Karlen Padayachee
About
Karlen Padayachee is an experienced business and corporate transactional attorney at Omnus Law, specializing in business and corporate law, corporate governance, employment law, real estate, estates and trusts, and mergers and acquisitions. Karlen Padayachee brings over a decade of legal expertise advising business owners and corporate clients across a wide range of legal matters from entity formation to buy-sell transactions, including issues like estate planning, succession, and asset transfers associated with their businesses and families. At Omnus Law, Karlen provides strategic counsel to clients as a trusted advisor guiding them through life-cycle stages of their business drafting key documents such as formation, equity and operating agreements, business contracts, leases, employment agreements, sale & purchase and loan documents, amongst others. Karlen has successfully represented clients in industries ranging from financial services, information technology, healthcare, medical devices and pharmaceuticals to manufacturing, helping them navigate complex transactions and legal challenges. The value he brings to clients is the ability to solve sophisticated problems by boiling it down to simple, workable and tailored results to meet each client’s unique and special situation.
In addition to corporate law, Karlen is experienced in estate planning and real estate law, handling transactions, leases, and disputes for both commercial and residential clients. His broad expertise allows him to provide tailored, results-driven legal solutions to meet each client’s unique needs. Karlen assists clients with drafting and executing wills, trusts, power of attorneys and health care directives. He administers estates and trust which involves litigating estate and trust disputes between corporate fiduciaries, trustees and beneficiaries.
Outside of his legal career, Karlen is a proud father to his three children, Ryker, Anja, and Aksel. He enjoys working out, golfing, boating, running, yoga, pickleball, traveling, and watching sports. A dedicated Minnesota Vikings fan, Karlen brings the same passion and commitment to both his family and his clients.
Career Highlights
- Assisted in a multi-million-dollar financial practice acquisition.
- Drafted key corporate documents for a family-owned construction company’s business succession.
- Provided general counsel advice to the CEO of an Information Technology Company with respect to customer, vendor and key-employee agreements.
- Successfully represented a close friend of a famous musician and entertainer in depositions in a wrongful death case.
- Negotiated consulting agreements for clients against large medical device and pharmaceutical companies nationally and internationally.
- Successfully represented commercial landlord in breach of contract and lease dispute winning on summary judgment and getting damages in favor of client.
- Advised on an over $1 million real estate acquisition.
- Drafted estate plans and coordinated assets for clients with a net worth of over $10 million.
Associations
- Ordway, St Paul
- University of St. Thomas, Schulze School of Entrepreneurship
- Rotary Club of Edina
- Innovation Lab, Edina Chamber of Commerce
- Minnesota State Bar Association
- Hennepin County Bar Association
Publications
- Author, Minnesota Business Forms Deskbook: Chapters 1 & 3 on Business Formation and Corporations, 2020.
- Author, Summary Guide to Mergers and Acquisitions Due Diligence, 2019
Pro-bono Work / Volunteer Work
- Judge, Minnesota State Highschool Mock Trial Championship, 2023.
- Business and Legal Mentor, Camp Enterprise, Rotary Club of Edina, 2022
- Judge, Fowler Business Concept Challenge, University of St. Thomas, Schulze School of Entrepreneurship, Opus College of Business, 2024
- Business Mentor, Accelerator/Gener8tor Business Program, University of St. Thomas, Schulze School of Entrepreneurship, Opus College of Business, 2024
- Business Mentor, The Community Entrepreneurship Program, Schulze School of Entrepreneurship, Opus College of Business, 2024
Practice Areas
Admitted Jurisdictions
- Minnesota
Education
- J.D., William Mitchell College of Law, 2011
- B.Soc.Sci. (Honors), University of KwaZulu-Natal, cum laude, 2004
Languages
- English
- Spanish
- Italian
- Afrikaans (Dutch)