Patrick "Pat" Linden

Pat Linden specializes in business and transactional law. He spent 15 years with the Denver and Boulder offices of large regional and international law firms before founding Linden Law Partners in 2015. Pat has advised companies, entrepreneurs, and investors in hundreds of early-stage and venture capital financings, and has served as lead counsel for M&A transactions ranging from hundreds of thousands of dollars to $700 million. He has also represented many of the Rocky Mountain region’s top companies and business executives in his capacity as a Mergers and Acquisitions attorney.

In its annual Barrister’s Best publications for 2018 and 2020, Law Week Colorado recognized Pat as Colorado’s top M&A lawyer, describing him as “an entrepreneur for entrepreneurs” and “active with like-minded businesspeople who are making moves.” Pat also received the Barrister’s Best award in both 2019 and 2021 where he was recognized as Colorado’s best private equity lawyer. He was one of just 10 Colorado attorneys named as a Colorado Super Lawyer® in mergers and acquisitions for each of 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. The 2024 publication of The Best Lawyers in America® recognized Pat as being in the top 5% of corporate lawyers in the U.S.

Pat was an athlete in college, an editor for the University of Denver Law Review, and has taught several MBA classes at DU’s Daniels College of Business. He enjoys spending time with his wife and their two young daughters, is a diehard Bronco fan, and is an avid explorer of Colorado’s most rugged off-road 4WD terrain.