Nick worked as in-house counsel for an emerging growth company assisting it in securing financing and expanding its operations domestically and internationally. He also has law firm experience where he advised clients in one of the world’s most vibrant areas of entrepreneurial growth, Silicon Valley. Prior to moving back east to be closer to family, Nick was a Corporate and Securities partner at Baker & McKenzie’s San Francisco/ Palo Alto offices representing emerging growth companies in their formation, financing and expansion efforts. He also represented more mature companies in their corporate strategy development, global expansion efforts, diversifying efforts, divestment efforts and securities matters.   His legal expertise includes company formations, commercial credit arrangements, venture capital and private equity financings, M&A, licensing, joint ventures and international securities compliance. 

 

While also advising clients regarding their legal matters, Nick reviews banks regarding their SBA loan portfolios performing financial risk assessment analysis while also assessing their: (i) control procedures, (ii) organization structure, (iii) credit administration, (iv) regulatory compliance and (v) management operations. Nick recently obtained a security clearance with the FDIC to assist the FDIC in reviewing the quality of the loans of its seized banks.  Prior to entering the legal field Nick worked at Merrill Lynch analyzing business units and developing strategic financial plans while overseeing the creation of income statements, cash flow statements and balance sheets on an individual business unit basis and consolidated basis. He also spearheaded a review of legal fees leading to a savings of over $20 million and a strategic plan resulting in overhead savings of over $50 million. Nick also performed financial due diligence on potential target software companies and oversaw the financial integration of some of these acquired companies.