Overview
Nate represents national, regional and industrial banks, other types of lenders and corporate borrowers in a wide array of lending transactions, including syndicated transactions, sponsored transactions, acquisition finance, asset-based lending (ABL), construction and real estate finance, and mezzanine transactions. Nate also regularly reviews syndicated credit facilities for participant lenders. Nate takes pride in promptly responding to client needs to ensure deals are timely closed.
Nate also has extensive experience in out-of-court workouts, judicial and non-judicial foreclosure of real and personal property (including under the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC)), appointing receivers over companies and assets, complex collection matters (including obtaining pre-judgment writs of replevin and execution), and representing creditors, trustees and receivers in judicial and bankruptcy proceedings.
Education & Admissions
University of Minnesota Law School (J.D., 2009), magna cum laude, emphasis in Business law, Managing Editor Minnesota Law Review
University of Utah (B.S., Marketing, 2006), magna cum laude
Admissions
- Utah
- U.S. District Court for the District of Utah
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Utah
Experience
Representative Work
Recent Lending Representations
- Represented wholesale and retail borrower and related entities in a $1 billion ABL transaction
- Represented lender in a $50 million loan to a borrower in the video game terminal (VGT) industry
- Represented lender in a $55 million construction loan to construct new headquarters for the borrower and related entities
- Represented lender in a $20 million construction loan for the construction of a hotel
- Represented lender in a $30 million sponsored acquisition loan to a borrower and related entities in the travel industry
- Represented lender in a $24 million loan to a home owners’ association (HOA) secured by an assignment of the borrower’s assessment rights to owners of condominium units
- Represented the agent lender in a loan to a borrower and related entities in the medical device industry
- Represented a grocery chain and related entities in a $300 million line of credit
- Represented a cooperative association and related entities in a $1 billion loan facility
- Represented lender in an asset-based loan to borrower and related entities in the automated teller machine (ATM) industry
- Represented lenders in several different lending transactions to irrevocable trusts secured by collateral assignments of the cash value of life insurance policies and other collateral
- Represented lenders in several different lending transactions for the acquisition of commercial, income-producing properties, including shopping centers, retail stores, and self-storage facilities
Recent Workout, Restructuring, Foreclosure and Collection Representations
- Represented lender in restructuring a $30 million loan secured by a hotel and condominium units
- Represented lender in restructuring several affiliated loans secured by restaurants and real property
- Represented hospital and several of its clinic subsidiaries in restructuring a loan with a lender
- Represented lender in a judicial deficiency action after non-judicial foreclosure of commercial real property
- Represented lender in non-judicial foreclosure and sale of equipment and inventory of borrower in the plastics industry
- Represented lender in non-judicial foreclosure and sale of equipment and inventory of borrower in the medical device industry
- Represented lender in non-judicial foreclosure and sale of commercial real properties
- Represented lender and lessor in judicial collection action (and subsequent bankruptcy), including obtaining pre-judgment writ of replevin, relating to a borrower in the crane and construction industry
- Represented lender and lessor in judicial collection action (and subsequent bankruptcy), including obtaining pre-judgment writ of replevin, relating to a borrower in the electrical contracting industry
- Represented the primary secured lender in a contentious Chapter 11 bankruptcy case involving a Nevada casino
Industries & Practices
Banking & Financial Institutions
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- Bankruptcy & Financial Restructuring
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Governance & Compliance
- Lending Transactions
- Real Estate & Land Use
