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Nate Ford is a partner in Faegre & Benson's Denver office.Nate’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital financings, and public securities offerings in a broad range of industries including healthcare, consumer products, manufacturing, software, retail, financial services, insurance, technology outsourcing, online media, oil and gas, telecommunications and wireless technology. Nate also serves as outside general counsel for a number of private and public companies. Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity Nate represents private equity funds, senior management and public and private companies in connection with structuring and negotiating mergers, acquisitions, dispositions and recapitalizations, including leveraged acquisitions. Since joining the firm in 2000, Nate has negotiated and completed a large volume of domestic and cross-boarder M&A transactions with aggregate transaction values totaling over $2 billion. In addition, Nate frequently provides general corporate representation to the platform portfolio companies of his private equity fund clients and represents them in connection with strategic add-on acquisitions. Venture Capital Nate regularly represents technology and emerging-growth companies and a number of leading private equity and venture capital funds in connection with equity and debt financings ranging from early-stage investments to growth equity and expansion capital. Public Securities Offerings and Securities Regulation Nate has represented issuers in connection with initial public offerings and secondary offerings. In addition, Nate’s work with publicly held companies has afforded him significant experience in the areas of SEC periodic reporting, trading and disclosure practices, corporate governance, proxy regulation and resales of restricted securities, as well as various general corporate counseling and compensation plan matters common to public companies. Representative Transactions Representative transactions since January 2005 include the following: Mergers and Acquisitions Representation of a private equity fund in connection with the leveraged acquisition of a direct response sales services company Representation of a private equity fund in connection with the leveraged recapitalization of its portfolio company in the construction industry Representation of Crocs, Inc. (Nasdaq: CROX) in connection with its acquisition of Bite Footwear Representation of a private equity fund in connection with the acquisition of over 100 wireless retail stores from a major wireless carrier Representation of a private equity fund in connection with the leveraged acquisition of a pharmaceutical custom packaging company Representation of a private equity fund in connection with an equity investment in a platform portfolio company and subsequent leveraged acquisition of a prison healthcare management company Representation of Crocs, Inc. (Nasdaq: CROX) in connection with the acquisitions of Jibbitz, LLC and Ocean Minded, LLC Representation of StorePerform Technologies, Inc. in connection with its sale to RedPrairie Corporation Special Colorado counsel for Thompson Creek Metals in connection with a $575 million merger with Blue Pearl Mining Ltd. (TSX: BLE) Representation of an online lead generation company for the insurance industry in connection with two strategic acquisitionsRepresentation of Premier Pneumatics, Inc. in connection with its sale to K-Tron International, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTII) Representation of a private equity fund in connection with the leveraged acquisition of a home healthcare company Representation of Flextronics, Ltd. (Nasdaq: FLEX) in connection with the disposition of a photonics division Representation of a private equity fund in connection with the leveraged acquisition of a wellness and fitness industry franchise company Representation of Timberline Steel, Inc. in connection with its sale to O’Neal Steel, Inc. Representation of Flextronics, Ltd. (Nasdaq: FLEX) in connection with the acquisition of Multibras da Amazonia, S.A. (a subsidiary of Whirlpool Corporation in Brazil) Representation of United General Financial Services, Inc. in connection with its merger for cash and stock with The First American Corporation (NYSE: FAF) Representation of an oil field and mining equipment manufacturer in connection with the sale of its international distributor to a public company traded on the Kuala Lumpur stock exchange Securities Offerings Representation of a private equity fund in connection with a $10.7 million Series B growth equity financing Representation of a Texas-based venture capital fund in connection with a $6 million Series A financing in an enterprise wireless management company Representation of Crocs, Inc. (Nasdaq: CROX) in connection with its $248 million secondary public offering Representation of Adam Aircraft Industries, Inc. in connection with a $93 million venture capital financing Representation of a private equity fund in connection with a $5 million growth equity investment in a provider of global managed mobility solutions Representation of Crocs, Inc. (Nasdaq: CROX) in connection with its $239 million initial public offering Representation of Displaytech, Inc. in connection with its Series 1 financing and subsequent Series A-1 financing Representation of numerous issuers in connection with seed, Series A and subsequent equity and debt financing transactions in a variety of industriesRepresentation of three leading Colorado venture capital funds in connection with investments in several portfolio companies. | 