Margaret M. Knudsen
Associate
Margaret Knudsen is an associate at Davis Graham, where her practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, debt financing transactions, and corporate governance matters.
Margaret represents private companies, strategic buyers, private equity sponsors, and financial institutions in a wide range of corporate and transactional matters. Her practice focuses on buy-side and sell-side transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, restructurings, and other complex business transactions across a variety of industries. Margaret has advised clients on transactions ranging from $2 million to $260 million and regularly drafts and negotiates key transaction documents, while leading legal due diligence for sophisticated transactions.
Margaret has significant experience in the restaurant industry and representing private equity sponsors in acquisition financings and add-on acquisitions. She also advises financial institutions in middle-market and upper middle-market financing transactions.
In addition to her transactional practice, Margaret counsels clients on entity formation, corporate governance, and organizational matters. She also advises businesses nationwide on unclaimed property and escheat law compliance, helping clients navigate complex regulatory requirements and mitigate compliance risks.
Prior to joining Davis Graham, Margaret practiced in the Denver office of an international law firm. Earlier, she served as a law clerk at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Washington. Margaret earned her J.D. from Gonzaga University School of Law and her B.A. from Sewanee: The University of the South.