About Nick

Nick represents public and private companies in connection with a variety of US and cross-border transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, carve outs and other complex business transactions. While most active in the technology sector, Nick’s experience includes representation of companies across a broad range of industries.

Nick’s representative transactions include representing:

  • Printify in its merger of equals with Printful
  • Zillow Group in its:
    • Acquisition of Virtual Staging AI
    • Acquisition of Follow Up Boss for $400 million of initial cash consideration and up to $100 million in a potential cash earnout
    • Acquisition of Spruce
    • Acquisition of Aryeo
    • Acquisition of VRX Media
  • Raise Commercial Real Estate in its sale to JLL
  • WSO2 in its sale to EQT
  • Skytap in its sale to Kyndryl
  • Puzzmo in its sale to Hearst
  • Hitch Works in its sale to ServiceNow
  • Auth0 in its sale to Okta for approximately $6.5 billion*
  • Xenon Arc in its sale to Peak Rock Capital*
  • BitTitan in its:
    • Sale to Idera*
    • Acquisition of Perspectium*
  • Pacific Market International in its sale to HAVI Group*
  • Microsoft in various transactions, including in its:
    • Acquisition of Suplari*
    • Acquisition of CloudKnox Security*
    • Acquisition of FSLogix*
    • Acquisition of Semantic Machines*
    • Acquisition of Avere Systems*
    • Acquisition of FieldOne*
    • Acquisition of Mobile Data Labs*
    • Acquisition of Sunrise Atelier*
  • Daybreak Games in its sale to EG7*
  • Costco in its acquisition of Innovel for $1 billion*

* Transaction handled prior to joining Cooley

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Admissions and credentials

  • Washington

Education

  • New York University School of Law
    LLM, International Business Regulation, Litigation and Arbitration, 2011
  • University of San Diego School of Law
    JD, magna cum laude, 2010
  • University of Washington
    BBA, Accounting, Certificate of International Studies in Business, cum laude, 2007

Rankings and accolades

Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (2022)

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