Harold S. Nathan counsels clients regarding mergers and acquisitions, banking, intellectual property licensing, and financial and commercial transactions.

Clients regularly consult him on other issues, including:

• Litigation
• Labor and employment
• Real estate
• Securities
• International bankruptcies

Illustrative matters include:

• Negotiation of manufacturing joint ventures
• Acquisition and sale of domestic and overseas facilities
• Issuance of debt and equity securities
• Sale of foreign currency receivables
• Legal compliance programs
• International bank and loan facilities
• Project financings by bank syndicates
• Development of power generation facilities and oil and gas projects in Southeast Asia
• Creation of Asian-oriented banks

Mr. Nathan has represented foreign and domestic companies in the acquisition or sale of companies in the United States and elsewhere.

Dispositions and acquisitions are related to:

• Fastener company in Kentucky
• Chemical companies in New Jersey and Florida 
• Fertilizer company in California
• Semi-conductor equipment maker in California
• Pharmaceutical company in Pennsylvania
• Specialized industrial materials company in New York
• Water processing company in South Africa
• Oil and gas production companies in Indonesia
• Automotive companies in Italy
• Advertising company in Italy
• Machinery company in Massachusetts
• Leasing company in New York
• Chemical company in New York
• Community banks in New York
• Agricultural commodities trading internationally
• Agricultural commodities trader
• Automotive finance companies in New York and California

Mr. Nathan represents a leading Japanese financial institution in regard to multiple investments in cross-border private equity funds.

Publications

"Japan — the 'IP Nation,'" Schiff Hardin Intellectual Property Update (Spring 2004)

Speeches and Presentations

"Regulatory Implications for Acquisitions of U.S. Biotech Companies," Bioclusters Asia 2006, Jeju Island, Korea (2006)

Previous Experience

Before entering private law practice, Mr. Nathan served with the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General, including four years in Japan where he was a military judge.

He subsequently spent more than two years with a leading law firm in Tokyo before moving his practice to New York City. Thereafter, Mr. Nathan was in practice in Tokyo for more than three years as an admitted Gaikokuho-Jimu-Bengoshi.