemption (federal and state level), insurance and gaming law. He also contributed to the treatise on 501(c)(8) used by all fraternal benefit society attorneys and developed a nationwide compliance policy for insurance agents using promotional marketing.
Bar Admissions
- Minnesota
Education
- University of Minnesota Law School (J.D., 2016)
- University of St. Thomas (B.A., magna cum laude, 2013)
Memberships
- Hennepin County Bar Association
- Minnesota State Bar Association
- American Bar Association
Board of Directors
- Great River Greening
Honors & Awards
- Named to Marijuana Venture's 40 Under 40 list (2024)
- Named a Diversity and Inclusion Future Leader by Chambers USA (2023)
- Named to Minnesota Lawyer Magazine’s List of Diversity and Inclusion Honorees (2018)
