Casey M. Nault
Practice Emphasis
Financial Services, Corporate, Emerging Companies & Entrepreneurs
BAR ADMISSIONS
California, 1997; District of Columbia, 2010; Washington (Pending)
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Casey focuses his practice on SEC disclosure, corporate governance and planning, executive compensation, general securities law issues, mergers and acquisitions and public and private securities offerings. His experience includes five-plus years as in-house securities and corporate law counsel for two Seattle-based Fortune 500 companies, after six years at large, international law firms.
Presentations and Publications
Author, “Activists Get Their Wish: Financial Regulatory Reform’s Executive Compensation and Corporate Governance Provisions” Cyber-Graham (June 2, 2010)
Faculty, 2010 SEC Hot Topics Institute, Seattle (May 19, 2010).
Author, “Incentive Compensation: The Federal Reserve Speaks” Cyber-Graham (November 17, 2009).
Author, “Executive Compensation and Corporate Governance - The SEC and Treasury Strike Again” Cyber-Graham (July 10, 2009).
Faculty, 2009 SEC Hot Topics Institute, Seattle (June 3, 2009).
Author, “Recent and Proposed Corporate Governance Reforms: What Do They Mean for Public and Private Companies?” Cyber-Graham (May 28, 2009).
Author, "Preparing Your Upcoming Form 10-K – Disclosure Considerations for Troubled Times," Cyber-Graham (February 6, 2009).
REPRESENTATIVE TRANSACTIONS
Corporate Finance Transactions -- Mature Companies
- Columbia Banking System, Inc. $240 million underwritten public offering of common stock (May 2010) (Company counsel)
- Bank of Commerce Holdings $35 million underwritten public offering of common stock (March/April 2010) (underwriters’ counsel)
- Pacific Continental Corporation $48 million underwritten public offering of common stock (October 2009) (Company counsel)
- Columbia Banking System, Inc. $120 million underwritten public offering of common stock (August 2009) (Company counsel)
- Starbucks Corporation $550 million underwritten public offering of senior notes (August 2007) (in-house counsel)
- Northwest Pipeline Corporation (subsidiary of The Williams Companies, Inc.) Rule 144A $175 million senior note offering and subsequent registered exchange offer (March 2003) (Company counsel)
- Union Oil Company of California $400 million underwritten public offering of senior notes (September 2002) (underwriters’ counsel)
- Schuler Homes, Inc. Rule 144A $400 million senior and senior subordinated note offering and subsequent registered exchange offer (June 2001) (Company counsel)
Corporate Finance Transactions -- Venture Capital
- Series A, B and C rounds for Los Angeles-based consumer retail company (early 2000’s) (Company counsel)
- Series A and bridge financing for Los Angeles-based software company (early 2000’s) (Company counsel)
Mergers & Acquisitions
- Lead in-house counsel for Starbucks on a series of asset acquisitions (2005-2007)
- Represented international conglomerate in a series of private, closely-held company acquisitions throughout the United States (1998-2003)
- Represented financing source for leveraged buyout of public company through public tender offer (July 2003)
- Represented Schuler Homes, Inc. in $1.2 billion sale to D.R. Horton, Inc. in an SEC-registered merger (October 2001)
- Represented closely-held defense contractor in sale to public company (May 2001)
- Represented closely-held software company in sale to public company (July 2001)
- Represented Health Systems Design Corporation in sale to Perot Systems, Inc. (October 2000)
- Represented non-U.S. acquirer of a majority stake in a closely-held entertainment company (1999)
Other
- Reorganization and recapitalization of early-stage film and retail concept company (Fall 2009)
- Starbucks Corporation tender offer for underwater stock options filed with the SEC (temporary in-house counsel) (May 2009)
EDUCATION
J.D., University of Southern California, 1997; member Southern California Law Review
B.A., University of Washington, 1993, with honors
