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Nicholas E. Donovan..

 

Attorney | Member, Board of Directors
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Profile
 

Nick’s practice at Gaw Van Male has focused on mergers and acquisitions (including family business purchases and sales), equity and debt financings, general corporate matters and general business representation including entity formation and restructuring, buy-sell agreements and contract negotiation.

Nick has acted as lead counsel representing acquirers and sellers of companies in a variety of industries including the wine industry, food manufacturing industry and construction industry among others.  He has also acted as lead counsel representing issuers of equity and debt securities, and investment groups purchasing equity and debt securities in various companies.

Nick works with the firm’s Estate Planning Group on business succession issues, including the transfer of family businesses to children, employees and third parties.

Nick became a member of the Board of Directors at GVM in 2010

Areas of Practice

 

Succession Planning Group - Chairman

Business Law Group
Wine Law Group

 

Education
 

University of California, Los Angeles, Juris Doctor, 2001
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Bachelor of Arts
.. with Highest Distinction (Summa Cum Laude), elected to
.. Phi Beta Kappa, 1997
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Personal Interests
 

During college, Nick studied Art History, Architecture and Political Science.  He studied abroad in Edinburgh, Scotland and in Florence, Italy.

Nick enjoys the symphony and other performing arts.
Community Involvement
 

Napa Valley Symphony, Board of Directors

Napa Valley Arts Council, past-member, Board of Directors
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Awards
  Top 40 Professionals in the North Bay under 40 years old, 2011
Affiliations
 

State Bar of California
Napa County Bar Association
American Bar Association
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Presentations
 

Selling Your Business: Preparing for Sale and Maximizing

   Return, presented and moderated, Summer 2008

Wine Industry Merger and Aquisitions, Presenter March 2011

Purchase and Sales of Wineries, Presenter Nov. 2011

 

Joined the Firm
  2004
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Contact..
  ndonovan@gawvanmale.com
707 252-9000
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