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Edward E. Frizell

Shareholder

For more than 25 years, Edward E. Frizell has practiced in many facets of general corporate areas such as the purchase/sale of businesses, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings and reorganizations, franchises, lending arrangements and health care group matters.  Many of Mr. Frizell’s clients operate on a nationwide and worldwide basis; they turn to Mr. Frizell to handle much of their acquisitions/merger business.

 

Numerous businesses around the country rely on Mr. Frizell to represent their interests in real estate acquisition and development.  In the last 10 years, Mr. Frizell has represented numerous franchisees in the fast-food industry, handling all aspects of the start-up and operation of their businesses in numerous states in the Midwest.

 

Chambers USA, the world's leading guide to the legal profession, has included Mr. Frizell in their rankings for the past few years, most recently in 2011. In interviews with Mr. Frizell's clients during research for the rankings, remarks made about his work at the firm include: "Clients delight in his 'professional and proactive manner; he takes pains to make us fully aware of all the options to take matters forward.'"  

Memberships and Affiliations

  • American Bar Association
  • The Missouri Bar
  • Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
  • Community Living Opportunities Board of Directors
  • The Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce Centurion (past)
  • Lawrence Rotary Club
  • Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
  • Lawrence Country Club Board of Directors (past)

Distinctions

  • Leads a group of approximately 45 attorneys and paralegals that provide general corporate services for the nearly 4,000 general corporate clients serviced by Polsinelli Shughart.
  • Ranked in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Corporate/M&A (Kansas City & Surrounds), 2011
  • Selected for inclusion in Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers, 2005-present
  • AV Rated Martindale Hubbell

Experience

  • Represents a major professional engineering, architectural and consulting firm doing business in all 50 states and overseas, with sales in excess of $100 million
  • Represents the third largest distributor of drywall and drywall related supplies in the U.S., doing business in approximately 35 states and overseas, with sales of approximately $400 million per year. Provides facets of general representation to this client, including, acquisition and merger work, general contract work, lending arrangements, real estate acquisitions, and general counsel work.
  • Represented franchisee in the acquisition of over 40 Pizza Hut and Ruby Tuesday restaurants in the state of Texas, involving substantial debt and equity financing
  • Represents over 10 Burger King franchisees in the metropolitan Kansas City area, and has undertaken all facets of work from corporate setup to acquisition of the real estate and negotiation of construction and financing contracts
  • Represented local physician group in organization of ambulatory surgery center operation with major health system in the Kansas City metropolitan area
  • Merger of largest cardiology/cardiovascular surgery group in Independence, Missouri, into largest cardiology/cardiovascular surgery operation in the Kansas City metropolitan area
  • Restructured business operations of hospital sponsored HMO