Nicholas Unkovic is co-chair of Squire Sanders’ mergers and acquisitions practice, managing partner of its Northern California offices and a former member of its management committee. He advises domestic and multinational life sciences, technology and financial enterprises on corporate law and has particular experience in strategic alliances, mergers and acquisitions, and emerging company representation. A significant portion of his work involves international transactions, especially on behalf of clients based in Asia and Europe.

Nick also has substantial securities law experience including public and private offerings of equity and debt securities, both in the United States and internationally. He has handled numerous public company acquisitions including a tender offer for an NYSE-listed company and a contested bank acquisition. He advises on corporate governance and 1934 Act disclosure issues, and has served as chair of a public company’s audit committee.

Nick is listed in the current edition of The Best Lawyers in America. He has also regularly been named one of Silicon Valley’s top corporate lawyers in San Jose Magazine, and Law & Politics magazine has included him among its Northern California Super Lawyers each year since 2005.

Nick serves on the board of directors of the British America Business Council Northern California. He was formerly a director of The San Francisco Company and its subsidiary, Bank of San Francisco. He also formerly co-chaired the Partnerships Committee of the State Bar of California’s Business Law Section, chaired the board of a YMCA and served as a director of the California Council of International Trade.

Experiencia Reciente

• Representing a large multinational life sciences company in medical device company acquisitions and in the sale of its worldwide diagnostic systems division.
• Representing a financial services company in its acquisition of a bank in Shanghai.
• Representing a financial services company in its strategic partnership with a China-based bank.
• Numerous convertible debt and preferred stock offerings, strategic alliances and merger and acquisition transactions for emerging technology companies.
• Formation of several international semiconductor industry joint ventures.
• Numerous bank and bank holding company acquisition transactions including a contested acquisition.
• Cash tender offer for an NYSE-listed company in the chemical industry followed by a squeeze-out merger.
• Sale of a substantial equipment leasing portfolio including aircraft and other substantial equipment leases.
• Recapitalization, turnaround and sale of a troubled financial institution including service as general counsel.
• Rule 144A placement of auction rate preferred stock.
• Public exchange offering swapping equity for subordinated debt.
• Offshore placement of subordinated floating rate debt.
• Public offering of depositary shares representing interests in noncumulative preferred stock.
• Initial public offerings of a financial institution and a vineyard and winery.